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(Encyclopedia) CE5 West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N, NE), Virginia (E and S), Kentucky (W) and, across the Ohio River, Ohio (NW…Beverley, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Beverley, RobertBeverley, Robertbĕvˈərlē [key], 1673–1722, Virginia colonial historian, author of The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). A substantial planter and colonial…Wilson Cary NICHOLAS, Congress, VA (1761-1820)
Senate Years of Service: 1799-1804 Party: Democratic Republican NICHOLAS Wilson Cary , a Senator and a Representative from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., January 31, 1761; attended the…William Cabell RIVES, Congress, VA (1793-1868)
Senate Years of Service: 1832-1834; 1836-1837; 1837-1839; 1841-1845 Party: Jacksonian; Jacksonian; Democrat; Whig RIVES William Cabell , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at 'Union…Monticello
(Encyclopedia) MonticelloMonticellomŏnˌtĭsĕlˈō, –chĕlˈō [key] [Ital.,=little mountain], estate, 640 acres (259 hectares), central Va., near Charlottesville; home of Thomas Jefferson for 56 years. The…Lee, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Lee, Richard, 1613?–1664, American colonist, founder of the Lee family of Virginia. A member of the Coton branch of the Lees of Shropshire, England, he immigrated (c.1642) to Virginia…Virginia State University
(Encyclopedia) Virginia State University, at Petersburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1882 as a normal and collegiate institute, opened 1883, became a normal and…Innes, James
(Encyclopedia) Innes, JamesInnes, Jamesĭnˈĭs [key], 1754–98, American lawyer, b. Caroline co., Va. As commander of a Virginia regiment, he took part in many battles of the American Revolution. He was…Rolfe, John
(Encyclopedia) Rolfe, JohnRolfe, Johnrŏlf [key], 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia. He reached the colony in May, 1610, and introduced (1612) the regular cultivation of tobacco, which became…Blair, James
(Encyclopedia) Blair, James, 1656–1743, Church of England clergyman, missionary to colonial Virginia, and founder of the College of William and Mary, b. Scotland. At the request of the bishop of…Trending
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