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... Virginia . - Voyage to Barbadoes with his Brother . -- CHAPTER II . - Page . 1 The French make Encroachments on the Western Frontiers of Vir- ginia . - Claims of the French and English to the Western Terri- tory considered . — Major ...
... Virginia . - Voyage to Barbadoes with his Brother . -- CHAPTER II . - Page . 1 The French make Encroachments on the Western Frontiers of Vir- ginia . - Claims of the French and English to the Western Terri- tory considered . — Major ...
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... Virginia . - Voyage to Barbadoes with his Brother . - - - CHAPTER II . · Page . 1 The French make Encroachments on the Western Frontiers of Vir- ginia . Claims of the French and English to the Western Terri- tory considered . — Major ...
... Virginia . - Voyage to Barbadoes with his Brother . - - - CHAPTER II . · Page . 1 The French make Encroachments on the Western Frontiers of Vir- ginia . Claims of the French and English to the Western Terri- tory considered . — Major ...
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... Virginia . - - 71 CHAPTER V. Governor Dinwiddie sails for England . - An Expedition against Fort Duquesne planned by the British Ministry , to be under the Com- mand of General Forbes . - The Virginia Army augmented , and united with ...
... Virginia . - - 71 CHAPTER V. Governor Dinwiddie sails for England . - An Expedition against Fort Duquesne planned by the British Ministry , to be under the Com- mand of General Forbes . - The Virginia Army augmented , and united with ...
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... Virginia Legislature in defending the Rights of the Colonies . - His Opin- ions on this Subject . Chosen to command several Independent Companies of Militia . A Delegate to the first and second Vir- ginia Conventions . - A Member of the ...
... Virginia Legislature in defending the Rights of the Colonies . - His Opin- ions on this Subject . Chosen to command several Independent Companies of Militia . A Delegate to the first and second Vir- ginia Conventions . - A Member of the ...
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... Virginia . - The Fleet of Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake.— Siege of Yorktown . — Capitu- lation . The American Army returns to Hudson's River ; the French remains in Virginia . 346 CHAPTER XIV . - Preparations for another ...
... Virginia . - The Fleet of Count de Grasse enters the Chesapeake.— Siege of Yorktown . — Capitu- lation . The American Army returns to Hudson's River ; the French remains in Virginia . 346 CHAPTER XIV . - Preparations for another ...
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