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... Virginia Gazette in 1775 that she was opening a dancing school in Williamsburg , Virginia , and promised " entire satisfaction . " Mrs. Sarah Mansell advertised in the Maryland Journal of December 1 , 1786 , that at the Man- sell ...
... Virginia Gazette in 1775 that she was opening a dancing school in Williamsburg , Virginia , and promised " entire satisfaction . " Mrs. Sarah Mansell advertised in the Maryland Journal of December 1 , 1786 , that at the Man- sell ...
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... Virginia it was determined by law that " All children born in this country be bond or free according to the ... Virginia colony was so great that the directors of the Virginia Company in London decided " That a fitt hundreth might be ...
... Virginia it was determined by law that " All children born in this country be bond or free according to the ... Virginia colony was so great that the directors of the Virginia Company in London decided " That a fitt hundreth might be ...
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... Virginia an apprenticeship law was passed in 1646 which provided " That the justices of the peace should at their discretion , bind out children to tradesmen or husband- men to be brought up in some good and lawfull calling " and that ...
... Virginia an apprenticeship law was passed in 1646 which provided " That the justices of the peace should at their discretion , bind out children to tradesmen or husband- men to be brought up in some good and lawfull calling " and that ...
Contents
AH WILDERNESS WE LEARNED THY WAYS | 37 |
FROM SHANTIES TO MANSIONS | 73 |
37 | 105 |
Copyright | |
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