While bearing her part in maintaining the cause of the colonies in their
struggle with the Mother Country, Virginia commissioned and equipped the
expedition which under the leadership of her son, George Rogers Clark,
conquered the empire of the northwest, an achievement the very romance
of daring and valor. Even more important to the cause of union than the
conquest was Virginia's action in dedicating the territory to the new
confederation, thus cementing the ties and interests of the separate
colonies in a vast domain, the common property of the whole.
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Footnote 339:
_History of the United States_, Bancroft, Vol. III, p. 93.
Footnote 340:
_The American Revolution_, Fiske, Vol. I, p. 18.
Footnote 341:
_A Short History of the English People_, J. R. Green, 1883, p. 35.
Footnote 342:
_History of United States_, Bancroft, Vol. III, p. 347.
Footnote 343:
_History of United States_, Bancroft, Vol. III, p. 436.
Footnote 344:
_Idem_, p. 437.
Footnote 345:
_Idem_, Vol. IV, p. 17.
Footnote 346:
_History of United States_, Bancroft, Vol. IV, p. 413.