Plucked from the New World by lost Spaniards, an Indian wins an audience with King Philip II and, on death’s door, changes his name. Read more here: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Don_LuA

Given a choice between common sense and her version of things, men always leaned toward her version. It was a gift that served the Confederacy well. Read more here: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Boyd_Belle_1844-1900

Thirty years earlier he'd signed the Declaration of Independence. On this morning he ate a spartan breakfast of milk and strawberries, never even tasting the arsenic. Read more here: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Wythe_The_Death_of_George_1806

Inside he hung feet-side-up, his temples throbbing, his head near to bursting. The box was addressed to Philadelphia—or, put another way, to freedom. Read more here: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Brown_Henry_Box_ca_1815

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