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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... head of that River , and that from Moratoc it selfe which is a principall Towne upon that River , it is thirtie dayes as some of them say , and some say fourtie dayes voyage to the head thereof , which head they say springeth out of a ...
... head , bones , guts , & c . which were the cook's fees ) hoping thereby to be much the better enabled to swim the creek , and perform the work I had upon my hand . I hung my goose upon the twist of a tree in a shrubby part of the wood ...
... Heads with the Ears on , to prevent Imposition and cheating the Public ; for the Ears are crop'd when a Head is produced . The Bears are also much destroyed by the Out - Planters , & c . for the Sake of their Flesh and Skins . As for ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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