Biennial Report of the Department of Archives and History of the State of West Virginia, Volume 3The Department, 1911 - Archives Vol. for 1910/14 includes the Eighth Annual report of the Ohio Valley Historical Association as the appendix. |
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... Troops sent by Robert Dinwiddie , Lieutenant - Governor of Virginia , across the Allegheny Mountains in 1754 , to build forts at the head of the Ohio ; Skirmish with the French , and death of their leader De Jumonville . " - J . M ...
... Troops sent by Robert Dinwiddie , Lieutenant - Governor of Virginia , across the Allegheny Mountains in 1754 , to build forts at the head of the Ohio ; Skirmish with the French , and death of their leader De Jumonville . " - J . M ...
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... troops , marched against Fort Duquesne ; but when within . ten miles thereof , his army was shot down by the French and In- dians on the fatal field of Monongahela . Then began a war of ex- 1 . Kercheval's " History of the Valley , " p ...
... troops , marched against Fort Duquesne ; but when within . ten miles thereof , his army was shot down by the French and In- dians on the fatal field of Monongahela . Then began a war of ex- 1 . Kercheval's " History of the Valley , " p ...
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... troops which came with Braddock were the 44th and 48th Royal Infantry Regiments , commanded respectively by Sir Peter Hal- ket and Colonel Thomas Dunbar . Sir John St. Clair was the Quarter - Master - General , and Lieutenant Robert ...
... troops which came with Braddock were the 44th and 48th Royal Infantry Regiments , commanded respectively by Sir Peter Hal- ket and Colonel Thomas Dunbar . Sir John St. Clair was the Quarter - Master - General , and Lieutenant Robert ...
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... troops to serve in the Continental army . By its provisions , Berkeley county was required to furnish sixty - eight men ; Green- brier , thirty - four men ; Hampshire , sixty - three men ; and Monon- galia , South of Mason and Dixon's ...
... troops to serve in the Continental army . By its provisions , Berkeley county was required to furnish sixty - eight men ; Green- brier , thirty - four men ; Hampshire , sixty - three men ; and Monon- galia , South of Mason and Dixon's ...
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... TROOPS FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY . The last call by Virginia for troops for the Continental Army , was made by the General Assembly in May , 1782. It was then en- acted that for the purpose of recruiting three thousand men to com- plete ...
... TROOPS FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY . The last call by Virginia for troops for the Continental Army , was made by the General Assembly in May , 1782. It was then en- acted that for the purpose of recruiting three thousand men to com- plete ...
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Page x - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
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Page 144 - That War be, and the same is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their territories...
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Page 258 - Virginia, solemnly declare that the preservation of their dearest rights and liberties and their security in person and property, imperatively demand the reorganization of the government of the Commonwealth, and that all acts of said Convention and Executive, tending to separate this Commonwealth from the United States, or to levy and carry on war against them, are without authority and void ; and that the offices of all who adhere to the said Convention and Executive, whether legislative, executive...
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Page 170 - When the detachment and organization shall have been effected, the respective corps will be exercised under the officers set over them ; but will not remain embodied, or be considered as in actual service, until by subsequent orders they shall be directed to take the field. " Your excellency will please to direct that correct muster rolls and inspection returns be made of the several corps, and that copies thereof be transmitted to this department as early as possible.