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... ensu- ing years he lived the life of a Virginia planter , successful in his private affairs and serving the public effectively but quietly as a member of the House of Burgesses . When the troubles with the mother WASHINGTON 3.
... ensu- ing years he lived the life of a Virginia planter , successful in his private affairs and serving the public effectively but quietly as a member of the House of Burgesses . When the troubles with the mother WASHINGTON 3.
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... Though very Serene , not true , were yet not used for trifles . sullen , were the solitudes Of this unsigning people of the woods . - - Byron .. DANIE BOONE AND THE FOUNDING OF KENTUCKY ANIER DANIE BOONE. · Boone lived hunting up to ninety.
... Though very Serene , not true , were yet not used for trifles . sullen , were the solitudes Of this unsigning people of the woods . - - Byron .. DANIE BOONE AND THE FOUNDING OF KENTUCKY ANIER DANIE BOONE. · Boone lived hunting up to ninety.
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... territory , made him an alcalde , judge . He lived to a great age , and died out the border , a backwoods hunter to the last . GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH WEST 28 TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY HERO.
... territory , made him an alcalde , judge . He lived to a great age , and died out the border , a backwoods hunter to the last . GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH WEST 28 TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY HERO.
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... lived there for or camping by him- after it was f a year , either at the stations the woods , surveying , hunting , and making against the Indians like any other settler ; but all the time his mind was bent on vaster schemes than were ...
... lived there for or camping by him- after it was f a year , either at the stations the woods , surveying , hunting , and making against the Indians like any other settler ; but all the time his mind was bent on vaster schemes than were ...
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... lived , pronounced it " the We bold and daring act of the age . " single feat exactly like it in our own naval Cushing's destruction of the Albemarle in tory , brilliant as that has been , until we com war of the rebellion . In the ...
... lived , pronounced it " the We bold and daring act of the age . " single feat exactly like it in our own naval Cushing's destruction of the Albemarle in tory , brilliant as that has been , until we com war of the rebellion . In the ...
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