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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... ship the John . He was newly returned from Brasil , in the kingdom of Portugal's service , and now bound for Lisbon , with a rich freight , and some lady of great note , who with her family took passage with him . The English merchants ...
... ship ( if possible ) in steerage way , and under command ; the other stood to the helm , and he shifted it in a nick of time ; for the ship was at the point of dashing on the starboard breach : and altho ' , in the rest of the voyage ...
... ship drew , which soon mended upon us , the next cast of the lead affording eight- een or twenty foot . We stood to this channel , and the light of the morning enabling the quartermasters to con the ship , we were by this miraculous ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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