Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . d the first governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,and for this position, in the trying times of the rebellionagainst the Mother Country, Henry was selected. For fiveyears Airginia occupied a prominent place in the councils ofthe united colonies and on the battle-field, and it was on hersoil that the final great struggle—the b
Life in old Virginia; a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous . d the first governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,and for this position, in the trying times of the rebellionagainst the Mother Country, Henry was selected. For fiveyears Airginia occupied a prominent place in the councils ofthe united colonies and on the battle-field, and it was on hersoil that the final great struggle—the battle of Yorktown—took place. The history of Virginia from 1776 to 1860 deals chieflywith matters relating to home development and the relationof the State to the Federal government. Following theadoption of her constitution, under the direction of Jefferson,the General Assembly of Virginia dis-established the churchand declared for religious freedom. It abolished the primo-geniture and entail system, by which lands were held in thefamily and handed down from the father to the oldest sor From 1780 to 1850 a struggle was made for the extensionof suffrage. Under the constitution of 1776 a relic of colo-nial government, no man could vote who did not possess as. County Street, Yorktown, Va., the Principal Street of the Town.
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