PART I. |
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PAGE |
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 |