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Virginia, 1492-1892

a brief review of the discovery of the continent of North America, with a history of the executives of the colony and of the commonwealth of Virginia in two parts
Smith, Margaret Vowell
  
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PREFACE.
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PART I.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
 XIII. 
XIII.
 XIV. 
XIV.
 XV. 
XV.
 XVI. 
XVI.
 XVII. 
XVII.
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XVIII.
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Colonial Records of Virginia.
  
Satturday, July 31.
  
Sunday, Aug. 1.
  
Munday, Aug. 2.
  
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1619.
  
Wednesday, Aug. 4th.
  
A third sorte of lawes, suche as may issue out of every man's private conceipte.
  
Aug. 4th, 1619.
  
Aug. 4th, 1619.
  
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XIX.
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XX.
 XXI. 
XXI.
 XXII. 
XXII.
 XXIII. 
XXIII.
 XXIV. 
XXIV.
 XXV. 
XXV.
 XXVI. 
XXVI.
 XXVII. 
XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
XXIX.
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XXX.
  
ARTICLES AT THE SURRENDER OF THE COUNTRIE.
  
AN ACT OF INDEMQUITIE MADE ATT THE SURRENDER OF THE CONTREY.
  
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 XXXI. 
XXXI.
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XXXII.
  
The Oath.
  
By the Grand Assembly.
  
April the 3d, 1658.
  
The Oath.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
 XLV. 
XLV.
 XLVI. 
XLVI.
 XLVII. 
XLVII.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII.
 XLIX. 
XLIX.
 L. 
L.
 LI. 
LI.
 LII. 
LII.
 LIII. 
LIII.
 LIV. 
LIV.
 LV. 
LV.
 LVI. 
LVI.
 LVII. 
LVII.
 LVIII. 
LVIII.
 LIX. 
LIX.
ROBERT DINWIDDIE.
 LX. 
LX.
JOHN CAMPBELL.
 LXI. 
LXI.
JOHN BLAIR.
 LXII. 
LXII.
FRANCIS FAUQUIER.
 LXIII. 
LXIII.
SIR JEFFREY AMHERST.
 LXIV. 
LXIV.
JOHN BLAIR.
 LXV. 
LXV.
NORBORNE BERKELEY. (BARON DE BOTETOURT.)
 LXVI. 
LXVI.
WILLIAM NELSON.
 LXVII. 
LXVII.
JOHN MURRAY. (EARL DUNMORE.)
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LXVIII.
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
  
THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.
 LXIX. 
LXIX.
EDMUND PENDLETON.
 LXX. 
LXX.
PATRICK HENRY.
 LXXI. 
LXXI.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 LXXII. 
LXXII.
THOMAS NELSON, JR.
  
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PART II.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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LXXIII.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
  
October, 1783.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV.
PATRICK HENRY.
 LXXV. 
LXXV.
EDMUND RANDOLPH.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI.
BEVERLEY RANDOLPH.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII.
HENRY LEE.
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXVIII.
ROBERT BROOKE.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX.
JAMES WOOD.
 LXXX. 
LXXX.
JAMES MONROE.
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI.
JOHN PAGE.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII.
WILLIAM H. CABELL.
 LXXXIII. 
LXXXIII.
JOHN TYLER.
 LXXXIV. 
LXXXIV.
JAMES MONROE.
 LXXXV. 
LXXXV.
GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH.
 LXXXVI. 
LXXXVI.
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
 LXXXVII. 
LXXXVII.
JAMES BARBOUR.
 LXXXVIII. 
LXXXVIII.
WILSON CARY NICHOLAS.
 LXXXIX. 
LXXXIX.
JAMES P. PRESTON.
 XC. 
XC.
THOMAS MANN RANDOLPH.
 XCI. 
XCI.
JAMES PLEASANTS, JR.
 XCII. 
XCII.
JOHN TYLER.
 XCIII. 
XCIII.
WILLIAM B. GILES.
 XCIV. 
XCIV.
JOHN FLOYD.
 XCV. 
XCV.
LITTLETON WALLER TAZEWELL.
 XCVI. 
XCVI.
WYNDHAM ROBERTSON.
 XCVII. 
XCVII.
DAVID CAMPBELL.
 XCVIII. 
XCVIII.
THOMAS WALKER GILMER.
 XCIX. 
XCIX.
JOHN MERCER PATTON.
 C. 
C.
JOHN RUTHERFOORD.
 CI. 
CI.
JOHN M. GREGORY.
 CII. 
CII.
JAMES McDOWELL.
 CIII. 
CIII.
WILLIAM SMITH.
 CIV. 
CIV.
JOHN BUCHANAN FLOYD.
 CV. 
CV.
JOSEPH JOHNSON.
 CVI. 
CVI.
HENRY ALEXANDER WISE.
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CVII.
JOHN LETCHER.
  
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION
  
AN ORDINANCE
  
A DECLARATION
  
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 CVIII. 
CVIII.
WILLIAM SMITH.
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CIX.
FRANCIS H. PIERPOINT.
  
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
  
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
  
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 CX. 
CX.
HENRY H. WELLS.
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CXI.
GILBERT C. WALKER.
  
AN ACT
  
ARTICLE XIV.
  
AN ACT
  
ARTICLE XV.
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CXII.
JAMES LAWSON KEMPER.
  
JOINT RESOLUTIONS
 CXIII. 
CXIII.
FREDERICK W. M. HOLLIDAY.
 CXIV. 
CXIV.
WILLIAM EWAN CAMERON.
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CXV.
FITZHUGH LEE.
  
JOINT RESOLUTION
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CXVI.
PHILIP W. McKINNEY.
  
AN ACT
  
Principal Rivers and Branches.
  
Tidewater Virginia
  
The Middle Country
  
Piedmont Virginia
  
The Great Valley of Virginia
  
The Blue Ridge Section,
  
Appalachian Virginia
  
In Tidewater Virginia
  
In the Middle Section
  
In Piedmont Virginia
  
In the Blue Ridge District
  
In the Valley
  
In the Appalachian Country
  
Iron.
  
Coal.
  
Zinc.
  
Lead.
  
Manganese.
  
Tin.
  
Copper.
  
Salt.
  
Asbestos.
  
Soapstone.
  
Black Lead.
  
Mica.
  
Gold.
  
Pyrites.
  
Barytes.
  
Limestone.
  
Plaster (Gypsum.)
  
Marl.
  
Building Stone and Slate.
  
Kaolin.
  
Fire-Clays.
  
Mineral Springs.
  
Climate.
  
Forests.
  
Flowers.
  
Fruits.
  
Cereals, Cotton, Tobacco.
  
Fisheries.
  
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APPENDIX.
 A. 
NOTE A.
 B. 
NOTE B.
 C. 
NOTE C.
 D. 
NOTE D.
  
INDEX.
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XXI.

CAPTAIN FRANCIS WEST.

XXI. President of the Council
and
Governor.

XXI. November 14, 1627, to March 5, 1629.

Captain Francis West was a younger brother of Lord
De la Warr. He came to the Colony early in its settlement.
Here he married, and was long a member of the Council. In
1623 he went to Plymouth with a commission to be Admiral
of New England. He was authorized to restrain vessels
from fishing or trading on the coast without a license from
the New England Council, but, meeting with difficulty in
executing this part of his commission, he sailed for Virginia.

When Governor Yeardley died, the administration devolved
on West. During his control of affairs the Colony
received large accessions of emigrants from Europe. Captain
West returned to England, March 5, 1629, when Dr. John
Pott succeeded him in presiding over the fortunes of the Colony.
Captain West is said to have come back again to
Virginia, and to have met his death by drowning.

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