A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our History |
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... ment . On the 13th of August Manteo underwent the ceremony of baptism , and for his friendship to the English was honoured with the title of lord of Dessamonpeake . † White soon after . wards returned to England , leaving one hun- dred ...
... ment . On the 13th of August Manteo underwent the ceremony of baptism , and for his friendship to the English was honoured with the title of lord of Dessamonpeake . † White soon after . wards returned to England , leaving one hun- dred ...
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... ment , they met with some Indians who invited them to their town Kichotan , which stood where Hampton now stands , and regaled them with tobacco and a dance . * In their passage up the river , they met with another party of the natives ...
... ment , they met with some Indians who invited them to their town Kichotan , which stood where Hampton now stands , and regaled them with tobacco and a dance . * In their passage up the river , they met with another party of the natives ...
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... ment though not absolved from the charge of treason , ascended the river with only twenty men , as high as the falls . During this excursion they made their first visit to the seat of the em- peror Powhatan . The town where this monarch ...
... ment though not absolved from the charge of treason , ascended the river with only twenty men , as high as the falls . During this excursion they made their first visit to the seat of the em- peror Powhatan . The town where this monarch ...
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... ment edevolved on captain George Yeardly . Soon after his accession , he marched against the Chickahomonies , whom he defeated in battle , and compelled to yield at least a tem- porary submission to the English . The arrival of ...
... ment edevolved on captain George Yeardly . Soon after his accession , he marched against the Chickahomonies , whom he defeated in battle , and compelled to yield at least a tem- porary submission to the English . The arrival of ...
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... ment . Lord Baltimore was fortunate enough how , ever to obtain a grant of a large territory on the north east corner of Virginia , which was set- tled in the reign of queen Mary , and in honour of that princess was called Maryland ...
... ment . Lord Baltimore was fortunate enough how , ever to obtain a grant of a large territory on the north east corner of Virginia , which was set- tled in the reign of queen Mary , and in honour of that princess was called Maryland ...
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