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Flint, Lieutenant Thomas, came to Vir- ginia in 1618, burgess for Warwick River, 1629, 1629-1630 ; for Keith's Creek, 1631 ; for Stanley Hundred, 1632; for Denbigh, 1632- 1633; for Warwick county, 1642-1643, 1647; commissioner for Warwick River, 1631. He married Mary - . In 1628 he received 1,000 acres on Warwick river for importing twenty persons into the colony.
Flinton, Pharoah, gentleman, came to Virginia in 1612, settled in Elizabeth City, where he patented land between Newport News and Blunt Point in 1624.
Flood, John, came to Virginia in 1610, his wife Margaret in 1620; in 1616 was one of Rev. Alexander Whitaker's men at Charles City, living at Jordan's Journey in 1625; burgess for Flower Dewe Hundred i11 1630 and for Westover, Flower Dewe Hundred and Weyanoke in 1632; settled about 1638 on the south side of James river in Surry county, near "Four Mile Tree"; burgess for James City county in 1642, 1645. Indian interpreter, 1646; burgess for James City county, 1652, 1656. Captain in 1642, lieutenant-colonel, 1652. He died in Surry county, 1661. His son Captain Thomas Flood succeeded him as interpreter. He married Fortune Jordan, sister of Colonel George Jordan.
Flournoy, Jacob, son of Jaques Flournoy, of Geneva, Switzerland, was born January 5, 1663. He was a Huguenot, who came to
Virginia in 1700, and settled with other per- sons of same religious views at Manakin- town, above Richmond. He had a nephew John James Flournoy, who also settled in Virginia.
Flournoy, John James, born November 17, 1686, was son of Jaques Flournoy, of Geneva, and Julia Eyraud, his wife, came to Virginia about 1717, and settled at Wil- liamsburg, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of James Williams, and widow of Orlando Jones. He was nephew of Jacob Flournoy, immigrant.
Floyd, Charles, was a burgess from Nor- thampton in the session of November 16, 1714, and in the assembly of 1718.
Folliott, Rev. Edward, son of Sir John Folliott and Elizabeth Aylmer, daughter of Jchn Aylmer, Bishop of London, was born in 1610, matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford, April 13, 1632, and was rector of Alderton, Northamptonshire, in 1634 and until it was sequestered by parliament. He came to Virginia before 1652. In 1660 he was min- ister of Marston parish in York county, and afterwards of York parish. He left two daughters: I. Elizabeth Folliott who married (first) Josias Moody, and (secondly) Cap- tain Charles Hansford. 2. Mary, who mar- ried (first) Dr. Henry Power, and (sec- ondly) John Seal.
Follis, "Mr. Thomas," was a burgess from James City in the assembly of 1641.
Fontaine, Francis, a French Huguenot, son of Rev. James Fontaine, who was born at Jenouelle, France, and grandson of James Fontaine, pastor of Vaux and Royan. He was born September 16, 1697, was minister of the French settlement at Manakintown,
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Virginia, from 1720-1722, professor of Oriental languages in William and Mary College in 1729, rector of Yorkhampton parish, 1722-1749. Died the latter year. He married (first) Mary Glaneson; (second) Susanna Brush. He left issue.
Fontaine, James Maury, son of Rev. Francis Fontaine, by Susanna Brush, his wife, was born in 1738, educated at William and Mary College, where he was described as "knowing more than any other boy in the country of his age"; was ordained in Eng- land in 1763; on his return was rector of Petsworth and Ware parishes in Gloucester county.
Fontaine, John, brother of Rev. Francis Fontaine (q. v.), was born in 1693, ensign in the British army and served in Spain, visited Virginia in 1714 and went with Gov- ernor Spotswood on the "Ultra Montane Expedition" of which he kept a diary. He returned to England.
Fontaine, Peter, brother of Francis Fon- taine (q. v.), was born in 1691 ; ordained a minister by the Bishop of London, came to Virginia in 1716, rector of Manakintown and Westover parishes, chaplain to the Vir- ginia commission which ran the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728-1729. He died July, 1757. He mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Fourreau; (second) Elizabeth Wade.
Foote, Richard, was the emigrant ances- tor of the Foote family in Virginia and the south. He was son of John Foote, gentle- mian, and was born at Cardenham, county Cornwall, England, August 10, 1632. The Footes were an old family in Cornwall. He married Hester, daughter of Nicholas Hay-
ward, of London, merchant, who dealt ex- tensively with Virginia. He came to Vir- ginia about 1655, and was carrying on the business of a merchant in London in 1689. He left a son Richard Foote, born June 31, 1666, who came to Virginia about the end of the seventeenth century, settled in Staf- ford county, where he died March 21, 1719. He was ancestor of Hon. H. S. Foote, of Mississippi.
Ford, Richard, was a burgess from James City in the assembly of 1659-1660.
Fossaker, Captain Richard, was a burgess for Stafford county in 1702, 1704. 1705. He married the daughter and executrix of Cap- tain John Withers, and had a grandson, John Fossaker, living in Stafford in 1756.
Foster, Joseph, nephew of Captain Wil- ham Bassett, first of that name in Virginia, came from Newport, Southampton county, England, and was a justice of New Kent county, and burgess in 1688, 1696, and 1700- 1702; vestryman of St. Peter's parish, New Kent. and lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He died about 1715, leaving issue.
Foster, Captain Richard, a burgess from Lower Norfolk county in 1656.
Fouace, Stephen, came to Virginia in 1688, was minister of Hampton parish, York county, one of the original trustees of Wil- liam and Mary College, 1693. He returned to England in 1702, when he resided in Chelsea, Middlesex county. In 1729 he joined with Dr. James Blair, as the only other surviving trustee under the college charter, in executing a deed of transfer to the faculty.
Fowke (Foulke), Gerard, a royalist, son
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of Roger Fowke, of Gunston Hall, Stafford- shire, England, came to Virginia about 1650 and in 1655 was a justice of Westmoreland county ; lieutenant-colonel in 1661, and a burgess in 1663. In 1664 he removed to Maryland, where he was a burgess for Charles City county in 1665, and became justice for the same October 22, 1667. He died in 1669. He married Ann, widow of Colonel Job Chandler, of Port Tobago, Maryland. His daughter Mary was grand- mother of Colonel George Mason, author of the "Virginia Declaration of Rights."
Fowke (Foulke), Thomas, brother of Colonel Gerard Fowke (q. v.), was born in England and came to Virginia about 1650; captain of militia and burgess for James City county in 1659, and afterwards on his removal to Westmoreland county was bur- gess in 1660. He died in 1663 without issue.
Fowler, Bartholomew, was commissioned attorney general of Virginia, June 22, 1699. He resided in Henrico county, and died about 1703, when his widow Sarah (Archer) married Dr. Archibald Blair.
Fowler, Francis, born 1601, was a burgess ir: 1641 and 1642, for James City county. In 1635 he patented 900 acres of land in James City county, opposite Jouring Point.
Fox, David, son of Captain David Fox, a prominent merchant and officer of Lan- caster county, who died in 1669, was born March 12, 1650. He married Hannah Ball, daughter of Colonel William Ball. He was one of the justices with the rank of captain, and served as burgess for Lancaster in the assemblies of 1677. 1680, 1685-86, 1692-93. He died in 1702, and was father of William Fox (q. v.).
Fox, Henry, was son of John Fox, a ship captain, who traded extensively with Vir- ginia from 1655 to his death in 1683. Henry Fox was a vestryman of St. John's parish, King and Queen county in 1695, and jus- tice of the court in 1699. When King Wil- liam county was formed from King and Queen county, Henry Fox's estate was in that county. He was a member of the house of burgesses in 1710, 1712, 1714, and died in 1714. By his wife, Anne, daughter of Colo- nel John West, he had several sons, John, Thomas and Henry Fox.
Fox, Henry, son of Henry Fox, of King William county, was sheriff of King Wil- ham in 1724 and 1725, and about 1730 he removed to Brunswick county, of which he was one of the first justices and one of the two first representatives in the house of burgesses in 1732.
Fox, Rev. John, was usher in the gram- miar school of William and Mary College in 1729. master of the Indian school 1730- 1737. and afterwards served as rector of Ware parish, Gloucester county. He mar- ried Isabella, daughter of Thomas Booth, of Gloucester county.
Fox, Major Richard, a royalist officer, came to Virginia in 1649. He afterwards returned, was at once arrested by order of the council of state, but released on promis- ing "to leave town in four days and be of good behavior."
Fox, William, son of Captain David Fox (q. v.), was a justice of the peace and bur- gess for Lancaster county in 1700-1702. He was also a captain of militia. He married Ann Chinn, but died without issue in 1718.
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His widow married (secondly) Richard Chichester, Esq.
Francis, Thomas, was a burgess from Up- per Norfolk in the assembly of 1657-1658.
Franklin, "Mr. Ferdinand," was a burgess from James City in the assembly of 1641, and a burgess (county unknown) in the assembly of 1642.
Fry, John, son of Colonel Joshua Fry and his wife, Mary Micou, was born November 7. 1737. He was vestryman of St. Anne's parish, Albemarle county, and burgess for the county from 1761 to 1764, when his seat was vacated by his accepting the office of coroner. He was colonel of the Albemarle militia. He married Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Adams, of New Kent, by whom he left issue.
Fry, Joshua, son of Joseph Fry, of Crew- kerne, Somersetshire, England, yeoman, was born in 1700; matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, March 31, 1718. He came to Virginia about 1720, was vestryman and magistrate in Essex county. In 1729 he was appointed master of the grammar school at William and Mary College and in 1732 was made professor of natural phil- osophy and mathematics and continued as such till 1737, when he was succeeded by John Graeme. He removed to Albemarle county, which he represented in the house of burgesses from 1744 to 1754. In 1732 Joshua Fry, Robert Brooke, and William Mayo petitioned the house of burgesses for aid in making a map of the colony of Vir- ginia, but the petition was rejected. He was a justice and surveyor for Albemarle county and in 1745 was appointed county lieuten ant. The same year he acted as commis-
sioner to mark the western line of the north- ern neck, granted to Lord Culpeper. In 1749 Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson com- pleted their map of Virginia, and the same year he was one of the commissioners to continue the line between Virginia and North Carolina, which in 1728 had been run from the Atlantic ocean to Peter's Creek by William Byrd and others. This line was completed to the Tennessee river by Thomas Walker and David Smith, on the part of Virginia as commissioners. In 1752 he was one of the commissioners to negotiate the treaty of Logstown in the Ohio, by which the "Six Nations" surrend- ered their claim to the territory south of the Ohio river. When the French and In- dian war began, Fry was made colonel of the regiment to defend the Ohio river, and Washington was lieutenant-colonel. Soon after, while on the march, he died at Wills Creek, May 31, 1754. He married Mary Micon, widow of Colonel Hill, and daughter of Paul Micou, who was an exile from France to Essex county.
French, Daniel, lived in Culpeper county where he was one of the justices. He was son of Hugh French, of St. Mary's parish, Richmond county, who died about 1701, and father of Margaret French, who married James Strother.
Fulford, "Mr. Francis," was burgess from Henrico in the assembly of 1641.
Gaines, Harry, was burgess for King William county in 1766 and 1767, and major of the militia. He died in July, 1767.
Gaddes (Gadis), John, burgess for James City county in 1705-1706.
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Gale, Thomas, was a burgess from Isle of Wight in the assembly of 1752-1755.
Galt, Dr. John M., was son of Samuel Galt, a covenanter, of Londonderry, Ireland, who came to Virginia about 1735, and mar- ried Lucy Servant. He was born in 1744, was educated at William and Mary College and studied medicine at Edinburgh and Paris, 1765-66-67. He was for a time a sur- geon with the Hudson Bay Company, set- tled in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was vestryman of Bruten parish church. In 1774 he was one of the committee of safety for Williamsburg. During the American war he had charge of the sick soldiers in the hospitals in and around Williamsburg. He married Judith Craig, daughter of Alex ander Craig and Mary Manpin, his wife. He died in 1808.
Galthorpe, Stephen, sailed with the first settlers to Virginia in 1606. In the West Indies he attempted to raise a mutiny among the passengers. He died during the summer at Jamestown, August 15, 1607.
Gany, William, came to Virginia in 1616, and his wife Ann came in 1620. In 1624, aged thirty-three, he was living at Elizabeth City. In 1635 he obtained a patent for land in Accomac, due him on account of the per- sonal adventure of his wife Ann, son Wil- liam, daughter Ann, brother Henry Gany, and the importation of twenty-one ser- vants.
Gardner, Captain Thomas, had command in 1673 of his majesty's hired ship The Bar- naby. In 1676 he was in command of The Adam and Eve stationed in James river and captured Bacon when he came to take part in the assembly after his first march VIR_16
against the Indians. This caused his ar- rest during Bacon's assembly and his being imprisoned and fined.
Garnett, James, son of John Garnett, of Essex county, was a burgess from Essex county in 1741 and in the assembly of 1742- 1747. He married Elizabeth Muscoe, daughter of Salvator Muscoe, a lawyer and burgess, and his will was proved in Essex county, July 15, 1765. He was father of Muscoe Garnett, who married Grace Fen- ton Mercer, daughter of John Mercer, the celebrated lawyer.
Gaskins, Thomas, son of Thomas Gas- kins and Mary Conway, daughter of Colo- nel Edwin Conway, was burgess for North- umberland county in 1766-1768; lieutenant- colonel, justice, etc. He married Sarah Eus- tace, and was father of Thomas Gaskins, lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Virginia Regiment in the revolution. His will was proved April 12, 1785.
Glasscock, Thomas, member of an in- fluential family of Richmond county, was burgess for that county in the assembly of May, 1769.
George, John, patented, in 1635, 900 acres on Bayley's Creek in Prince George county, due for the importation of his wife Jane and seventeen other persons. He was after- wards a prominent citizen of Isle of Wight county, for which he was burgess in 1647 and 1652; lieutenant-colonel of militia, etc. He died in 1678.
Gerrard, Dr. Thomas, an early emigrant to Maryland, where he was for a long time member of the council. His first wife was Susanna, daughter of Justinian Snow,
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Lord Baltimore's factor in the tobacco trade. Gerrard was banished from Mary- land for taking part in the rebellion of Josias Fendall. He settled at Machodick, Westmoreland county, and his will dated February 1, 1672, was proved November 19, 1673.
Gibbes, Lieutenant, was a burgess from Captain Ward's plantation in the assembly of 1619.
Gibson, Jonathan, was burgess from Caroline county in the assembly of 1736- 1740.
Giles (Gyles), John, was burgess from Isle of Wight county in the assembly of 1696-97, 1698, 1699.
Giles (Gyles) Thomas, was a burgess from Isle of Wight county in the sessions of May 13, and June 18, 1702. In 1694 he was one of the justices of Isle of Wight county.
Gill, Captain Stephen, a chirurgeon, pat- ented in 1636 100 acres in Charles River county (York) on account of the personal adventure of his now wife, Ann Gill, and her late husband, Henry Toppin. He was a justice of York in 1652 and burgess in 1653. His will was proved August 2, 1653.
Glassell, Andrew, son of Robert Glassell, of Rucan, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, who lived "near Torthorwald, the castle of the Douglass," was born in Galloway, Scotland, October 8, 1738, emigrated to Madison county, Virginia, in 1756. He built a splen- did mansion upon the Upper Robinson river and called it "Torthorwald." He married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Erasmus Taylor, great-uncle of President Zachary Taylor. He died in Virginia, July 24, 1827,
leaving issue. His brother, John Glassell, was a merchant in Fredericksburg, who acquired a large fortune. On the breaking out of the American revolution he returned to Scotland and resided on his estate, Long Nidry, sixteen miles from Edinburgh. His only daughter and heiress, Joanna, married April 17, 1820, John, seventh Duke of Argyle.
Godfrey, Matthew, was a burgess from Norfolk in the sessions of December 5, 1700, May 13, and June 18, 1702. He was son of John Godfrey, whose will was proved in Norfolk county, May 15, 1710.
Godwin, Joseph, burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1710-1712, 1712-1714, 1723-1726, 1727-1734. He was son of Colonel Thomas Godwin and Martha Bridger, his wife.
Godwin, Rev. Morgan, entered Oxford in 1661 and March 16, 1665, received the Bach- elor of Arts degree. He came to Virginia soon after and took charge of Marston par- ish, York county. He resided for a short time at Jamestown, and after visiting the West Indies returned to England. In 1680 he published a pamphlet against slavery called "The Negroes' and Indians' Advo- cate" and five years later preached a sermon in Westminster Abbey against the evils of the slave trade, thus preceding Wilberforce and Clarkson by more than a century. His father, Rev. Morgan Godwin, was arch- deacon of Shropshire, his grandfather bishop of Hereford, and his great-grandfather, Thomas Godwin, was bishop of Bath and Wells.
Godwin, Thomas, first of the family in Virginia, was burgess for Nansemond county in 1654 and 1655. In 1674 "Capt. Thomas Godwin is referred to as an 'antient'
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inhabitant of Nanzemond Countie Court." In March, 1676, he is referred to as "colo- nel," and as "Col. Thomas Godwin" he was speaker of the house of burgesses in June, 1676, which passed "Bacon's Laws." His will was dated March 24, 1677, and names sons, Thomas (q. v.) and Edmund, and daughter Elizabeth.
Godwin, Thomas, son of Colonel Thomas Godwin, was member of the Nansemond county court in 1680, with title of captain. He was later colonel, commanding the militia of Nansemond, and presiding justice of the county. He married Martha Bridger, daughter of Colonel Joseph Bridger, of the council. His will, dated May 3, 1712, was proved in Nansemond, May 27, 1714. He had issue-Thomas, Joseph, Edmund, Sam- ttel, William, Martha, Mary and James.
Godwin, Thomas, Jr., son of Colonel Thomas Godwin and Martha Bridger, his wife, was returned by the sheriff as elected to a seat in the assembly of 1699, but the assembly set aside the return in favor of Thomas Milner. He was a member in 1710- 1712, 1712-1714 and 1723-1726, and sheriff, 1731, 1732 and 1734. He married Mary Pitt, and left issue.
Gooch (Gouge, Gough), Henry, was prob- ably a brother of Major William Gooch, of the council, who died in York county, Octo- ber 29, 1655. He was a justice and lieu- tenant-colonel of the York county militia. He took sides with Bacon in 1676, and after the surrender of West Point, January 16, 1677, Lawrence and the other rebels held their last meeting at Colonel Gooch's home in what is now King William county, on the Pamunkey river. While Lawrence, Whaley and Forth took to the wilderness, Gooch
surrendered to Sir William Berkeley. He was sentenced to pay a fine of 6,000 pounds of tobacco and to beg mercy on his bended knees in court. He married Jane Jones, daughter of Rev. Rowland Jones, of Bruton parish, York county (see "William and Mary College Quarterly," vol. v, 110-112).
Goodrich, Charles, was a burgess from Charles City county in the assembly of 1696-97. He was son of John Goodrich, who made his will in Isle of Wight county in 1698.
Goodrich, Edward, son of Edward Good- rich, of Prince George county (q. v.), was a burgess from Brunswick county in 1755- 1758, 1758-1761. He was sheriff of Bruns- wick in 1759.
Goodrich, Edward, was a burgess from Prince George county in 1711, 1712-1714, 1715. 1718, 1720. He died the latter year, and in his will names children-Mary, Eliz- abeth, Benjamin and Edward.
Goodrich, John, was burgess for Isle of Wight county in 1695-1696, but died before the opening of the second session. He was born in 1652 and left issue-George and John, and four daughters.
Goode, Bennett, was son of John Goode, of Fall's Plantation, Chesterfield county, and grandson of John Goode, the immigrant. He married Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, grandfather of Presi- dent Jefferson. He died in Goochland county in 1771, and his will named his son Bennett, who was a member of the revolu- tionary conventions of 1775 and 1776 from Mecklenburg county, and of the state con- vention of 1788.
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Goode, John, immigrant, resided in Hen- rico county, Virginia, before 1676. He took sides with Nathaniel Bacon until the latter avowed his intentions of resisting the King's soldiers. He settled at "Whitby," on the James river. He died in 1709, leaving issue. His brother, Rev. Marmaduke Goode, was of Ufton, Berkshire, England.
Goodwin, James, was the youngest son of Peter Goodwin, salter, of Tower street ward, London, and Sarah, daughter of John Hilliard, or Highlord. His pedigree is published in the . "Visitation of London," 1633. James, who was probably a royalist refugee, was justice of York county from 1657 to 1662, and in 1658 he represented York county in the house of burgesses. He had the rank of major in the militia and died in 1679, leaving issue.
Cookin, Daniel, was of an ancient family of Kent, in England, son of Sir Vincent Gookin. He removed to Cariggaline, a few miles south of Cork, in Ireland, on the shores of Cork harbor. He came to Vir- ginia in 1622 from Newce's Town, in Cork county, founded by Sir William Newce. He received from the London Company 2,500 acres, which was located at Newport News. Shortly after his arrival the first Indian massacre occurred, but Daniel Gookin, with his servants and company, at Newport News successfully repelled the attack. A few weeks later he sailed to England in the ship which first brought the news of the massacre of more than 300 English. It is probable that he never returned to Virginia, but carried on his plantation at Newport News through l:is son, Daniel Gookin Jr.
Gookin, Daniel, Jr., son of Daniel Gookin and Mary Bird, his wife, was born about
1612. He was agent for his father at New- port News and was residing there in March. 1633, when Captain Peter de Vries anchored his ship before the place. He was burgess for Upper Norfolk county in 1641 and com- niander of that county. In. 1642 he joined in a petition to the general court of Massa- chusetts for three able ministers to occupy the parishes in his neighborhood. In answer John Knowles, William Thompson and Thomas James were sent. But Governor Berkeley and his assembly came down so hard upon them that the Puritan ministers soon returned to Massachusetts and Daniel Gookin went with them. He became one of the leading men in Massachusetts, a major-general, etc. He died March 19, 1687, and was buried at Cambridge, where his tombstone may still be seen.
Gookin, John, was probably a son of Dan- iel Gookin, Sr., as he joined in a deed with Daniel Gookin, Jr., to convey Newport News to John Chandler. He was a burgess for Upper Norfolk county (Nansemond) in 1639 and 1641. He was also presiding mag- istrate for Lower Norfolk county. He mar- ried Sarah Offley, widow of Captain Adam Thoroughgood, and had a daughter Mary, who married (first) William Moseley, (sec- ond) Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lawson. He died November 2, 1643. His widow married (third) Colonel Francis Yardley and deceased August, 1657.
Gordon, James, born 1714, came with his brother John to Virginia in 1738 from Newry, county Down, Ireland. He was a son of James Gordon, of Sheepsbridge and Lisdaff, in that county, a Presbyterian, whose ancestor came from Scotland to Ire- land probably at the time of the Ulster
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Plantation. He settled in Lancaster county, was a justice of the peace, colonel of the militia and a prominent planter and mer- chant. He was one of the pioneers of Pres- byterianism in Eastern Virginia, and was intimate with Samuel Davies and James Waddell, "the Blind Preacher," who mar- ried his daughter Mary. He married (first) Milicent Conway, (second) Mary, daughter 01 Colonel Nathaniel Harrison, of Surry county, and dying June 2, 1768, left issue. James Gordon kept an interesting diary which has been published in the "William and Mary Quarterly Magazine."
Gordon, Rev. John, son of Patrick Gor- don, regent of King's College, Aberdeen, was minister of Wilmington parish, James City county, Virginia, and died circa 1705. He was brother of Alexander Gordon, pro- fessor of humanity in King's College, Aber- ‹cen, and of George Gordon, professor of Oriental languages in said college.
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