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Title: History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Author: Charles Campbell

Release Date: May 28, 2010 [EBook #32573]

Language: English

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HISTORY

OF THE

COLONY AND ANCIENT DOMINION

OF

VIRGINIA.

BY

CHARLES CAMPBELL.

PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO.
1860.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

CHARLES CAMPBELL,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Virginia.

PREFACE.

Although Virginia must be content with a secondary and unpretending rank
in the general department of history, yet in the abundance and the
interest of her historical materials, she may, without presumption,
claim pre-eminence among the Anglo-American colonies. While developing
the rich resources with which nature has so munificently endowed her,
she ought not to neglect her past, which teaches so many useful lessons,
and carries with it so many proud recollections. Her documentary
histo