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PART I.
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Introduction	1
Sir Walter Ralegh's Patent from Queen Elizabeth	8
I.
Sir Walter Ralegh	15
Sir Walter Ralegh described by Bancroft	17
II.
Ralph Lane	19
III.
John White	21
IV.
Sir Thomas Smith	23
Articles, Instructions, and Orders for the good Order and Government of the two several Colonies and Plantations, by King James I	24
V.
Edward Maria Wingfield	28
VI.
John Ratcliffe	30
VII.
Captain John Smith	31
Captain John Smith described by Abiel Holmes	39
Captain John Smith described by Thomas Jefferson	39
Captain John Smith described by Bancroft	40
Captain John Smith described by John H. Wheeler	40
Captain John Smith described by William Meade	41
Captain John Smith described by W. W. Henry	42
Captain John Smith described by William Wirt	42
VIII.
Captain George Percy	44
IX.
Sir Thomas Gates	46
X.
Lord De La Warr	47
XI.
Captain George Percy	50
XII.
Sir Thomas Dale	51
XIII.
Sir Thomas Gates	53
XIV.
Sir Thomas Dale	54
XV.
Captain George Yeardley	55
XVI.
Captain Samuel Argall	56
XVII.
Captain Nathaniel Powell	59
XVIII.
Sir George Yeardley	60
"A Reporte of the manner of proceeding in the General assembly convented at James citty in Virginia," July 30, 1619	61
XIX.
Sir Francis Wyatt	86
XX.
Sir George Yeardley	88
XXI.
Captain Francis West	89
XXII.
Doctor John Pott	90
XXIII.
Sir John Harvey	91
XXIV.
Captain John West	92
XXV.
Sir John Harvey	93
XXVI.
Sir Francis Wyatt	94
XXVII.
Sir William Berkeley	95
XXVIII.
Richard Kempe	96
Richard Kempe described by Bishop Wm. Meade	96
XXIX.
Sir William Berkeley	98
XXX.
Richard Bennet	100
"Articles at the surrender of the Countrie"	100
Articles, etc., agreed upon	102
"An Act of Indemquitie made att the surrender of the Countrey"	103
XXXI.
Edward Digges	105
XXXII.
Captain Samuel Matthews	106
Proceedings of Captain Matthews and Council in a contest with the Assembly, John Smith, Speaker	107
XXXIII.
Sir William Berkeley	113
Protest against Navigation Act	114
XXXIV.
Colonel Francis Moryson	115
Act I. of Revised Laws, concerning the building of Churches	115
XXXV.
Sir William Berkeley	117
XXXVI.
Sir Herbert Jeffries	120
XXXVII.
Sir Henry Chicheley	121
XXXVIII.
Thomas, Lord Culpeper	123
Lord Culpeper's hostility to the introduction of printing into the Colony	125
XXXIX.
Nicholas Spencer	126
XL.
Francis, Lord Howard	127
XLI.
Nathaniel Bacon	128
XLII.
Sir Francis Nicholson	130
XLIII.
Sir Edmund Andros	132
XLIV.
George Hamilton Douglas (Earl of Orkney)	135
XLV.
Sir Francis Nicholson	136
XLVI.
Edward Nott	137
XLVII.
Edmund Jenings	139
XLVIII.
Robert Hunter	140
XLIX.
Alexander Spotswood	141
Journal of Mr. Fontaine	144
L.
Hugh Drysdale	151
LI.
Robert Carter	152
Governor Carter's Epitaph	152
LII.
William Gooch	154
LIII.
William Anne Keppel	155
LIV.
Commissary James Blair	156
Epitaph	157
LV.
Sir William Gooch	159
LVI.
John Robinson	160
LVII.
Thomas Lee	162
Epitaph of Richard Lee	163
Epitaph of Thomas Lee	164
LVIII.
Lewis Burwell	166
Epitaph	166
LIX.
Robert Dinwiddie	168
Bancroft's tribute to Washington	169
LX.
John Campbell (Earl of Loudon)	172
LXI.
John Blair	173
LXII.
Francis Fauquier	175
Address and Resolutions of patriots of the Northern Neck of Virginia, after passage of Stamp Act, drawn up by Richard Henry Lee	177
LXIII.
Sir Jeffrey Amherst	181
Extract from speech of William Pitt (Lord Chatham)	183
Macaulay's description of Pitt	184
LXIV.
John Blair	185
LXV.
Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt	187
Bancroft's description of Botetourt	187
LXVI.
William Nelson	190
Eulogy on Nelson, by Mr. Camm	191
Epitaph	192
LXVII.
John Murray	193
Extract from Bancroft, on the Assembly of March 4, 1773	194
Extract from Thomas Jefferson, concerning Logan, the Cayuga Chief	196
LXVIII.
Peyton Randolph	199
Extract from Patrick Henry's speech in Convention, held at Richmond, Virginia, March 20, 1775	205
LXIX.
Edmund Pendleton	209
Described by William Wirt	210
Bancroft's description of Convention, held at Richmond, Virginia, May, 1776	211
Declaration of Rights	216
LXX.
Patrick Henry	220
Described by William Wirt	221
The Constitution of Virginia, adopted June 29, 1776	226
Extract from Williamsburg Gazette, of May 17, 1776	232
Extract from Thomas Jefferson	236
Extract from William Wirt, concerning the Convention in Richmond, Virginia, which met June 2, 1788	237
William Wirt's description of Patrick Henry's adieu to his profession	239
LXXI.
Thomas Jefferson	240
Extract from Autobiography	240
Extract from Autobiography	243
Resolution of thanks by General Assembly to Thomas Jefferson	245
Resolutions for a cession of the lands on the northwest side of Ohio to the United States	246
Resolution indemnifying William Fleming	248
Extract from Washington's letter to Governor Brooke	254
LXII.
Thomas Nelson, Jr.	256
Extract from General Henry Lee, concerning the heroism of Captain Matthew Smith	259
Act of Assembly to indemnify Thomas Nelson and to legalize certain acts of his administration	260
PART II.
Introduction	265
"List of the Livinge in Virginia," 1623	267
List of counties in Virginia, 1892	268
LXXIII.
Benjamin Harrison	270
Proclamation concerning the ratification of articles of peace, 1783	271
An Act concerning regulations respecting the British trade	272
LXXIV.
Patrick Henry	273
Described by William Wirt	273
Close of Patrick Henry's life, described by W. W. Henry	277
Preamble to Act for the revision of the laws, October, 1776	277
LXXV.
Edmund Randolph	279
Bishop William Meade describes the views of Edmund Randolph on religious subjects	283
LXXVI.
Beverley Randolph	284
An Act for the cession of ten miles square to the United States	285
LXXVII.
Henry Lee	287
Corps of Cavalry, described by his distinguished biographer	287
"Spread Eagle Tavern" incident	288
"Paulus's Hook" movement	289
Address from the citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, to George Washington	291
Author of "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States," revised by his son, General Robert E. Lee	293
LXXVIII.
Robert Brooke	295
Extract from Washington's address to Congress, 1795	295
LXXIX.
James Wood	298
Extract from Washington's address to Congress, December, 1796	298
LXXX.
James Monroe	300
Inscription upon tomb of Daniel Morgan	303
Extract from "Monroe Doctrine"	305
LXXXI.
John Page	306
LXXXII.
William H. Cabell	310
Extract from Resolutions of Respect, by Court of Appeals	311
LXXXIII.
John Tyler	313
LXXXIV.
James Monroe	315
Extract from Report of Committee on Foreign Relations	315
LXXXV.
George William Smith	318
LXXXVI.
Peyton Randolph	320
LXXXVII.
James Barbour	321
William Wirt's description of James Waddell, the blind preacher	321
LXXXVIII.
Wilson Cary Nicholas	326
LXXXIX.
James P. Preston	328
XC.
Thomas Mann Randolph	330
Decision of Supreme Court of United States, concerning Dartmouth College	331
Extract from speech of Daniel Webster	331
Extract from Inaugural address of President James Monroe	332
An Act ceding to the United States the lands on Old Point Comfort, etc.	332
XCI.
James Pleasants, Jr.	334
XCII.
John Tyler	336
XCIII.
William B. Giles	338
XCIV.
John Floyd	340
XCV.
Littleton Waller Tazewell	342
XCVI.
Wyndham Robertson	344
XCVII.
David Campbell	346
XCVIII.
Thomas Walker Gilmer	349
XCIX.
John Mercer Patton	352
C.
John Rutherfoord	354
CI.
John M. Gregory	356
CII.
James McDowell	358
CIII.
William Smith	360
Act declaring the County of Alexandria, formerly in the District of Columbia, to be an integral portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia	361
CIV.
John Buchanan Floyd	363
Description of Washington Monument in Richmond, Virginia	363
CV.
Joseph Johnson	365
CVI.
Henry Alexander Wise	367
CVII.
John Letcher	369
Resolutions by Hon. John J. Allen, offered in a mass-meeting of the people of Botetourt County, Virginia	370
An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America, by the State of Virginia	375
A Declaration of the people of Virginia represented in Convention, at the City of Wheeling, June 13, 1861	376
Tribute of respect to Governor Letcher by General Assembly	378
CVIII.
William Smith	379
CIX.
Francis H. Pierpoint	381
Resolutions by the General Assembly requesting the President of the United States to grant a general Amnesty to the citizens of Virginia	383
Resolutions by the General Assembly of Virginia, approving the policy of the President of the United States, etc.	383
CX.
Henry H. Wells	385
CXI.
Gilbert C. Walker	387
An Act to ratify the Joint Resolution of Congress, passed June 16, 1866, proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America	388
An Act to ratify the Joint Resolution of Congress, passed February 27, 1869, proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States	389
CXII.
James Lawson Kemper	391
Resolutions by General Assembly of Virginia, protesting against the passage of the Civil Rights Bill	392
CXIII.
Frederick W. M. Holliday	394
Published addresses	395
CXIV.
William Ewan Cameron	397
Act abolishing the "whipping-post"	398
CXV.
Fitzhugh Lee	399
Extract of letter from General R. E. Lee	400
Resolution of General Assembly extending thanks to the Attorney-General, etc.	402
CXVI.
Philip W. McKinney	403
Act to provide for the settlement of the public debt of Virginia	405
Extracts from Report of Commissioner of Agriculture for Virginia	413
APPENDIX.
Note A—Christopher Columbus	441
Note B—Venice	442
Note C—General Robert E. Lee	443
General Thomas J. Jackson	443
Note D—Causes which rendered necessary the New Edition of the Code of Virginia, 1873	443