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... important of all , the last surviving institution of colonial Virginia has been swept away in the crash of civil war , which has opened a gulf between past and present wider and deeper than any that time alone could make . Life and ...
... important of all , the last surviving institution of colonial Virginia has been swept away in the crash of civil war , which has opened a gulf between past and present wider and deeper than any that time alone could make . Life and ...
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... importance only as the Revolution be- gan ; while the physicians were still fewer , and as a class of no importance at all ... important class in Virginian society . The great planters were the men who owned , ruled , and guided Virginia ...
... importance only as the Revolution be- gan ; while the physicians were still fewer , and as a class of no importance at all ... important class in Virginian society . The great planters were the men who owned , ruled , and guided Virginia ...
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... important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in that which they set themselves to do . In 1658 the two brothers , John and Lawrence , appeared in Virginia . They seem to have been men ...
... important in their several stations , ready to fight and ready to work , and as a rule successful in that which they set themselves to do . In 1658 the two brothers , John and Lawrence , appeared in Virginia . They seem to have been men ...
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... important period of his life . We know nothing about his father , except that he was kindly and affectionate , attached to his wife and children , and apparently absorbed in the care of his estates . On his death the children came ...
... important period of his life . We know nothing about his father , except that he was kindly and affectionate , attached to his wife and children , and apparently absorbed in the care of his estates . On his death the children came ...
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... important than getting an education , and , as he was a sober - minded boy , the same idea was probably profoundly impressed on his own mind also . This condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start ...
... important than getting an education , and , as he was a sober - minded boy , the same idea was probably profoundly impressed on his own mind also . This condition of domestic affairs led to the first attempt to give Washington a start ...
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action affairs allies American army appeared arms attack Augustine Washington battle began Boston brilliant British Burgoyne campaign cause character Clinton Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Conway Conway cabal Cornwallis courage danger defeat difficulties enemy England English everything expedition fact failed feeling fell felt fight fleet force Fort Duquesne fought French Gates gave George Washington Governor gress HENRY CABOT LODGE House of Burgesses idea Indians ington John John Adams knew Lafayette land Lawrence Washington letter look ment military militia mind Mount Vernon never numbers obliged officers once passed patriotic peace peril Philadelphia planters political Raleigh tavern ready result retreat Revolution river rode seemed sent soldiers spirit strong struggle success thing thought thousand tion took town troops Vernon parish victory Virginia Wash Washington wrote Weems Williamsburg winter words York Yorktown