The Bland Papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. ; to which are Prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland, Volumes 1-2E. & J.C. Ruffin, 1840 - United States |
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... give some history of the original manuscripts from which these papers have been selected , and some particulars connected with their publication . To this is added a succinct chronological detail of some incidents in the life of Col ...
... give some history of the original manuscripts from which these papers have been selected , and some particulars connected with their publication . To this is added a succinct chronological detail of some incidents in the life of Col ...
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... gives me as much , nay , and more Than my barns and my dairies will hold- To him I most thankfully bow , A lambkin each year have I slain , And from my fat oxen that low , His altar I gratefully stain . " And Master Bland ( for I will ...
... gives me as much , nay , and more Than my barns and my dairies will hold- To him I most thankfully bow , A lambkin each year have I slain , And from my fat oxen that low , His altar I gratefully stain . " And Master Bland ( for I will ...
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... give some account of an association to which he belonged at this time : ARTICLES RELATING TO THE VIRGINIA CLUB . - 1761 . 1st . That every constituent of this club shall be a Virginian born , and shall , up- on his admission into it , give ...
... give some account of an association to which he belonged at this time : ARTICLES RELATING TO THE VIRGINIA CLUB . - 1761 . 1st . That every constituent of this club shall be a Virginian born , and shall , up- on his admission into it , give ...
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... give a demonstration in anatomy , the subject of which shall be appointed and agreed on by the club on the night of the preceding meeting . 3d . That every member of this club shall make it his endeavor , if possible , for the honor of ...
... give a demonstration in anatomy , the subject of which shall be appointed and agreed on by the club on the night of the preceding meeting . 3d . That every member of this club shall make it his endeavor , if possible , for the honor of ...
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... give him his vote , in pre- ference to any man in the colony , who had as little military experience . No. 3. - 59 fire - locks . 18 pistols without locks . 50 broad swords , best kind . 49 do . 134 small swords . with iron hilts . 54 ...
... give him his vote , in pre- ference to any man in the colony , who had as little military experience . No. 3. - 59 fire - locks . 18 pistols without locks . 50 broad swords , best kind . 49 do . 134 small swords . with iron hilts . 54 ...
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