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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... five miles we came upon the upper part of Rappa- hannoc River . One of the gentlemen and I , we kept out on one side of the company about a mile , to have the better hunting . I saw a deer , and shot him from my horse , but the horse ...
... five miles of our way through a very pleasant plain , which lies where Rappahannoc River forks . I saw there the largest timber , the finest and deepest mould , and the best grass that I ever did see . We had some of our baggage put out ...
... five dollars for the lot of them . Yes , sir , not a cent less . And to have three out of five stick , the very first time , is pretty unusual , don't you think ? " To that I assented . " It is the bait in the trap , it is the stroke of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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