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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... rest were but his servants , and followers . A day or two after this , we fell to trad- ing with them , exchanging some things that we had , for Chamoys , Buffe , and Deere skinnes : when we shewed him all our packet of merchandize , of ...
... rest of the company were at lib- erty to use their own methods to quench their thirst ; but this I thought the greatest pleasure I ever enjoyed on earth . After this sweet refreshment , the captain , myself , and his kins- man crossed ...
... rest we shared amongst us , which was the greatest part ; and the sit- ters divided to each side , as our soldiers do in their corps de guarde . Fourteen great fires , thus situated , were burning all at once . The king's apartment had ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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