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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... hour of ten or eleven , our new disasters did begin with a crash from aloft . All hands were summon'd up with loud ... hours of twelve or one at night , we heard and felt a mighty sea break on our fore - ship , which made such an ...
... hour after four , we came up with our baggage at a small river , three miles on the way , which we called Mine River ... hours before we could come upon the track of our company . About five miles further we crossed the same river again ...
... hour , we went on to Col. Bolling's , who was so gracious as to send us an invitation . As much in haste as I was to return to my family , I spent an hour or two at that place , but could by no means be persuaded to stay din- ner , nor ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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