INDEX.

Accomac, [55], [261], [305].
Adams, John, [621], [652].
Adams, Samuel, [568], [581].
Agriculture, [349], [614].
Albemarle colony, [258].
Albemarle, Earl of, governor-in-chief, [450].
Alexander, Archibald, [429], [490].
Alexandria, Braddock quartered at, [472].
Algonquin tribes, [269].
Amadas, Captain, [21].
Amsterdam, New, captured by Argall, [111].
Andros, Sir Edmund, governor, [347];
charges against him, [356];
remanded to England, [357].
Appomattox River discovered, [65], [268], [307].
Appomattox town, [107], [264].
Appomattox Indians, [40], [307].
Argall, Captain Samuel, captures Pocahontas, [107];
his expedition against the French in Acadia, [111];
reduces Dutch fort at Manhattan, [111];
governor of Virginia, [124];
his tyranny, [127];
departure from Virginia, [129];
is knighted, [129].
Arlington, Earl of, [274].
Armada, Spanish, [27].
Arnold, Benedict, invades Virginia, [710];
returns to Portsmouth, [713];
his position there, [717];
joins Phillips in second invasion, [719];
succeeds Phillips, [722];
La Fayette refuses to correspond with, [722];
returns to New York, [727].
Assembly of Virginia first held, [139];
petitions the king, [172];
the holding of, disallowed by Charles the First, [179];
Charles the First desires assembly to be called, [181];
declaration of, against restoration of Virginia Company, [200];
loyalty of, [213], [251];
supreme power claimed by, [238];
sends address to Charles the Second, [251];
demonstrations of its loyalty, [253];
proceedings of, during Bacon's Rebellion, [296-7];
journals of, seized, [320];
"Bacon's Laws" repealed by, [322];
Culpepper calls one; Beverley, clerk of, persecuted, [335];
opposes governor's negative, and is prorogued, [339];
Nicholson refuses to call, [345];
held in college, [364];
ceremony of opening, [364];
acts of, [376];
Spotswood dissolves, [395];
Spotswood prorogues, [399];
loyalty of, [417];
passes relief acts, [507], [509];
resolutions of, against stamp act, [540-41];
thanks of, given to Washington, [504];
remonstrates against proceedings of British government, [543];
Botetourt dissolves, [557];
he calls together, [558];
disapproves of Episcopate, [561];
proceedings of, [570];
Dunmore dissolves, [573];
votes thanks to Dunmore for his conduct of Indian war, [594];
first under republican constitution, [672];
proceedings of, [681].
Bacon, Nathaniel, Jr., his servant and overseer slain by Indians, [286];
leader of insurgents, [287];
proclaimed a rebel and pursued by Berkley, [289];
marches into wilderness and massacres tribe of Indians, [289];
elected burgess, arrested, and released, [289];
sues for pardon, [290];
restored to council, [291];
Berkley issues secret warrants for his arrest and he escapes, [292];
re-enters Jamestown and extorts a commission, [293];
countermarches against governor, [299];
calls convention, [301];
exterminates Indians, [307];
marches upon Jamestown, [308];
puts governor to flight and burns Jamestown, [310];
dies, [311];
punishment of his adherents, [313], [317], [320], [321], [322].
Bacon, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., [312], [329].
Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr., member of council, [292];
member of court-martial, [315];
auditor, [327];
president of council, [344].
Bacon, Elizabeth, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, Sr., [344].
Bacon Quarter Branch, [421].
Baltimore, George, Lord, visits Virginia; procures grant of territory from Charles the First, [183].
Baltimore, Cecilius, Lord, patentee of Maryland, employs Leonard Calvert to settle a colony there, [189];
character of Baltimore's grant, [191].
Baltimore, Benedict, Lord, [377].
Banister, Colonel John, [725].
Baptists in Virginia, Blair's letter respecting, [554].
Barges, battle of, [738].
Barlow, Captain, [29].
Barradall, Edward, [434].
Barren, Commodore James, [679].
Barren, Captain Richard, [679-80], [738].
Barron, Lieutenant William, [679].
Barron, Captain Samuel, [723], [738].
Batt, Captain Henry, his expedition across the mountains, [268].
Baylor, Colonel, [668], [691].
"Bear and Cub," extract from Accomac records, [261].
Behn, Mrs. Afra, [317].
Bennet, Richard, a non-conformist, removes to Maryland, [212], [215];
parliamentary commissioner, [216];
with Clayborne reduces Maryland, [222];
governor of Virginia, [223];
agent at London, [233].
Berkley, seat on James River, [163].
Berkley, Sir William, governor, [200];
issues proclamation against non-conformists, [203];
captures Opechancanough, [204];
visits England, [204];
generosity to royalist refugees, [215];
surrenders colony, [217];
goes into retirement, [222];
generous treatment of, [225];
elected governor, [242];
errors regarding his election, [243];
Charles the Second sends new commission to, [248];
emoluments of, [252-53];
again visits England, [252];
superintends Albemarle colony, [267];
his statistics of Virginia, [271];
his imbecile conduct in regard to the Indians, [281];
refuses to give Bacon a commission, [287];
proclaims Bacon a rebel, [288];
releases Bacon from arrest, [289];
issues secret warrants to arrest Bacon, [292];
Bacon extorts commission from, [295];
summons Gloucester militia, [298];
escapes to Accomac, [299];
returns to Jamestown, [306];
escapes from Jamestown, [310];
his recall and death, [223].
Berkley, Lady Frances, [224].
Bermuda Island, Sea-Venture wrecked on coast of, [94].
Bermuda City, [125].
Bermuda Hundred, [107], [112], [117].
Beverley, Robert, clerk of assembly, persecution of, [335-6-8].
Beverley, Robert, author of History of Virginia, [359].
Birkenhead discloses plot, [263].
Blackbeard, the pirate, [396].
Blair, Rev. James, Commissary, procures college charter, [346];
president of college, [347];
his controversy with Andros, [356];
his controversy with Nicholson, [368];
his controversy with Spotswood, [400];
his death and character, [434].
Blair, John, president, [553];
his letter concerning the Baptists, [554].
Bland, Giles, [304], [320].
Bland, Theodorick, speaker, [244].
Bland, John, [264].
Bland, Colonel Theodorick, Jr., has charge of convention troops, [694].
Bland genealogy, [670].
Bland, Richard, his "Letters to Clergy," [509];
a burgess, [535];
his "Inquiry into Rights of Colonies," [549];
member of committee of correspondence, [570];
delegate to congress, [630];
member of committee of safety, [624];
death of, [670].
Bolling, Colonel Robert, marries Jane Rolfe, [122].
Boone, Daniel, [595].
Boston, [257];
Culpepper visits, [329];
port bill, [574];
affairs at, [666].
Botetourt, Lord, governor, [556], [558];
his death, [559].
Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, his opinions on slavery, [526].
Braddock, Edward, General, his expedition against Fort Du Quesne, [471];
defeat, [475];
death, [480].
Brandywine, battle of, [685].
Braxton, Carter, interposes to stop Henry's advance, [612];
member of committee of safety, [624];
his Address to the Convention, [646];
signer of Declaration of Independence, [652];
sketch of, [662].
Breckenridge, [432], [490].
Brent, Captain, [284].
Bridge, Great, battle of, [635].
Bryan, Butler, Miss, marries Gov. Spotswood, [408].
Bucke, Rev. Mr., [95], [98], [117].
Bullet, Thomas, [501], [594], [635].
Bullet, Cuthbert, [594].
Burden's grant, [428].
Burgoyne, General, surrenders at Saratoga, [686].
Burnaby, Rev. Andrew, his account of Virginia, [502];
his opinion on the disputes between assembly and ministers, [511].
Burras, Anne, first Christian married in Virginia, [65].
Burwell, Lewis, President, [450].
Butler's Account of Virginia, [169-70].
Byrd, Captain William, [421].
Byrd, Colonel William, Sr., of Westover, purchases records of Virginia Company, [174];
auditor, [341];
his generosity to Huguenots, [370];
runs dividing line, [414];
his opinion of people of New England, [415];
plans Richmond and Petersburg, [421];
his death, [435];
epitaph, [436].
Byrd, Colonel William, Jr., of Westover, commands a Virginia regiment, [500];
member of council, [610].
Byrd, Mrs. Maria, of Westover, her correspondence with Arnold, [712].
Cabell, Col. William, member of convention of 1776, [624], [626];
member of committee of safety, [624];
sketch of, [626].
Culvert, Sir George, first Lord Baltimore, [183], [189].
Calvert, Leonard, commands expedition for planting colony in Maryland, [189].
Camden, Gates defeated at, [698].
Camm, Rev. John, opposes "Two-Penny Act," [509], [514].
Campbell, Colonel William, defeats Ferguson at King's Mountain, [699], [700];
at the battle of Guilford, [718];
joins La Fayette, [735].
Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel, killed at Eutaw Springs, [745].
Campbell, Colonel Arthur, [690].
Carr, Dabney, [571].
Carrington, Paul, member of committee of safety, [624];
sketch of, [624-25].
Carrington, Edward, [625].
Carter, John, [238], [264].
Carter, Robert, President, [412].
Carter, Charles, of Shirley, member of first council under republican constitution, [651].
Carter, Colonel Landon, [509].
Carthagena expedition, [417].
Cary, Colonel Archibald, [555], [646];
member of committee of correspondence, [570];
reports preamble and resolutions of independence, [646];
chairman of committee to prepare declaration of rights and plan of government, [648].
Charles the First, his colonial policy, [175-79];
disallows assemblies, [179];
desires one to be called, [181];
appoints council of superintendence, [187];
grants Clayborne a license, [188];
reinstates Harvey, [195];
his government, [197];
his letter to assembly, [201];
overthrown at Naseby, [204];
executed, [212].
Charles the Second, restoration of, [244];
transmits new commission to Berkley, [247];
grants territory of Virginia to Arlington and Culpepper, [274].
Charleston, South Carolina, founded, [330].
Charta, Magna, recognized, [237].
Charter granted to London Company, [35];
new one, [76];
dissolved, [174];
Virginia obtains a meagre one, [326].
Chelsea, seat of Austin Moore, [387].
Cherokees, party of, visit Williamsburg, [450];
in Sandy Creek expedition, [490];
reduced to submission, [672];
invaded by Shelby, [692].
Chesapeakes town discovered, [23].
Chesapeake Bay supposed to have been discovered by Spaniards, [19];
Newport enters, [38];
Smith explores, [55], [60];
discovered by English, [188];
explored by Pory, [188];
naval action in, [743].
Chickahominy River, [45].
Chickahominies, [110].
Chicheley, Sir Henry, appointed to command expedition against Indians, [280];
governor, [328], [332].
Christanna, Fort, [384].
Church at Jamestown, [52], [101];
of England, conformity to, required, [151];
condition of, in Virginia in 1661, [249];
laws concerning, [255];
in Virginia, Rev. Morgan Godwyn's account of, [277];
statistics of, [331];
condition of, [354];
dissent from, [438];
ministers of, oppose "Two-Penny Act," [509].
Clarke, General George Rogers, captures St. Vincennes, [691-92], [713].
Clayborne, Colonel William, secretary of Virginia, effects settlement on Kent Island, [188];
his contest with Maryland, [189], [192];
convicted of high crimes, escapes to Virginia, goes to England, [192];
expels Calvert from Maryland and usurps government, [205];
one of commissioners for reducing Virginia, [216];
assists Bennet in reducing Maryland, [222];
authorized to make discoveries, [225];
with Bennet seizes government of Maryland, [230];
displaced from office of secretary, [254];
burgess, [281];
member of court-martial, [315];
genealogy, [324].
Cohees, [424].
Coin, current, [350], [444].
Collectors, [351], [354].
College of William and Mary, [345-47], [361-64], [376], [437].
College, Hampden Sidney, founded, [677].
College, Washington, founded, [677].
Commencement at William and Mary, [361].
Commissary, his power, [374].
Committee of correspondence, [570].
Committee of safety, [624].
Commonwealth of England, [212].
Company, Virginia, [175].
Congress meets at Philadelphia, [579], [618].
Constitution of Virginia, [648].
Convention troops quartered near Charlottesville, [694];
removed, [708].
Convention called by Bacon, [300].
Convention meets at Williamsburg, [575];
second, meets at Richmond, [599], [624];
meets at Williamsburg, [644];
proceedings of, [644-48];
instructs delegates in congress to propose independence, [646].
Convicts, [269].
Convocation, [368], [400].
Corbin, Colonel G., member of council, [610].
Corbin, G., Jr., member of council, [610].
Corbin, Henry, [264].
Corbin, Colonel Richard, deputy receiver-general, [611].
Corbin, John Tayloe, [645].
Cornstalk, Indian chief, [585], [587], [589].
Cornwallis, Lord, invades Virginia, [726];
pursues La Fayette, [728];
marches to Point of Fork, [729];
commits devastations, [733];
retires to lower country, [735];
pursued by La Fayette, [735];
fortifies Yorktown, is besieged and capitulates, [742-45].
Correspondence, committee of, [570].
Council, [351].
Counties, [190].
Court of claims, [351];
county courts, [352];
general court, [352];
courts closed, [620].
Cromwell, Oliver, dissolves Long Parliament, [225];
declared Protector, [225];
his tolerant views, [231];
letters, [230-31];
death, [240];
Virginia during his protectorate, [242].
Cromwell, Richard, succeeds to protectorate, [240];
recognized by assembly, [241];
resigns, [242].
Cropper, Colonel, [740].
Culloden prisoners, [340].
Culpepper, Thomas, Lord, governor-in-chief, [328], [331], [333], [336].
Cummings, Rev. Charles, [690].
Curtis, Edmund, [220].
Custis, Martha, Washington marries, [504].
Dale, Sir Thomas, governor, his code of martial law, [104];
founds town of Henrico, [105];
his expedition up York River, [108];
proposes to marry a daughter of Powhatan, [113];
takes Pocahontas to England, [116].
Dandridge, Captain Nathaniel West, [409], [418], [422].
Dandridge, John, [504].
Dandridge, Martha, marries, first, John Parke Custis; and secondly, George Washington, [504].
Dandridge, Bartholomew, [644], [651].
Dare, Virginia, first Christian child born in Virginia, [26].
Davies, Rev. Samuel, settles in Hanover County, [446];
his zeal and eloquence, [447], [484];
visits Great Britain, [482];
his allusion to Washington, [483];
patriotism and influence, [483], [498].
Dawson, Rev. Thomas, president of William and Mary, [505].
Deane, Silas, [702-3].
Declaration of Rights, [648].
Declaration of Independence, [652];
Virginia signers of, [652].
Declaration, Mecklenburg, [615].
Delaware, Lord, first governor of Virginia, [77], [96], [101], [103], [126].
Delaware River, name of, [126].
Delaware City, [126], [313].
Delaware, Lady, presents Pocahontas, at court, [119].
Dennis, Captain, commissioner for reducing Virginia, [216];
compels colony to surrender, [217].
Dictator, alleged scheme of appointing, [676].
Digges, Edward, governor, [233];
agent at London, [236].
Digges, Dudley, [233].
Disputes between colonies and mother country, [530].
Dinwiddie, Robert, governor, [452];
dissensions between him and assembly, [454];
his correspondence with Washington, [493], [496];
letter to Fox, [494];
succeeded by Blair, [494], [498].
Discovery, early voyages of, [17].
Dissenters, [202], [211], [371-73], [438], [446].
Dividing line, [414].
Drake, Sir Francis, [24].
Drummond, William, [266], [294], [299], [302-3], [307-8], [316], [321].
Drummond, Sarah, [303].
Drysdale, Hugh, governor, [411].
Dunmore, Lord, governor, [569];
dissolves assembly, [570], [573];
his Indian war, [582];
indignation against, [588];
his proclamation, [607];
removes powder, [607];
his proceedings, [608-10];
offers "the olive branch," [618];
retires aboard the Fowey, [619];
correspondence with assembly, [619];
his predatory warfare, [632];
driven from Gwynn's Island, [665];
retires from Virginia, [665];
subsequent career, [665].
Dunmore, Lady, arrives at Williamsburg, [572];
retires aboard the Fowey, [612];
returns to Williamsburg, [618];
embarks for England, [623].
Dutch, the, England at war with, [264].
Du Quesne, Fort, Braddock's expedition against, [471];
captured by Forbes, and called Fort Pitt, [502].
Effingham, Lord Howard of, Governor, [336];
his corruption and tyranny, [342].
Elizabeth, Queen, names Virginia, [22].
Elizabeth River, [59].
Episcopate, American, [560].
Eutaw Springs, battle of, [744].
Fairfax, William, [435], [457].
Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, [458].
Fairfax, Bryan, [574].
Farmingdale, [122].
Farrar's Island, [104].
Fauquier, Francis, governor, [508];
his death, [553].
Ferguson, Colonel, killed at King's Mountain, [698], [700].
Ferrer, Nicholas, deputy treasurer of Virginia Company, [170], [174-76], [187].
Ferrer, John, [171], [187], [226].
Forbes, General, captures Fort Du Quesne, [502].
Fontaine, John, [387].
Fontaine, Rev. Peter, his opinion on slavery, [494].
Francisco, Peter, [733].
Franklin, Benjamin, [473], [652], [702].
Fredericksburg, Smith visits site of, [59];
volunteers assembled at, [608].
Free Trade established, [245].
Free Church of Scotland, disruption of, [367].
Fresh, great, [560].
Fry, Colonel, [463-65].
Gap, Dutch, [105].
Gates, Sir Thomas, governor, [35], [77], [94-8], [102-4], [111].
Gazette, Williamsburg, [419].
Gates, Horatio, serves under Braddock, [472];
Burgoyne surrenders to, [686];
defeated at Camden, [698].
Geography, physical, of Virginia, [426].
Germans settle valley of Shenandoah, [431].
Germanna, residence of Governor Spotswood, [381], [404].
Germantown, battle of, [685].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [19].
Gilbert, Bartholomew, [29].
Girty, Simon, [593].
Godwyn, Rev. Morgan, his account of church in Virginia, [277].
Gondomar, Count, [19], [169], [176].
Gooch, William, governor, [414];
commands Virginia regiment in Carthagena expedition, [417];
his character, [449];
his interview with dissenters, [440];
his measures against them, [441];
resigns, [448].
Gookin, Daniel, [164].
Gosnold, Bartholomew, [35];
his voyage to New England, [28];
his death, [43].
Governor, powers of, [350].
Gravesend, Pocahontas dies at, [120].
Greene, Nathaniel, General, [715].
Greenspring, plundered by rebels, [308];
assembly held at, [322].
Grenville, George, introduces stamp act, [538].
Griffin, Rev. C., [384].
Grymes, John, member of council, [446];
taken prisoner, [665].
Guilford, battle of, [718].
Gwynn's Island, Dunmore driven from, [665].
Hakluyt, Richard, [115].
Hall, Carpenter's, congress meets in, [579].
Hamor, Ralph, visits Powhatan, [112].
Hampden Sydney College founded, [677].
Hanover presbytery, memorial of, [673].
Hansford, one of Bacon's adherents, executed, [314].
Hariot, Thomas, [23-4].
Harrison, Benjamin, of Surry, [654].
Harrison, Benjamin, of Brandon, member of first council under republican constitution, [651].
Harrison, Jr., Benjamin, of Berkley, member of committee of correspondence, [570];
delegate to congress, [681];
signer of Declaration, [652];
his family, [654-56].
Harrison, John, delegate in congress, [681].
Harvey, Sir John, governor, [182];
visits Calvert, [191];
gives away large tracts of Virginia territory, [193];
his corruption and tyranny, [193];
deposed and reinstated, [195].
Hatcher, William, [228].
Hawley, Major Joseph, of Massachusetts, [601].
Henrico, town of, [105].
Henry, Prince, [109].
Henry, Rev. Patrick, [521].
Henry, John, father of Patrick Henry the orator, [520];
his map of Virginia, [521].
Henry, Jr., Patrick, his speech in "Parsons' Cause," [515];
early life and education, [519];
his resolutions against stamp act, [538];
Mason's opinion of, [573];
member of convention, [538-42];
member of congress, [579];
his resolutions for putting colony in state of defence, [599];
his speech, [600];
captain of Hanover volunteers, [611];
recovers compensation for powder, [612];
Dunmore's proclamation against, [613];
his popularity, [614];
colonel of 1st Virginia regiment, [627];
resigns, [641];
indignation of troops, [641];
member of convention of 1776, [644];
elected first governor of independent Virginia, [650];
alleged scheme of making him dictator, [676].
Hill, Colonel Edward, (the elder,) speaker, [228];
defeated by Ricahecrians, [233];
re-elected speaker, [239];
disfranchised, [297];
his death, [361].
Hillsborough, Earl of, [558].
Hobkirk's Hill, battle of, [727].
Holloway, John, speaker, [415].
Hopkins, William, lawyer, [416].
Horrocks, Rev. James, [562].
Howard, Lord of Effingham, [337], [342].
Howe, Colonel, assumes command of Virginia troops at Great Bridge, [636];
occupies Norfolk, [638].
Howe, Sir William, evacuates Boston, [667].
Hudson River discovered, [60].
Huguenots, [369].
Hunt, Rev. Robert, [38], [43], [51], [52].
Hunter, Robert, appointed governor, captured during voyage, [375].
Indians, seen at Cape Henry, [39];
assault Jamestown, [42];
Smith captured by, [46];
tribes of, discovered by Smith, [47];
Smith erects fort as refuge from, [74];
manners and customs and character of, [85];
extermination of, [50], [167];
general act relating to, [255];
number of, in Virginia, [268-69];
incursions of, [280], [486], [492];
Piscataway besieged, [285];
murders committed by, [286];
tribe of, massacred by Bacon, [289];
Bacon marches against South-side tribes, [307];
Spotswood reduces tribes of, [380];
Captain McDowell slain by, [431];
treaty with Six Nations of, [433];
treaty of Lancaster, with, [433];
battle with, at Point Pleasant, [584];
Logan's speech, [590];
Boone's rencontres with, [595-98];
Cherokee sue for peace, [672].
Ingram succeeds Bacon, [313].
Innes, Colonel, [469], [496], [632], [710].
James the First, king, issues letters patent, [35];
his cruel treatment of Raleigh, [134], [156];
jealous of Virginia Company, [169];
death of, [175].
James the Second succeeds to throne, [339];
his despotism, [341];
abdicates, [342].
Jamestown, landing at, [41];
assaulted by Indians, [42];
destroyed by fire, [51];
scarcity of provisions at, [75];
abandoned by colonists, [98];
they return to it [98];
church at, [101];
condition of, [124];
Bacon enters, [293];
situation of, [309];
burnt by rebels, [310];
seat of government removed from, [358].
Jarratt, Rev. Devereux, biographical sketch of, [563].
Jefferson, John, [172].
Jefferson, Peter, [604].
Jefferson, Thomas, meets with Patrick Henry, [524];
member of committee of correspondence, [570];
his "Summary View," [575];
notice of, [603];
marries Martha Skelton, [606];
author of preamble to Declaration of Rights, [650];
author of Declaration of Independence, [652];
member of committee of revisal, [676];
governor, [708-11];
attempt of British to capture, [732].
Jeffreys, Colonel Herbert, governor, [323];
his proceedings, [326-28];
succeeded by Chicheley, [328].
Jones, Rev. Hugo, [357], [382].
Jones, Joseph, delegate to congress, [681].
Jumonville, M. De, death of, [464].
Kemp, Richard, governor, [204].
Kent Island, [196].
Kenton, Simon, [593].
King's Mountain, battle of, [699].
Kinloch, Francis, [732].
Kiquotan, (Hampton,) [66], [104], [139], [319].
La Fayette, Marquis De La, [722], [735], [737], [743], [747], [748], [751].
Land, grants of, [350].
Lane, Ralph, governor of Raleigh's colony, [23].
Laneville, [611].
Lancaster, treaty of, [433].
Laud, Archbishop, [189], [199].
Lawrence, Henry, [241].
Lawrence, Richard, [259], [294], [298-99], [302], [311], [316], [317].
Laydon, John, [65].
Lee, Richard, [264].
Lee, Richard Henry, his opinions on the "Two-Penny Act," [512];
a burgess, [537];
proposes separation of offices of speaker and treasurer, [544];
sketch of his early life, [577];
moves resolution of separation from Great Britain, [652];
biographical sketch of, [659];
charges against, [681];
he demands an inquiry, [682];
his defence and honorable acquittal, [682-84].
Lee, Francis Lightfoot, signer of Declaration, [652];
notice of, [662];
tenders his resignation as delegate in congress, [682].
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, member of committee of safety, [624].
Lee, Arthur, biographical sketch of, [701].
Lee, William, American commissioner at Vienna and Berlin, [704].
Lee, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, biographical sketch of, [745].
Lee, General Charles, [664], [668], [688].
Leslie's invasion, [707].
Lewis, John, pioneer of Augusta, [428].
Lewis, Andrew, defeats Indians at Point Pleasant, [585-86];
sketch of, [588];
his brothers, [589];
appointed brigadier-general, [641];
expels Dunmore from Gwynn's Island, [665].
Lewis, Colonel Charles, killed at Point Pleasant, [585].
Loan office scheme, [539].
Logan, speech of, [590];
sketch of, [590-93];
his death, [706].
Loudoun, Lord, appointed governor-in-chief of Virginia, [500].
Loudoun, Fort, in Virginia, [494].
Loudoun, Fort, in Tennessee, [492].
Ludwell, Thomas, [264];
agent at London, [276];
his death, [358].
Ludwell, Colonel Philip, member of council, [291];
captures Giles Bland, [306];
quarrels with Jeffreys, [327];
sent to England to prefer complaints against Effingham, [342], [344].
Lyons, James, attorney for plaintiff in "Parsons' Cause," [516].
Madison, Captain, [166].
Madison, Jr., James, biographical notice of, [704].
Makemie, Rev. Francis, [371].
Manhattan, [111], [151].
Manakintown, [370].
Manakin Indians, [289].
Marriage, the first in Virginia, [65].
Marshall, Colonel Thomas, [685].
Marshall, John, (chief justice,) [635], [713].
Mary's, St., in Maryland, settled, [190].
Mary's, Mount, St., settled by Gookin, [164].
Mason, George, draughts non-importation agreement, [558];
member of committee of safety, [624];
author of declaration (or bill) of rights, [648];
author of constitution of Virginia, [648];
member of committee of revisal, [676];
genealogy, [648].
Massacre of colonists by Indians in 1622, [160].
Massacre of colonists by Indians in 1644, [203].
Massacre of tribe of Indians by Bacon, [289].
Massawomeks, tribe of, [58].
Matthews, Captain Samuel, [209], [212];
governor, [234];
agent, [234], [236], [238];
his election as governor declared void, [238];
re-elected, [238].
Matthews, Thomas, [284].
McRoberts, Archibald, [566].
Maury, Rev. James, plaintiff in "Parsons' Cause," [515].
Maynard, Lieutenant, his engagement with Blackbeard, [396].
McDowell, Ephraim, [429].
McDowell, Captain John, [431].
Meade, Colonel Richard Kidder, aid-de-camp to Washington, [689];
the Meades of Virginia, [689].
Mechanics, condition of, [350].
Mecklenburg Declaration, [615].
Menendez, Pedro, [18].
Mercer, Colonel George, [487], [543].
Mercer, James, member of committee of safety, [624].
Mercer, General Hugh, mortally wounded near Princeton, [668];
notice of, [668-69].
Merchants, [350].
Methodists appear in Virginia, [562].
Middle Plantation, [188].
Minge, James, clerk of assembly, [281], [301].
Ministers, [249], [374], [696].
Monacan Indians, [63].
Monmouth, battle of, [688].
Monmouth's adherents sent to Virginia, [339].
Monongahela, battle of, [474].
Moore, Austin, of Chelsea, [387].
Moore, Bernard, of Chelsea, marries daughter of Governor Spotswood, [408].
Moore, Lucy, married to Speaker Robinson, [548].
Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina, battle of, [640].
Morgan, General Daniel, notice of, [686];
his victory at Cowpens, [715].
Morris, Samuel, dissenter in Hanover County, [439].
Morrison, Francis, governor, [252];
agent, [275].
Morquez, Pedro Menendez, explores Bay of Santa Maria, (Chesapeake,) [18].
Mounds in Virginia, [85].
Nansemond, [59].
Navigation act, [218], [248].
Navy, Virginia, [678].
Necessity, Fort, [465].
Neck, Northern, [248], [274].
Negroes introduced into Virginia, [144].
Negroes, number of, in 1649, [206].
Negroes, number of, in 1670, [272].
Negroes, number of, in 1714, [383].
Negroes, number of, in 1756, [494].
Negroes, duty on importation of, disallowed, [412].
Negroes, loss of, during British invasions, [733].
Nelson, President William, [654].
Nelson, Thomas, [653].
Nelson, Secretary Thomas, [651], [653], [747].
Nelson, Jr., General Thomas, his education, [653];
member of convention, [653];
member of congress, [653];
his letter urging independence, [645];
signer of Declaration, [652];
sketch of, [653];
his family, [653-54];
commands militia during Arnold's invasion, [710];
commands militia at siege of York, [747];
notice of him and his family, [653].
Nelson, Judge Hugh, of Belvoir, [731].
Newport, Captain, sails for Virginia, [38];
lands at Jamestown and explores the River Powhatan, [41];
visits Powhatan, [50];
returns to England, [53];
arrives with second supply, [61];
explores Monacan country, [63];
embarks for England, [65].
Nicholas, Robert Carter, elected treasurer, [547];
member of committee of correspondence, [624];
member of convention, [600], [602].
Nicholson, Colonel Francis, governor, [344];
succeeded by Andros, [347];
again governor, [358];
his tyranny, [358];
his complaints against Virginia, [363];
his speech to assembly, [365];
his controversy with Blair, [368];
is recalled, [369];
notice of his career, [369].
Non-importation agreement, [558].
Norfolk incorporated, [420];
burnt, [640].
Northy, Attorney-General, [367].
Norwood, Colonel, his voyage to Virginia, [213];
despatched by Sir William Berkley to Holland, [215].
Nott, Edward, governor, [375].
Ohio Company, [452].
Opechancanough, captures Smith, [46];
seized by Smith, [71];
visits Jamestown, [124];
his hypocrisy, [161];
heads a second massacre, [203];
taken prisoner by Berkley, and dies, [204].
Opitchapan succeeds Powhatan, [130].
Orders, general, [642], [652].
Ovid translated at Jamestown by George Sandys, [152].
Page, John, member of council, [347], [503].
Page, Matthew, [347].
Page, Mann, Jr., [682].
Page, John, of Rosewell, member of council, [614];
member of committee of safety, [624];
member of first council under the republican constitution, [651];
commands party of militia during Arnold's invasion, [712].
Pamunkey, or Pamaunkee, Indian name of York River, [47].
Pamunkey, residence of Opechancanough, [47].
Pamunkey Indians, [298].
Parishes, [371].
Parliament, Long, [199], [215].
"Parsons' Cause," [507].
Paspaheghs, [39], [103];
chief of, Smith's rencontre with, [73].
Patriot, the, capture of, [738].
Pendleton, Edmund, his early life and education, [535];
opposes Henry's resolutions, [541];
member of committee of correspondence, [570];
delegate to congress, [575];
member of committee of safety, [624];
president of convention, [644];
member of committee of revisal, [676].
Percy, Captain George, governor, [63], [66], [70], [73], [75], [97], [102].
Petersburg incorporated, [438];
skirmish at, [720];
General Phillips occupies, [720];
his death at, [722];
Arnold commands at, [722];
Cornwallis arrives at, [726].
Philadelphia, congress meets at, [579].
Phillips, General, prisoner of war, [694];
invades Virginia, [719];
commits devastations, [720-21];
his death, [722].
Pianketank, [59].
Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, [144].
Pirates, act against, [360].
Pirate captured, [361].
Piscataway, siege of, [284].
Plague in London, [265].
Plantagenet Beauchamp, [210].
Plantation, Middle, [300], [358].
Plymouth, landing at, [144].
Pocahontas rescues Smith, [48];
entertains him with a dance, [62];
discloses to him a plot, [67];
made prisoner by Argall, [107];
John Rolfe marries, [109];
baptized, [115];
visits England, [116];
recommended to the queen by Smith, [118];
Smith's interview with, [118];
presented at court, [119];
her death, son, and descendants, [120], [122].
Point Pleasant, battle of, [582], [584].
Point Comfort, [59], [188].
Population of Colonies, [362], [383], [450].
Population of Virginia, [272].
Porterfield, Colonel, mortally wounded at Camden, [698].
Pory, John, [139], [172], [188].
Post-office, [348].
Potomac River, [56].
Pott, Dr. John, governor, convicted of stealing cattle, [182-83].
Powder, Dunmore's removal of, [607].
Powhatan, name of river and seat, [41], [42].
Powhatan Indians, confederacy of, [269].
Powhatan, Indian chief, visited by Newport and Smith, [41], [49];
releases Smith, [48];
coronation of, [63];
Smith visits, at Werowocomoco, [65];
"Powhatan's Chimney," built for him by English, [68];
Werowocomoco his residence, [68];
consents to marriage of Pocahontas, [109];
Hamor's interview with, [112];
death of, and character, [129].
Presbyterianism, origin of, in Hanover, [439].
Preston, [432], [491].
Pretender, [437].
Printing in Virginia, [273], [418], [419].
Puritans, English, come over to Virginia, [144].
Puritan ministers from New England visit Virginia, [302].
Quakers, [244], [261], [396].
Quiqoughcohanocks, chief of, [39].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, his efforts to colonize Virginia, [21];
introduces tobacco at court, [25];
anecdotes of his using tobacco, [25], [153];
notice of his life and death, [132-36].
Raleigh, Lady, [133], [134], [135].
Raleigh, City of, in Virginia, chartered, [26].
Raleigh, the, [573].
Randolph, Sir John, speaker, [420];
his death, [424].
Randolph, William, [424].
Randolph, Peyton, king's attorney-general, [535];
replied to by Davies, [447];
opposes Henry's resolutions, [542];
speaker of house of burgesses, [630];
delegate to congress, [575];
president of congress, [579];
member of committee of correspondence, [624];
his death, [629].
Randolph genealogy, [629].
Randolph, John, attorney-general, [630].
Randolph, Edmund, [630].
Randolph, Beverley, [630].
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, [630].
Randolph, the frigate, blown up, [688].
Rappahannock River, [57].
Ratcliffe, John, [39], [43], [45], [53], [65].
Read, Colonel Clement, member of convention of 1775-6, [625].
Reekes, Stephen, pilloried, [199].
Revenue, [353].
Revolt threatened, [275].
Ricahecrians, Colonel Edward Hill defeated by, [199], [233].
Rice, Rev. Dr. John H., [82].
Richmond, town of, laid off, [421];
incorporated, [433];
convention meets at, [599];
seat of government removed to, [710];
entered by Arnold, [710].
Roanoke Island, [22], [23], [26], [226].
Roanoke River, [24].
Roanoke, or Rawrenoke, Indian shell-money, [56], [113].
Roanoke, John Randolph of, [631].
Robinson, John, president, [449].
Robinson, John, Jr., speaker, [535];
his defalcation, [544], [546];
his family, [548].
Rockbridge County, first settlers of, [423].
Rolfe, John, marries Pocahontas, [109];
member of council, [139].
Rolfe, Thomas, son of Pocahontas, [122].
Rolfe, Henry, [122].
Rolfe, Jane, marries Colonel Robert Bolling, [122].
Safety, committee of, [624].
Sandy Creek expedition, [489].
Sandys, Sir Edwin, [144], [149], [151], [176].
Sandys, George, treasurer in Virginia, [151];
translates Ovid at Jamestown, [152].
Scarburgh, Edmund, excites disturbances in Eastern Shore, [226];
his proceedings as surveyor-general in establishing boundary line, [259].
Scarburgh, Colonel John, [342].
School, East India, [158].
Scotch-Irish settlers of Western Virginia, [423], [429].
Sea-Venture, the, [77], [94].
Secretary, office of, [352].
Shakespeare's Tempest, [99].
Shenandoah River, [389].
Shenandoah valley, [425], [431], [505].
Sheriffs, [353].
Sherwood, Grace, tried for witchcraft, [382].
Shirley, [107], [126].
Silk in Virginia, [158].
Simcoe, Lieutenant-Colonel, [722], [729], [735].
Six Nations, treaty with, [433].
Slaves, baptism of, [267].
Slavery, negro, remarks on, [145], [528].
Smith, Sir Thomas, treasurer of Virginia Company, [37].
Smith, Robert, [264], [266].
Smith, Captain John, his early life and adventures, [30], [34];
his life in jeopardy at Isle of Mevis, [38];
one of council of Virginia, [39];
excluded from council, [41];
restored to council, [43];
has charge of colony, [44];
explores the country, [45];
taken prisoner by Opechancanough, [46];
rescued by Pocahontas, [48];
explores Chesapeake, [55];
president, [60];
his energetic administration, [64];
visits Powhatan, [66];
seizes Opechancanough, [71];
encounters chief of Paspahegh, [73];
builds fortlet on Ware Creek, [74];
his efforts to quell disorders, [80];
his return to England, [80];
descendants still living in England, [83];
his epitaph, [83].
Somers, Sir George, [35], [77], [94], [97], [102].
South Carolina solicits aid from Virginia, [391].
Southampton, Earl of, treasurer of Virginia Company, [149], [175-77].
Sovereignty, declaration of, [238].
Spencer, Nicholas, president, [336].
Spilman, Henry, [141].
Spotswood, Alexander, governor, his lineage and early career, [378];
dissolves assembly, [379];
assists North Carolina, [380];
establishes Indian school, [384];
visits Christanna, [385];
his Tramontane expedition, [387];
institutes Tramontane order, [390];
his disputes with burgesses, [393-99];
he dissolves assembly, [394];
complaints against, [398];
displaced, [404];
review of his administration, [404];
manufacturer of iron, [405];
subsequent career, death, and family, [404-10].
Stamp act, [534], [538], [543];
repeal of, [544].
Staunton incorporated, [438].
St. John's Church, [599].
Starlins, Captain, [738].
"Starving Time" at Jamestown, [93].
State House, Philadelphia, congress meets in, [618].
Statistics, [206], [271], [331], [349], [382], [443], [471].
Steg, Thomas, [216].
"Stint" of tobacco, [265].
Stith, Rev. William, president of College of William and Mary, and author of History of Virginia, [437], [482].
Stobo, Captain, [467-68], [504].
Stone House, the old, on Ware Creek, [74].
Stone, deputy governor of Maryland, [228].
Strachey, William, [102], [106].
Stratford, [577].
Stuart, house of, [243].
Studley, birth-place of Patrick Henry, [519].
Stukely, Sir Lewis, [122].
Stuyvesant, Peter, Berkley's reply to, [246].
Suffolk burnt by the British, [697].
Summer Islands, [102], [109].
Surrender of Virginia to Commonwealth of England, [217].
Surrender of Burgoyne, [686].
Surrender of Cornwallis, [749].
Swift, Dean, desires to be bishop of Virginia, [377], [562].
Swift Run Gap, [388].
Syme, Colonel John, [519].
Tabb, John, member of committee of safety, [624].
Tarleton, Lieutenant-Colonel, [715], [729], [731], [734], [750].
Tayloe, John, member of first council under republican constitution, [651].
Tea, duty on, [568].
Tempest, Shakespeare's, [99].
Temple, Colonel Benjamin, [713].
Thompson, Rev. John, [409].
Tobacco, or Uppowoc, how used by Indians, [24];
Lane introduces into England, [25];
anecdotes of Raleigh's smoking, [25], [153];
culture of, commenced by colonists, [117];
new mode of curing, [125];
cultivation of, discouraged by government, [151];
James the First's aversion to, and his "Counterblast," [153-57];
Charles the First affects monopoly of, [180];
sole staple of Virginia, [181];
"stint" of, [265];
low price of, [281], [332];
plant-cutting, [333];
revenue from, [331];
"Two-Penny Act," [507];
destroyed by the British, [733].
Toleration act, [373].
Tomocomo, [119].
"Two-Penny Act," [507].
Totopotomoi, [233].
Trade, free, established, [245].
Tuckahoe-root, [75], [87].
Tuckahoe, a seat on James River, [604], [631].
Tuckahoes, a name given to inhabitants of Eastern Virginia, [424].
Tucker, St. George, [672].
Tyler, John, revolutionary patriot, [723].
Tyler, John, President, [724].
Uttomattomakkin, [119].
Valley of Virginia, first settlers of, [423], [429], [488].
Valley Forge, Washington at, [687].
Van Braam, Jacob, [461], [466], [468], [504].
Varina, [104-5].
Vernon, Admiral, [417].
Vernon, Mount, [417], [505].
Vestries, [354].
Virginia, state and condition of, [349];
opposes stamp act, [538];
becomes independent, [648].
Virginia, name given by Queen Elizabeth, [22].
Virginians, habits of, [495].
Waddell, Rev. James, "the Blind Preacher," [521].
Walker, Dr., [731].
Walker, John, [731-32].
Wallace, Rev. Caleb, [674].
Washington, Colonel John, a burgess, [281];
commands militia at siege of Piscataway Fort, [285].
Washington, Captain Lawrence, [417], [452];
his views on religious freedom, [454];
in Carthagena expedition, [417].
Washington, George, his lineage, [457];
early life, [457];
surveyor, [458-59];
major, [460];
despatched on mission through wilderness, [461];
lieutenant-colonel, [465];
surprises French party, [464];
surrenders at Fort Necessity, [466];
resigns, [470];
aide-de-camp to Braddock, [472];
heroism at battle of Monongahela, [477];
his account of the defeat, [479];
commander-in-chief of Virginia forces, [486];
visits Boston, [487];
Dinwiddie's correspondence with, [496];
member of assembly, [503];
marries, [503];
receives thanks of assembly, [504];
reports non-importation agreement, [558];
attends meeting of burgesses, [571];
member of congress, [575], [580];
chosen commander-in-chief by congress, [621];
his conduct of affairs during revolutionary war, [665-68], [686-87], [742], [746], [748], [751].
Washington, Colonel William, [716], [718-744].
Washington College founded, [677].
Weedon, General George, [685].
Werowocomoco, [48], [66], [71-2], [108], [129-30].
West Point, [126], [313], [316], [320], [327].
West, Captain John, [195].
West, Francis, Governor, [180].
West, Sir Thomas, Lord Delaware, [96].
Whitaker, Rev. Alexander, [106], [109], [115], [117].
White, Captain John, Governor of City of Raleigh, in Virginia, [26].
Whitefield preaches at Williamsburg, [438], [445].
William and Mary proclaimed in Virginia, [343].
William and Mary College, [345-47], [361-64], [376], [437].
William the Third, death of, [362];
succeeded by Anne, [362].
Williamsburg, City of, seat of government removed to, [358];
descriptions of, [444], [502];
disturbances at, [607];
Cornwallis quartered at, [735];
La Fayette quartered at, [743].
Winchester first settled, [427], [493].
Wingfield, Edward Maria, first president of council, [41], [43].
Winston, Sarah, mother of Patrick Henry, [519].
Winston, William, [520].
Withe, artist, [23-4].
Wives for colonists, [146].
Woodford, Colonel William, appointed to command second Virginia regiment, [627];
sent against Dunmore, [633];
refuses to acknowledge Colonel Henry's superiority in command, [633];
has command at battle of Great Bridge, [635].
Wormley, Captain Ralph, [214].
Wormley, Ralph, [610], [645].
Wythe, George, a burgess, [537];
biographical sketch of, [656].
Yeardley, Sir George, Governor, [117], [180].
Yeardley, Lady Temperance, [180].
Yeardley, Captain Francis, his letter to Ferrar, [226];
Roanoke Indians visit, [226];
purchases territory in North Carolina, [227].

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