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Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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Critical remarks on a letter ascribed to Common Sense containing an attempt to prove that the said letter is an imposition on common sense. With a dissertation on drowsiness, as the cruel cause of the imposition.
Camm, John, 1718-1778 or 1779.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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The melancholy narrative of the distressful voyage and miraculous deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the sloop, Peggy, of New York, on his voyage from Fyal, one of the western islands, to New-York, who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of hard Weather, and entirely exhausted his Provisions, lived two and forty Days without receiving the least Food, till he was happily relieved by the Humanity of Capt. Evers of the Susanna, in the Virginia Trade. - In this Narrative the Expedients which Capt. Harrison and his Men made Use of for their Subsistence are particularly set forth, who twice cast Lots for their Lives, and were to have killed the second Man on the very Morning they were providentially taken up. - The Whole being authenticated in the strongest Manner, by repeated Depositions, Before the Right Hon. George Nelson, Esq. Lord-Mayor of the City of London, and Mr. Robert Shank, Notary Public. Written by himself.
Harrison, David, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia. By William Stith, A. M. President of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Stith, William, 1707-1755.Date: M.DCC.LIII. [1753]- Books
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The history and present state of Virginia, in four parts. I. The History of the First Settlement of Virginia, and the Government thereof, to the present Time. II. The Natural Productions and Conveniencies of the Country, suited to Trade and Improvement. III. The Native Indians, their Religion, Laws, and Customs, in War and Peace. IV. The present State of the Country, as to the Polity of the Government, and the Improvements of the Land. By a native and inhabitant of the place.
Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722.Date: MDCCV. [1705]- Books
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The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia. By William Stith, A.M. President of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Stith, William, 1707-1755.Date: M.DCC.LIII. [1753]