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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... lives . Add to this , our guns most of them unfix'd and out of order , and our powder much decayed , insomuch that nothing did now remain to prolong life , but what is counted rather sauce to whet , than sub- stance to satisfy the ...
... lives . Instead of those preparations for my march which had cost me so much pains , I passed my time now in contriving the fittest posture our present condition would allow us to put on when these angels of light should appear again ...
... lives just by the bridge over the river . We sent for an old Indian called Shacco- Will , living about seven miles off , who reckoned himself seventy- eight years old . This fellow pretended he could conduct us to a sil- ver mine , that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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