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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... shot : whereupon Captaine Newport seconding them , made a shot at them , which the Indians little re- spected , but having spent their arrowes retyred without harme . And in that place was the Box opened , wherin the Counsell for ...
... shot , slew one , and shot one or two more , as themselves confesse . The King at our arivall sent for me to come unto him . I sent him word what commodities I had to exchange for wheat [ Indian corn ] , and if he would , as had the ...
... shot him from my horse , but the horse threw me a terrible fall and ran away ; we ran after , and with a great deal of difficulty got him again ; but we could not find the deer I had shot , and we lost ourselves , and it was two hours ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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