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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... horses and crossed Rappahannoc River , that runs by this place , and went to find out some convenient place for our horses to feed in , and to view the land hereabouts . Our guide left us , and we went so far in the woods that we did ...
... horses . This was some hindrance , and did a little damage , but afforded a great deal of diversion . We killed three bears this day , which exercised the horses as well as the men . We saw two foxes but did not pursue them ; we killed ...
... horses and baggage before us ; and at ten we mounted our horses ; we killed another snake , four feet nine inches long . At twelve we came to the church , where we met with Mr. Buckner , and remained till two , to settle some county ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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