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Jack, Captain James, hears Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence to Continental Congress, at Philadelphia, in 1775, [621.]
Jackson, Governor James, biographical Sketch of, [739.]
Jackson, President Andrew, lays Corner stone of Monument to Washington's Mother, at Fredericksburg, in 1833--Assaulted by Randolph--Aneedote of, [127;] Notice of his Mother, [616,] [665;] His Family--Birth place--Early Patriotism, [665.]
James I., King, denounced as a Liar by Roger Williams in 1634, [053;] Grants Charter to Baltimore in 1622, [395;] Indignant at Rolfe for marrying Pocahontas, [454;] Issues _Quo Warranto_ writs against London Company in 1621--Death of, [458.]
James, Major, Property of, destroyed by Mob at New York in 1765, [788.]
Jameson, Colonel, Head quarters at North Castle in 1780, [147;] Strange Conduct of, relative to André, [188.]
James River, scenery on, at Richmond, [433;] Change of Channel, [446;] Origin of Name, [452.]
Jamestown Island, Topography of, [446.]
Jamestown, Ruins of, [447;] Arrival of first White Woman at, in 1608, [455;] Abandoned in 1609--Restored on Arrival of De la Ware, [456;] Industry and Sobriety follows--Assumes Character of Permanency--Arrival of Female Emigrants--Cargo of Slaves, [457;] Burned by Bacon in 1676, [461;] Its early Associations, [462.]
Jarvis, John W., Notice of, [107.]
Jasper, Sergeant William, killed at Spring Hill Redoubt in 1779, [738;]'Notice of, [742;] His Bravery at Fort Sullivan in 1776, [756.]
Jasper's Spring described--Its historical Associations, [742.]
Jay, John, on Committee in Congress in 1775, [022;] Opposes having Prayer in Continental Congress, [268.]
Jefferson, Thomas, on Committee of Congress in 1775, [022;] Draughts Declaration of Independence--Reasons why he was chosen to write it, [277;] _Fac simile_ of Portion of in his Handwriting, [281;] Library of, purchased by Congress in 1815, [105;] Removes public Stores from Richmond and Westham for security against the British, [434;] Rejects Proposal of Arnold, [435;] Saves Public Records of Richmond--Directs Houdon, of Paris, to make Statue of Washington for Virginia, [436;] _Fac simile_ of Marriage License Bond of, [442,] [443;] Proposes Slave Emancipation Law in Virginia Assembly--Employed in preparing counter Resolutions and Addresses of House of Burgesses, [484;] Prepares Constitution for Virginia, [505;] Offers Reward for Capture of Arnold in 1781, [540;] Declines Re-election as Governor of Virginia--Retires to Montieello, [547;] His Monogram and Seal--Tomb, [518;] Attempted Capture of his Person--Escape to Carter's, [549;] Hospitality of, to captive Troops of Burgoyn's Army, at Charlottesville--Letter to Patrick Henry, [552.]
Jefferis' Ford, Notice of, [374.]
Jennings, Edmund, succeeds Mott as Deputy Governor of Virginia in 1706, [471.]
Jeskakake, accompanies Washington to Fort Le Bouf in 1753, [474.]
John's Island, Notice of, [761.]
Johnson, Dr. Joseph, Notice of, [623.]
Johnson, Dr. Annuel, Quotation from, [581.]
Johnson, Nathaniel, succeeds Moore as Governor of South Carolina in 1703, [745.]
Johnstone, Governor George, Commissioner to America, in Conformity to North's conciliatory Bills, in 1778, [349;] His Interview with Mrs. Ferguson, [350;] Attempts to bribe General Reed, [351.]
Johnston, succeeds Burrington as Governor of North Carolina in 1731., [363.]
Joncaire, at Venango, in 1753,474.
Jones, Cornet, killed at Battle of Spencer's Ordinary--Buried with military Honors, [465.]
Jones, Mrs. Wilie, Anecdote of, with Tarleton, [642.]
Jones, Reverend David, Address at Erection of Paoli Monument--His Address to Soldiers at Ticonderoga in 1776--Biographical Sketch of, [371.]
Jones, Peter, Founder of Petersburg, Virginia, [542.]
Jumouville, M, De, killed near Fort Necessity in 1754, [475.]