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Page 191
... proposed that the speculators should receive only what they had paid and that the differ- ence should go to the sacrificing patriots who had made the original loans to the Confederation . A majority in Congress found Madison's proposal ...
... proposed that the speculators should receive only what they had paid and that the differ- ence should go to the sacrificing patriots who had made the original loans to the Confederation . A majority in Congress found Madison's proposal ...
Page 226
... proposal that the General Assembly had rejected in 1779. Randolph modified the original plan so that it would not begin to be- come effective until 1858. He proposed in the House of Delegates that every Ne- gro boy born a slave after ...
... proposal that the General Assembly had rejected in 1779. Randolph modified the original plan so that it would not begin to be- come effective until 1858. He proposed in the House of Delegates that every Ne- gro boy born a slave after ...
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... proposed constitution outdid Congress . It provided that no one could become an officeholder or a juror until he had sworn that he had not supported the Confederacy . General Schofield urged the convention to give up the test oath ...
... proposed constitution outdid Congress . It provided that no one could become an officeholder or a juror until he had sworn that he had not supported the Confederacy . General Schofield urged the convention to give up the test oath ...
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THE EARLIEST VIRGINIANS 17058 | 7 |
ENGLANDS FIRST VENTURES IN VIRGINIA | 20 |
UNDER COMPANY CONTROL 16071624 | 30 |
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