Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentFrancis Coleman Rosenberger Excerpt from Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings, From the First Voyages to the Present Richard henry lee (1782-1794) address TO the virginia house OF burgesses On the motion to lay so heavy a duty on the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and dis graceful traffic within the colony of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... discovered up the River . We landed in the Country of Apamatica . At our landing , there came many stout and able Savages to resist us with their Bowes and Arrowes , in the most warlike manner , with the swords at their backes beset ...
... discovery of the River Checka Hamania . This third time I discovered the Townes of Matapamient , Morinogh , Ascacap , Moysenock , Righ- kahauck , Nechanichock , Mattalunt , Attamuspincke , and divers oth- ers : their plenty of corne I ...
... discovery of what we might expect from the nearest land . He took with him twelve sickly passengers , who fancied ... discovered a creek that would har- bour our ship , and that there was a depth of water on the bar , suffi- cient for ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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