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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
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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INDEX.

A

Abraham, Plains of, 175

Acadie, 56

Act abolishing the "whipping post," 398

Act ceding to the United States the lands on Old Point Comfort, 332

Act extending thanks of General Assembly to Attorney-General, etc., 402

Act for the cession of ten miles square for the permanent seat of the general
government, 285

Act for building a church in each parish, 115

Act imposing duty on tea, by Great Britain, 188, 201

"Act of Indemquitie, made att the Surrender of the Countrey," 103

Act of non-intercourse with England and France, 253

Act, the Stamp, 176, 177; Address and Resolutions against, 177, 178, 179,
180, 185, 199, 201

Act to indemnify Thomas Nelson, etc., 260

Act to provide for the settlement of public debt, 405

Act to ratify the Joint Resolution of Congress, passed February 27, 1869,
proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 389

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

Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, accepting the County of Alexandria
to be an integral portion of the Commonwealth, 361

Adams, John, 203, 249, 250; died, 255

Adams, Samuel, 203

Alien and Sedition Laws, 299

Alexandria, address to General Washington, by citizens of, 291

Alexandria Lodge, 282; Alexandria Washington Lodge, 282

Alexander VI., 84

America, 26, 184, 188

America, Central, culture of, 2

America, North, by Behring Strait, 2, 6, 12, 22

American Antiquarian Society, 29

Americas, Three, 2

Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, Governor, 181

Amidas, Philip, sailed from England, 12, 13

Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor, 130, 132; Charter Oak, 134


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Apollo room, 195

Argall, Samuel, 48, 55; Lieutenant-Governor, 56

Arnold, Benedict, 244, 245

"Articles at the Surrender of the Countrie" to the Commonwealth of
England, 100, 102

"Articles for the surrendring Virginia to the subjection of the Parliament
of the Common Wealth of England, agreed uppon," etc., 102, 103

Articles, Instructions and Orders for the Government of the Colonies, 24

Asia, 1, 3; Western, potentates of, 2

B

Bacon, Nathaniel, 107; President of the Council, 128, 129

Bacon's Rebellion, 117, 139

Bainbridge, Captain, 251

Baltimore, Lord, patent for Maryland, 91

Baltimore, City of, 293

Bancroft, 17, 40, 83, 169; extracts from, 194, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216

Barbour, James, Governor, 321; W. Wirt's tribute to James Waddell, 321;
inscription on tomb, 325

Barbour, County of, 325

Barlow, Arthur, sailed from England, 12, 13

Barron, Commodore, 252

Bennet, Richard, Acting-Governor under Cromwell, 100

Berkeley, County of, 193

Berkeley, Norborne, Baron de Botetourt, Governor, 187

Berkeley, Sir William, Governor, 95, 98, 113, 114; protest against Navigation
Act by Colonists, sent to, 114, 117, 118, 119, 123

Bermuda Hundred, 51

Bernard, William, 107

Beverley, Robert, 160, 296

Bill of Rights, 226

Blair, James, 133; President of the Council, 156

Blair, John, President of the Council, 173

Blair, John, 237, 282

Bland MS., 125

Bland, Richard, 188

Bloody Run, 118

Boston Harbor, 188; Town of, 194, 201; Port Bill, 195, 201, 202, 233

Botetourt, County of, 193, 248

Braddock, General, 170

Brandywine, battle of, 287

Braxton, Carter, 188

Brooke, Robert, Governor, 295; Grand Master of Grand Lodge, 297

Brooke, County of, 297


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Buckner, John, 125

Burr, Aaron, 250, 252, 308, 310, 311

Burt, Augustus Austen, 83

Burwell, Lewis, 129; President of the Council, 166; married Mary Willis,
167

Burwell, Nathaniel, 283

C

Cabell, William H., Governor, 310; Resolutions of Respect to the
memory of, 311; County of Cabell, 312

Cabot and his sons, 5

Cabot, John, patent conferred, 5; Cabots, 7

Camm, President of William and Mary College, 191

Cameron, William Ewan, Governor, 397

Campbell, David, Governor, 346; military experiences, 347

Campbell, John, Earl of Loudoun, Governor, 172

Canada, 175

Cape Breton, 175

Carolina, 12; North, 18

Carr, Dabney, 194

Carter, Charles, 292

Carter, Robert, President of the Council, 152; called "King Carter," 152

Cary, Archibald, 188

Charles I., 98

Charles II., 98; Coronation Robe of Virginia Silk, 105, 123

Charles Cape, named, 28

Charles City County, 270

Charlotte County, 238; Court House, 238

Charlottesville, 245

Charter, First, 23; Second, 33; Third, 49

Charter Oak, 134

Chesapeake Bay, 18, 21, 28, 33, 47, 51, 91, 204, 225

Chesapeake, the frigate, 252

Chicheley, Sir Henry, Deputy-Governor, 121, 122, 124

Chew's House, 258

Chickahominy, 33

Christian, William, 207

Church Hill, 197, 205

Church, St. John's, 197, 205

Civil Rights Bill, protest against the passage of, 392

Claiborne, Richard, 102, 107

Clinton, George, 251

Clinton, Sir Henry, 289


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College, Princeton, 287

College, William and Mary, Charter granted, 129, 131, 133; burned, 137,
156, 157, 173, 186, 191, 199, 200, 240, 254, 257, 284, 300, 310, 313, 326,
336, 338, 342, 344, 356

Columbus, Christopher, 3; discovered America, 4, 84, 143; (Note A), 441

Commissioner of Agriculture for Virginia (Thomas Whitehead), extracts
from report of, 413

Committee of Safety, 211, 225

Continent, American, races and nations, 1, 4

Continent, Western, bears witness, 1

Copley, Sir Lionel, 130

Corbin, Henry, 139, 162

Corbin, Lettice, 162

Cornstalk, 196

Cornwallis, Lord, 190, 211, 245, 260, 290

Counties in Virginia, list of, 268, 269

Cresap, Captain Michael, 196

Croatoan, 22

Cromwell, Oliver, 98, 104, 112

Culpeper, Thomas (Lord), Governor, 123, 124, 125

Curtis, Edmond, 102

D

Dale, Sir Thomas, 47, 50; Acting-Governor, 51, 54

Dandridge, Nathaniel West, 223

Dare, Mrs., daughter in Roanoke, first English child born in the country,
baptized "Virginia," 21

Decatur, Stephen, 251

Declaration of Rights, by people of Virginia, 216, 217

Delaware, 188

De la Warr, 45; Governor, 47, 56, 57

De Jarnette, 83

Digges, Edward, President of the Council, 105

Dinwiddie, Robert, Lieutenant-Governor, 168, 169, 170, 279

Douglas, George Hamilton, Governor, 135

Dresser, Rev. Mr., 276

Drysdale, Hugh, Lieutenant-Governor, 151; slave trade, 151

Dumfries, 287

Dunmore, County of, 193; Lord, 224, 225

E

Eastern Confederacy Plot, 307

Egypt, some idea of Ancient World, 1


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Elizabeth City, 93

Elizabeth, Queen of England, sent out Martin Frobisher, 6, 7; named
Virginia, 13, 15, 19

England, flag of, 5, 6; mariners of, 12; Church of, 18, 25, 84, 86, 187,
188; Treaty of Peace with, 249, 253

Ensenore, Indian King, 19

Europe, 3, 4, 14

F

Fauquier, Francis, Lieutenant-Governor, 175

Federalists, 249, 250, 253, 299

Fincastle, George, Lord, 193; County of, 193

Fleming, Colonel, 196

Fleming, William, 248

Flags of the American States, 233

Floyd, John Buchanan, Governor, 363; description of Washington Monument,
363; Major-General in Confederate States Army, 364

Floyd, John, Governor, 340; "Southampton Insurrection," 340; County
named after, 341

Fort Duquesne, 175

Fortress Monroe, 333

France, 4, 252, 253, 256, 308, 327

Franklin, Benjamin, 249

Frederick, County of, 193

G

Gates, Sir Thomas, 23, 44, 45; Deputy-Governor, 46, 51; Acting-Governor,
53

George II., died, 176

Georgia, 186

George, Mt., 143

General Assembly, First, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72,
73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83

Germanna, 142

Germantown, battle of, 258, 287

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, patent to, 6, 7, 15, 16

Giles, William B., Governor, 338; County named after, 339

Gilmer, Thomas Walker, Governor, 349; dissatisfaction with the Legislature
of Virginia, and resignation, 350

Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 23, 29, 34

Gosnold, Bartholomew, 28, 32


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Gooch, William, Lieutenant-Governor, 154; Boundary Line between
Virginia and North Carolina, 154, 159

Great Bridge, battle of, 198, 225

Great Britain, 252, 327

Greene, Nathaniel, General, 291, 294

Gregory, John M., Governor, 356; Judge of Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia,
357

Grenville, Sir Richard, 19

Griggsby, Mr., 271

Grymes, Philip, 257

Guiana, 17, 18

H

Hakluyt, Richard, 23, 30, 55

Hamilton, Alexander, 249, 308

Hampton Roads, 244, 252, 253

Hancock, John, 200

Hanover, Court House, 221; County of, 224, 225, 226, 261

Harrison, Benjamin, 207; Governor, 270, 271; Proclamation, etc., 271

Harrison, William Henry, 271

Harvey, Sir John, Governor, 91, 93

Henry, Cape, named, 28

Henry, County of, 224

Henry, Patrick, 176, 188, 194, 197, 199, 203; extract from speech, 205, 206,
207; 218; Governor, 220, 237; described by William Wirt, 239; General
Henry Lee's obituary on, 239; Governor, 273; will, 276, 299

Henry, William Wirt, 42, 277

Henrico City, 51

Hening, 27, 49, 85, 100, 105, 106, 107, 113, 114, 117, 118, 152, 161, 167, 207,
248

Holliday, Frederick W. M., Governor, 394; wounded at the Battle of
Cedar Run, 395; published addresses, 395, 396

Holmes, Abiel, 39

Howard, Francis, Lord (Baron Effingham), Lieutenant-Governor, 127;
effected Treaty of Peace with the Five Nations, 127

Howe, Sir William, 259, 296

Hunter, Robert, Lieutenant-Governor, 140

I

Indians, 4, 19, 33, 196

Indies, West, 4, 12

Isles of Shoals, 34


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J

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Note C), 443

James City, 94, 111; Parish Church of, 116, 120

James I., King, 23; extract from instructions given for the Government
of the Colonies, by, 24, 26, 29; issued a new commission for the Government
of Virginia, 86; died, 87

Jamieson, Major, 288

James, River, 29, 104, 204, 244

Jamestown, 29, 33, 44, 53, 57, 123

Jay, John, 203

Jefferson, Thomas, 39, 188; extract from, 196, 202, 207, 218; Governor,
240; extract from autobiography, 240; Jefferson's "Summary View
of the Rights of British America," 241; "Jefferson's Embargo," 253;
died, 255, 278

Jeffries, Sir Herbert, Lieutenant-Governor, 120

Jenings, Edmund, President of the Council, 139

Johnson, Joseph, Governor, 365; elected to United States Congress seven
times, 365

Junius, 188

K

Kaskaskia Indians, 308

Kempe, Richard, President of the Council, 96

Kemper, James Lawson, Governor, 391; Brigadier-General in Confederate
States Army, 392; wounded at Gettysburg, 392; promoted to rank of
Major-General, 392

Kendall, George, 28

Kentucky, 193

Keppel, William Anne (Lord Albemarle), Governor, 155

Kicotan, 104

L

Lane, Ralph, Governor, 19

Lee, Arthur, 165

Lee, Fitzhugh, Governor, 399; military life, 399, 400, 401

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 165

Lee, Henry, 162; obituary on Patrick Henry, 239; Governor, 287; Gold
Medal, 289

Lee, Philip, 162

Lee, Philip Ludwell, 164, 291


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Lee, Richard, 162

Lee, Richard Henry 164, 177, 185, 188, 194, 195, 202, 203, 207, 218, 219, 242

Lee, Robert Edward, 162, 293, 294; (Note C), 443

Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 164, 278

Lee, Thomas, President of the Council, 162, 163, 164, 165

Lee, William, 165

Leopard, Ship, 252

Letcher, John, Governor, 369; copy of Resolutions of Hon. John J. Allen,
370; copy of Ordinance to Repeal the Ratification of the Constitution
of the United States, by the State of Virginia, 375; copy of a Declaration
of the People of Virginia, represented in Convention at Wheeling
(June, 1861), 376; Resolutions of Respect to the memory of
Governor Letcher, by the General Assembly, 378

Lewis, Andrew, 207

Lewis, General, 196

Lexington, battle of, 211, 287

Lindsay, Lieutenant, 288

Littlepage, James, 223

Logan, Cayuga Chief, 196

Lodge, Grand, of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Virginia, 297

London, 23; Company, 23

Long Island, 235

Louis XVI., 256

Louisa, County of, 223

Louisiana, 251, 308

Ludwell, Philip, 164

Ludwell, Thomas, 97

M

Madison, James, 237, 282

Manteo, baptized, 21

Marshall, John, Chief Justice, 281, 282

Martin, John, 28

Maryland, 91, 136, 293

Mason, George, 202, 226, 237, 278, 282

Mason, Thomson, 203

Massachusetts, 185, 186, 194, 201, 211, 250

Matthews, Captain Samuel, President of the Council, 106; contest with
the Assembly, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111

McClurg, James, 282

McDonaugh, 83

McDowell, James, Governor, 358; Representative in United States Congress,
359

McKinney, Philip W., Governor, 403; settlement of public debt, 405


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Meade, ishop William, 41, 96, 116, 121, 128, 157; extract from, 283

Meredith, Captain Samuel, 224

Mexico monuments of, 3

Missouri, admitted as State into the Union, 332

Montgomery, County of, 193

Montcalm, General, 175

Monticello, 241, 245, 249, 253

Monroe, James, Governor, 300; Aide-de-Camp to Lord Stirling, 300;
studied law under Thomas Jefferson, 300; married, 301; "Gabriel's
Insurrection," 302; account of Daniel Morgan, 303; elected President
of the United States, 304; died, 305; 315; report of Committee on
Foreign Relations, 315; Monroe County, 317

Morgan, Daniel, 303

Morocco, Emperor of, 251

Moultrie, William, Colonel, 233

Mount Vernon, 187, 250, 291

Moryson, Francis, Lieutenant-Governor, 115; Act passed for building a
church in each parish, during term of, 115

Murray, John (Earl of Dunmore), Governor, 193

N

Napoleon, Emperor, 252

Narragansett Bay, 194

Nelson, 188

Nelson, William, President of the Council, 190, 257

Nelson, Thomas, Jr., Governor, 256

Newcome, Dr., 257

New England, 35, 132, 195; people of, 208, 307

Newfoundland, 5, 7

New Jersey, 287, 293, 307

Newport, Christopher, sailed from the Thames, 28, 32

New York, 133, 185; city of, 200, 251; 287, 307

Nicholson, Sir Francis, 130; Lieutenant-Governor, 136; moved seat of
Government to Williamsburg, 136

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, Governor, 326

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 188, 207, 280, 326

Norfolk, 198, 225

North, Lord, conciliatory proposition of, 242

Nott, Edward, Lieutenant-Governor, 137

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P

Page, John, Governor, 306; County of Page, 309

Paine, Thomas, 235

Palestine, conquest of, 2

Parson's Cause, 221

Patton, John Mercer, Governor, 352; assisted in a Revision of the Code
of Virginia, 353

Paulus's Hook, 289, 293

Pemisapan, slain, 19

Pendleton, Edmund, 207; President of Conventions, 209; described by
William Wirt, 210, 278

Pennsylvania, 186, 188, 287

Penobscot River, 23

Percy, George, 30; Captain, President of the Council, 44; Deputy-Governor,
50

Perry, Henry, 107

Pettus, Thomas, 107

Philadelphia, 200, 203, 208, 237, 258, 280, 288

Pitt, William (Lord Chatham), 182; extract from speech, 183, 184; 204

Pierpoint, Francis H., Governor, 381; moved seat of government to Alexandria,
Virginia, 382; removed seat of government to Richmond,
Virginia, 382

Pittsylvania, County of, 224

Pleasants, James, Jr., Governor, 334; long periods for which he held
public offices, 334

Plymouth, 21; Plymouth Company, 23, 34

Pocahontas, 42, 43, 54, 57

Point Pleasant, 196, 248

Porteus, Dr., 257

Port Royal, 56

Portsmouth, 244

Potomac, 48; River, 204

Pott, Doctor John, 90

Powell, Captain Nathaniel, President of the Council, 59

Powhatan, 30, 57; River, 29

Powle Brooke, 59

Preble, Commodore, 251

Preston, James P., Governor, 328; wounded at Chrystler's Field, 328;
County of Preston named, 329

Prince William County, 287

Purdie's Paper, extract from, 225, 226

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R

Ralegh, Sir Walter, 6, 7; patent from Elizabeth to, 8, 13, 14; chief
Governor of Virginia, 15; executed, 17; Bancroft's tribute to, 17, 19;
introduced the use of tobacco in England, 20, 21, 25

Randolph, Beverley, Governor, 284

Randolph, Edmund, 237; Governor, 279, 282

Randolph, Peyton, 188, 195; President of Conventions, 199

Randolph, Peyton, Acting Governor, 320; author of "Report of Cases
argued and determined in Court of Appeals of Virginia," 320

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 327

Randolph, Thomas Mann, Governor, 330; decision of Supreme Court
concerning Dartmouth College, 331; extract from Daniel Webster's
speech (1820), 331; extract from inaugural address of President James
Monroe, 332

Ratcliffe, John, 28, 29; President of the Council, 30, 32

Reade, George, 107

Resolutions approving the policy of the President of the United States in
reference to the Reconstruction of the Union, 383

Resolutions for a cession of the lands on the north-west side of Ohio to the
United States by Virginia, 246, 247, 248

Resolutions requesting the President of the United States to grant a general
Amnesty to the citizens of Virginia, 382

Rhode Island, 194, 195

Richmond, 197, 200, 205, 207, 210, 211, 237, 245, 281

Richmond Randolph Lodge, 282

Roanoke, Island of, 13, 19, 21, 28

Robertson, Wyndham, Governor, 344; author of Anti-Coercion Resolution,
345

Robins, Obedience, 107

Robinson, John, President of the Council, 160

Rochelle, 35

Rolfe, John, 43, 54

Rolfe, Thomas, 43

"Rosewell," 306

Rutherfoord, John, Governor, 354; first captain of Richmond Fayette
Artillery, 355

S

Scotland, 190

Seals of Virginia, 234, 235

Seminary, Theological, of Virginia, 116

Shenandoah, County of, 193


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Smith, Courtland H., 401

Smith, Francis Lee, 162

Smithfield, 328

Smith, John Augustine, 344

Smith, John, Captain, 28; President of the Council, 31; entered the vice
of Hungary, 31; sold as a slave, 32; returned to England, 32;
sailed for Virginia, 32; rescued by Pocahontas, 33; saved the Colony
three times from abandonment, 33; returned to England, 34; died,
36; buried in St. Sepulcher's Church, 44; tributes to, 36, 37, 38, 39,
40, 41, 42

Smith, John, of Gloucester County, Virginia, bequeaths the estates of Old
and New Purton, to Mary Willis, 167

Smith, John, of Middlesex County, Virginia, 258

Smith, Captain Larkin, 296

Smith, Major John, Speaker, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110

Smith, Captain Matthew, 258

Smith, Thomas, assign of Ralegh, 13; President of London Company, 23;
Sir, 51

Smith, George William, Governor, 318; burned in Theatre, Richmond,
Virginia, 319

Smith, William, Governor, 360; Retrocession of Alexandria County to the
Commonwealth of Virginia during this term, 361; Colonel of 49th
Regiment of Virginia Infantry, 361; Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland,
362; Promoted to rank of Major-General, 362; Governor, 379

Slavery, first introduced into Virginia, 85, 151; Fairfax resolves against,
202; Manumission of slaves, 241; Ordinance of General Slave Emancipation
in Virginia, 382

Somers, Sir George, 23, 46

Southampton Insurrection, 340

South Carolina, 136; Regiment of, 233

Spain, having sent Columbus, 4, 84, 308

Spencer, Nicholas, President of the Council, 126

Springfield, battle of, 287

Spotswood, Alexander, Lieutenant-Governor, 137, 141, 142; Expedition
across the "Great Mountains," 143; "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe,"
144; Journal of Mr. Fontaine, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148; "The
Ohio Company," 149; Rebuilt William and Mary College, 148, 154,
159; Spotswood Mt., 143

St. Croix, 56

Stony Point, 289

Stratford, 163

T

Tarleton, 245

Tavern, Old Ralegh, 194, 195, 201


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Tavern, Spread Eagle, 288

Taylor, Bennett, 283

Tazew Littleton Waller, Governor, 342; author of "Review of the
Negotiations between the United States and Great Britain," etc., 343

Tple Farm, 150

Tel El-Amarna, recent discoveries, 2

Texas, annexed to the United States, 337

Three Turks' Heads, 34

Ticonderoga, 175

Tippecanoe, 271

Tripoli, 251

Turner, Nat, 341

Tyler, John, Governor, 313; married, 313; Judge of Court of Appeals, 313;
Judge of the District Court of the United States for Virginia, 314;
County of Tyler, 314

Tyler, John, Governor, 336; Vice-President, 337; President of the United
States, 337; presided over the Peace Conference of February, 1861, 337

U

University of Virginia, 254

V

Venice, Republic of, 5; (Note B), 442

Vermont, 184

Virginia, daughter of Lord Dunmore, 197

Virginia Historical Society, 140

Virginia, named by Elizabeth, 13, 18, 19, 21; first English child born in
the country, baptized, 21; 25, 32, 98, 100, 112, 190, 195; Constitution
of, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231; seals of, 233, 234, 243; cession of
lands northwest of Ohio to the United States, by, 246, 247, 248; 257;
"Virginia plan," 280, 293, 316, 413; principal rivers and branches,
414; Tide-water Virginia, 416; the Middle Country, 417; Piedmont
Virginia, 417; the Great Valley of Virginia, 159, 418; the Blue Ridge
Section, 420; Appalachian Virginia, 420; mineral resources, 421;
Iron, 423; Coal, 424; Zinc, 425; Lead, 426; Manganese, 426; Tin,
426; Copper, 427; Salt, 427; Asbestos, 428; Soapstone, 428; Black
Lead, 429; Mica, 429; Gold, 429; Pyrites, 430; Barytes, 430; Limestone,
430; Plaster, 431; Marl, 432; Building Stone and Slate, 433;
Kaolin, 434; Fire-Clays, 434; Mineral Springs, 434; Climate, 435;
Forests, 436; Flowers, 437; Cereals, Cotton, Tobacco, 438; Fisheries,
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W

Walker, John, 107

Walker, Gilbert C., Provisional Governor, 387; Governor, 387; Representative
in United States Congress, 388; (Note D), causes which
rendered necessary a new edition of the Code of Virginia during this
term, 444

Warrosquoyeake, 100

Washington, George, 168, 169, 187, 188, 201, 202, 203, 204, 208, 211, 219,
235, 237, 238, 250, 279, 280, 281, 282, 295, 298, 299

Washington, County of, 193

Washington, Fort, 235

Wayne, Fort, 308

Weedon, General, 288

Wells, Henry H., Provisional Governor, 385

West, Captain Francis, President of the Council, 89

West, Captain John, President of the Council, 92

West Virginia, admitted as a state into the Union, 382

Weyanoak, 104

Weymouth, Captain George, sailed from England, 23

Wheeler, John H., 40

Whiskey Insurrection, 292, 307

White, John, Governor, 21

Whitehall, 98, 111

Whittaker, Rev. Alexander, 51

Whitehead, Thomas (Commissioner of Agriculture for Virginia), extracts
from, 413

Williamsburg Gazette, extract from, 232

Williamsburg, 136, 137, 156, 187, 189, 194, 195, 200, 202, 224, 225, 226, 235

Willis, Francis, 107

Willis, Mary, 167

Wingfield, Edward Maria, 23; President of the Council, 28, 30, 32

Winchester, Town of, established, 298

Wirt, William, 42, 210; extracts from, 221, 222, 237, 273

Wise, Henry Alexander, Governor, 367; Harper's Ferry movement, 368;
Brigadier-General in the Confederate States Army, 368; County
named after, 368

Wocoken, Island of, 12, 13

Wolfe, General, 175

Wood, James, Governor, 298; County of, 299

Woodford, Colonel William, 225

Wren, Sir Christopher, 137

Wyatt, Sir Francis, Governor, 86, 94

Wythe, George, 237, 278, 282


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Y

Yate Rev. Mr., 257, 260, 261

dey, Captain George, Lieutenant-Governor, 55, 57; Governor, 60, 88

York, 90, 192; River, 204, 224, 306

Yorktown, 190, 211, 256

Z

Zane, Isaac, 207