Visitors' Hand Book of Old Point Comfort, Virginia and Vicinity: Including Fort Monroe, National Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Hampton Institute, Town of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Etc (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Visitors' Hand Book of Old Point Comfort, Virginia and Vicinity: Including Fort Monroe, National Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Hampton Institute, Town of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Etc In their open boats they were exposed to the full force of the blast, and sought in vain to stem its fury and find their way into some convenient harbor. Unable to ride at anchor, they put their frail bark before the wind and scudded toward the southward. York river was passed; then Back river, neither of which thev ...
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Excerpt from Visitors' Hand Book of Old Point Comfort, Virginia and Vicinity: Including Fort Monroe, National Soldiers' Home, National Cemetery, Hampton Institute, Town of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Etc In their open boats they were exposed to the full force of the blast, and sought in vain to stem its fury and find their way into some convenient harbor. Unable to ride at anchor, they put their frail bark before the wind and scudded toward the southward. York river was passed; then Back river, neither of which thev could make; till finally they came to the sandy strip of land jutting out into the entrance of the James River, rounding which they found shelter from the storm, and hamed the place, in gratitude of heart, Point Cum/art. The adjective old, has since been giv en to distinguish it from its sister shelter, New Point Comfort, higher up' the bay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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