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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... shore . He signified to me to come a shore , and sent a Canow with foure or five of his men : two whereof I desired to come aboard and to stay , and I would send two to talke with their King a shore . To this hee agreed . The King wee ...
... shore , tho ' very distant from our port ; but this did not at all incline us to change our resolution of sailing large for the first land ; it did rather animate and support us in our present disasters of hunger and thirst , toil and ...
... shore , my hands having been very well season'd at the pump , by taking my turn for many weeks at the rate of three hours in twenty four . My passionate desire to be on shore at the fountain head to drink without stint , did not a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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