The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia, Volumen1William Byrd Press, Incorporated, 1927 - 634 páginas |
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... divided into eight shires or counties , which were nothing more nor less than our Plantations of 1619 1 Barton's Virginia Colonial Decisions , i , p . 62 . 21 , Hening , pp . 113 , 115 , 116 . 3History of Virginia , p . 207-8 . + ...
... divided into eight shires or counties , which were nothing more nor less than our Plantations of 1619 1 Barton's Virginia Colonial Decisions , i , p . 62 . 21 , Hening , pp . 113 , 115 , 116 . 3History of Virginia , p . 207-8 . + ...
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... divided into 8 shires , which are to be governed as shires in England . " The designation of shires was not continued . In all cases thereafter , the sub - divisions are spoken of as counties . The names of these shires were : James ...
... divided into 8 shires , which are to be governed as shires in England . " The designation of shires was not continued . In all cases thereafter , the sub - divisions are spoken of as counties . The names of these shires were : James ...
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... divided by an act passed in 1702 . The provisions of this act do not appear in Hening , although it is mentioned by title . Through the enterprise of the Virginia State Library and of Mr. Morgan P. Robinson the text of the act was ...
... divided by an act passed in 1702 . The provisions of this act do not appear in Hening , although it is mentioned by title . Through the enterprise of the Virginia State Library and of Mr. Morgan P. Robinson the text of the act was ...
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... divided and exempt from the said Counties of Surry , and Isle of Wight , respectively , and from all dependances , offices , and charges , for or in respect thereof , and also discharged from all duties whatsoever , re- lating to the ...
... divided and exempt from the said Counties of Surry , and Isle of Wight , respectively , and from all dependances , offices , and charges , for or in respect thereof , and also discharged from all duties whatsoever , re- lating to the ...
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... divided and exempt from the parishes Lawn's - Creek and Southwark , in the said County of Surry , and the Parish of Warwicksqueak , in the said County of Isle of Wight , respectively , to which the same do at present belong ; and all ...
... divided and exempt from the parishes Lawn's - Creek and Southwark , in the said County of Surry , and the Parish of Warwicksqueak , in the said County of Isle of Wight , respectively , to which the same do at present belong ; and all ...
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The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and ... Landon Covington Bell Vista previa limitada - 1995 |
The Old Free State: A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and ... Landon C. Bell Sin vista previa disponible - 2011 |
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Página 351 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 541 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right, — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Página 508 - ... due regard for its actual existence among us, and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way and to all the constitutional obligations thrown about it.
Página 209 - That the Delegates appointed to represent this Colony in General Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States; absolved from all allegiance to, or dependance upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain...
Página 206 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 206 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Página 580 - I have only to say that the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern* States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795 — will not be complied witn. feu have chosen to maugurat, civil war, and having done so, we will meet it in a spirit as determined as the Administration has...
Página 480 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally, to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country have long been eager to proscribe.
Página 504 - We all know the fact, and we all know the cause ; and every thing that these agitating people have done has been, not to enlarge, but to restrain, not to set free, but to bind faster, the slave population of the South.* Again, Sir, the violence of the Northern press is complained of.
Página 519 - In addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.