American Anniversaries: Every Day in the Year, Presenting Seven Hundred and Fifty Events in United States History, from the Discovery of America to the Present Day |
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... Virginia . His life was saved by the Indian Princess Pocahontas , year 1608 . Jan. 5 ( 1777 ) -— " Battle of the Kegs . " First use of floating " mines " in American military history , year 1777 . The kegs were loaded with explosives ...
... Virginia . His life was saved by the Indian Princess Pocahontas , year 1608 . Jan. 5 ( 1777 ) -— " Battle of the Kegs . " First use of floating " mines " in American military history , year 1777 . The kegs were loaded with explosives ...
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... Virginia , Maryland and Georgia at this election voted " viva voce , ” and not by ballot . They were required to speak aloud the names of the candidates they desired to vote for , and the clerks of election recorded the voters ' names ...
... Virginia , Maryland and Georgia at this election voted " viva voce , ” and not by ballot . They were required to speak aloud the names of the candidates they desired to vote for , and the clerks of election recorded the voters ' names ...
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... Virginia joined the seceding States , and offered Lee the command of the Virginia troops with the rank of major - general . He ac- cepted . At first he was only an aide to President Davis , and did not command in the first great battle ...
... Virginia joined the seceding States , and offered Lee the command of the Virginia troops with the rank of major - general . He ac- cepted . At first he was only an aide to President Davis , and did not command in the first great battle ...
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... Virginia - now called Washington and Lee University . He died at his home in Lexington on Oct. 12 , 1870 , in his sixty - fourth year . His body was buried beneath the chapel of the University . He was marvellously loved and respected ...
... Virginia - now called Washington and Lee University . He died at his home in Lexington on Oct. 12 , 1870 , in his sixty - fourth year . His body was buried beneath the chapel of the University . He was marvellously loved and respected ...
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... Virginia , of undistinguished families - second families , perhaps I should say . My mother , who died in my tenth year , was of a family of the name of Hanks , some of whom now reside in Adams , and others in Macon counties , Illinois ...
... Virginia , of undistinguished families - second families , perhaps I should say . My mother , who died in my tenth year , was of a family of the name of Hanks , some of whom now reside in Adams , and others in Macon counties , Illinois ...
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Page 319 - Delaware, December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787. New .Jersey, December 18, 1787. Georgia, January 2, 1788. Connecticut, January 9, 1788. Massachusetts, February 6, 1788. Maryland, April 28, 1788. South Carolina, May 23, 1788. New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
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