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... whole Province . their only tolerable Drink is Rum Punch , which they swill Morning , Noon , and Night . Their Produce is Tobacco ; they are so attached to that , and their Avarice to raise it , makes them neglect every Comfort of Life ...
... whole Province . their only tolerable Drink is Rum Punch , which they swill Morning , Noon , and Night . Their Produce is Tobacco ; they are so attached to that , and their Avarice to raise it , makes them neglect every Comfort of Life ...
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... whole region was called Tide - Water Virginia . The very name Rappahannock meant in the Indian language , " the stream that comes and goes . " " Tidewater Virginia , " says Homer C. Hockett , " " was almost as large as England . " At ...
... whole region was called Tide - Water Virginia . The very name Rappahannock meant in the Indian language , " the stream that comes and goes . " " Tidewater Virginia , " says Homer C. Hockett , " " was almost as large as England . " At ...
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... whole , to reach just conclusions , and he has an ardent wish to see the right of ques- tions - what my friend Mr. Addison was pleased to call " the intel- lectual conscience . " Method and exactness seem to be natural to George . He is ...
... whole , to reach just conclusions , and he has an ardent wish to see the right of ques- tions - what my friend Mr. Addison was pleased to call " the intel- lectual conscience . " Method and exactness seem to be natural to George . He is ...
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... whole nest of Fairfaxes . First , there was old Lord Fairfax , who had inherited from his mother the Culpeper grant of six million acres known as the Northern Neck.1 It lay between the Potomac and the Rappahannock and he had sent his ...
... whole nest of Fairfaxes . First , there was old Lord Fairfax , who had inherited from his mother the Culpeper grant of six million acres known as the Northern Neck.1 It lay between the Potomac and the Rappahannock and he had sent his ...
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... whole Shenandoah Valley , in- deed . Squatters had squatted there in great numbers . The first group of fourteen families came down from Pennsyl- vania in the year of George Washington's birth , but neg- lected to secure their titles ...
... whole Shenandoah Valley , in- deed . Squatters had squatted there in great numbers . The first group of fourteen families came down from Pennsyl- vania in the year of George Washington's birth , but neg- lected to secure their titles ...
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