Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 páginas A biography of the black singer and songwriter from South Carolina who is credited with introducing the blues, spirituals, protest songs, and other types of African American music to a worldwide audience. |
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... where Elizabeth and her husband were entertained . Of Mrs. Hard's own share in the building of her home , her niece , Deborah Morris , thus quaintly tells : scarce . " All that came wanted a Dwelling and WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT . 67.
... where Elizabeth and her husband were entertained . Of Mrs. Hard's own share in the building of her home , her niece , Deborah Morris , thus quaintly tells : scarce . " All that came wanted a Dwelling and WOMEN IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT . 67.
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... Morris relatives owned family plate , some of it was marked with an engraved design of the faithful cat bearing in her mouth the providential rabbit . Of John and Rebecca Head , who arrived in Philadelphia early in the last century , it ...
... Morris relatives owned family plate , some of it was marked with an engraved design of the faithful cat bearing in her mouth the providential rabbit . Of John and Rebecca Head , who arrived in Philadelphia early in the last century , it ...
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... Morris , the financier , was urged to apply to Mr. Head for assistance in the early days of the Revolution , when the Continental Congress was greatly ham- pered for money to provision and clothe the troops . Mr. Head was known to have ...
... Morris , the financier , was urged to apply to Mr. Head for assistance in the early days of the Revolution , when the Continental Congress was greatly ham- pered for money to provision and clothe the troops . Mr. Head was known to have ...
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... Morris took up the key and opened the chest , from which he took sixty thousand dollars in gold and silver , with which clothing , shoes , and other necessities were provided for the army . Soon after , the battle of Trenton was fought ...
... Morris took up the key and opened the chest , from which he took sixty thousand dollars in gold and silver , with which clothing , shoes , and other necessities were provided for the army . Soon after , the battle of Trenton was fought ...
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... Morris . Of her we read that when she married Joseph Richardson , her father , Anthony Morris , placed her 74 COLONIAL DAYS AND DAMES .
... Morris . Of her we read that when she married Joseph Richardson , her father , Anthony Morris , placed her 74 COLONIAL DAYS AND DAMES .
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