Virginia and Virginians eminent Virginians, executives of the colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the state of Virginia, from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powel Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury |
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COLONEL ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD
became governor. He was the most distinguished individual that controlled
the destinies of Virginia prior to the Revolution. He had won
distinction on many bloody fields during the campaigns of Marlborough,
and thus secured the appointment of colonial governor of Virginia.
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