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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... land in the name of Queen Elizabeth . On their return to England the Queen named the land Virginia . Captain Barlowe's report to Raleigh is the opening selection in this volume . Captain Barlowe did not reach the bounds of the present ...
... land - marks in most of the twenty - two voyages he had made to that plantation . Under this confidence he made more sail , the day - light confirming him in what he thought was right . All the forenoon we lost the sight of land and ...
... land in Carolina , called the Land of Eden . I caused the initial letters of my name to be cut on a large poplar and beech near my corner , for the more easy find- ing it another time . We then made a beginning of my survey , direct ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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