Gentry and Common Folk: Political Culture on a Virginia Frontier, 1740-1789University Press of Kentucky, 1991 - 228 頁 In the late 18th century, the Upper Valley of Virginia experienced a conflict between the elitist culture of the gentry and the more democratic values of the populace. Tillson addresses several major issues in historical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry, focusing on changing political values in the late colonial and Revolutionary eras. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... later that year the vestrymen allowed John Smith and several other men to build a " chapel of ease , " " Provided that it doth not affect the Parish now or later nor exempt them from their proportion of the parish levy . " 106 Whatever ...
... later that year the vestrymen allowed John Smith and several other men to build a " chapel of ease , " " Provided that it doth not affect the Parish now or later nor exempt them from their proportion of the parish levy . " 106 Whatever ...
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... later Virginia officials were alarmed by reports that another group of Augusta men planned to ambush a friendly Cherokee party returning from meetings in Williamsburg , and two years later Governor Fauquier admitted that there was " not ...
... later Virginia officials were alarmed by reports that another group of Augusta men planned to ambush a friendly Cherokee party returning from meetings in Williamsburg , and two years later Governor Fauquier admitted that there was " not ...
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... later James McGavock lamented that Tories dominated both his own and Preston's neighborhoods . 21 When Montgomery lead- ers offered to pardon penitent Tories in September 1779 , they were able to delineate precisely those parts of their ...
... later James McGavock lamented that Tories dominated both his own and Preston's neighborhoods . 21 When Montgomery lead- ers offered to pardon penitent Tories in September 1779 , they were able to delineate precisely those parts of their ...
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Land People Economy and Government | 5 |
The Political Culture of the Colonial Elite | 20 |
John Stuarts History of the Greenbrier Valley | 138 |
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