I graved my name on a tree by the river side ; and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George the First of England... Representative Authors of West Virginia - Page 4by Warren Wood - 1926 - 322 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Fontaine - 1853 - 528 pages
...turkeys. The Governor had graving irons, but could not . grave any thing, the stones were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side ; and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George the... | |
| Justin Winsor - 1887 - 318 pages
...journal : " The governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. The governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed,...which he writ that he took possession of this place, and in the name of and for King George the First of England." Maury's Huguenot Family, p. 288. a The... | |
| Justin Winsor - 1887 - 682 pages
...journal : " The governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. The governor buried a bottle with a paper enclosed,...which he writ that he took possession of this place, and in the name of and for King George the First of England." Maury's Huguenot Family, p. 288. г The... | |
| Justin Winsor - 1895 - 508 pages
...but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. . . . He buried a bottle and a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name of and for King George the First of England. We had a good dinner, drank the king's health in champagne,... | |
| 1898 - 278 pages
...he adds : ' ' The Governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side ; and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George the... | |
| Josiah Stoddard Johnston - 1898 - 266 pages
...he adds : ' ' The Governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side ; and the Governor buried a bottle with a paper inclosed on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George the... | |
| Justin Winsor - 1895 - 508 pages
...but could not grave anything, the stones were so hard. . . . He buried a bottle and a paper inclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name of and for King George the First of England. We had a good dinner, drank the king's health in champagne,... | |
| 1900 - 362 pages
...deer and turkeys. The Governor had graving irons, but could not grave anything, the stoue was so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the river side, and...that he took possession of this place in the name and for King George First of England. We had a good dinner,and after it we got the men together and... | |
| Lewis Preston Summers - 1903 - 932 pages
...anything, the stones were so hard. I graved my name on a tree by the riverside, and the Governor hurried a bottle with a paper enclosed on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name and for King Geo. 1st. of England. We had a good dinner, and after it we got the men together, and... | |
| Frederic Austin Ogg - 1904 - 696 pages
...came upon the Susquehanna, which they named the Euphrates. There " the Governor buried a bottle and a paper enclosed, on which he writ that he took possession of this place in the name of and for King George the First of England. AVe had a good dinner, drank the king's health in champagne,... | |
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