Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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... thousand , exclusive of the Indians . Fourteen years afterward Sir William Berkeley estimated the number at but " forty thousand per- sons , men , women , and children , " of whom there were " two thousand black slaves , six thousand ...
... thousand , exclusive of the Indians . Fourteen years afterward Sir William Berkeley estimated the number at but " forty thousand per- sons , men , women , and children , " of whom there were " two thousand black slaves , six thousand ...
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... thousand men . The Virginia troops remained in the West Indies nearly two years , until operations in that quarter were abandoned . Captain Washington with his company had behaved gallantly at Carthagena , and notwithstanding the ...
... thousand men . The Virginia troops remained in the West Indies nearly two years , until operations in that quarter were abandoned . Captain Washington with his company had behaved gallantly at Carthagena , and notwithstanding the ...
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... thousand acres . From his father he received Fenton Hall and other property in Yorkshire , but was induced by his mother and grandmother to sell it in order to redeem the Colepepper manor . He had been educated at Oxford , and ...
... thousand acres . From his father he received Fenton Hall and other property in Yorkshire , but was induced by his mother and grandmother to sell it in order to redeem the Colepepper manor . He had been educated at Oxford , and ...
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... thousand acres of land , to introduce one hundred families into this district within seven years , and to build a fort and provide a garrison adequate to its defence . Preparations for the execution of the conditions of this grant , ET ...
... thousand acres of land , to introduce one hundred families into this district within seven years , and to build a fort and provide a garrison adequate to its defence . Preparations for the execution of the conditions of this grant , ET ...
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... thousand , the latter had still great advantages , independent of any support from the mother country , which it was believed would justify an appeal to arms for the settlement of their territorial jurisdiction . ence . The English ...
... thousand , the latter had still great advantages , independent of any support from the mother country , which it was believed would justify an appeal to arms for the settlement of their territorial jurisdiction . ence . The English ...
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