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... House of Burgesses . They were occupied by the care of their plantations , which involved a good deal of riding in the open air , but which was at best an easy and indolent pursuit made light by slave labor and trained overseers . As a ...
... House of Burgesses . They were occupied by the care of their plantations , which involved a good deal of riding in the open air , but which was at best an easy and indolent pursuit made light by slave labor and trained overseers . As a ...
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... House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very ... houses , picturesque and beautiful , like Gunston Hall or Stratford , or in vast , tasteless , and extravagant piles ...
... House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very ... houses , picturesque and beautiful , like Gunston Hall or Stratford , or in vast , tasteless , and extravagant piles ...
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... House of Burgesses ; and eight years later he was made a colonel and sent with a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroy- ing the " Susquehannocks , " at the " Piscataway " fort , on account of some murdering begun by an- other ...
... House of Burgesses ; and eight years later he was made a colonel and sent with a thousand men to join the Marylanders in destroy- ing the " Susquehannocks , " at the " Piscataway " fort , on account of some murdering begun by an- other ...
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... House of Burgesses passed a vote of thanks to Washington and his officers , and gave money to his men . In August he rejoined his regiment , and renewed the vain struggle against incompetence and extravagance , and as if this were not ...
... House of Burgesses passed a vote of thanks to Washington and his officers , and gave money to his men . In August he rejoined his regiment , and renewed the vain struggle against incompetence and extravagance , and as if this were not ...
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... House of Burgesses , and when he took his seat on removing to Williamsburg , three months after his marriage , Mr. Robinson , the speaker , thanked him publicly in eloquent words for his services to the country . Washington rose to ...
... House of Burgesses , and when he took his seat on removing to Williamsburg , three months after his marriage , Mr. Robinson , the speaker , thanked him publicly in eloquent words for his services to the country . Washington rose to ...
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