Collections
Andrews, Charles M., ed. Narratives of the insurrections, 1675-1690. N. Y., 1915. 414 p.
The Aspinwall papers. Virginia [1617-1676]. Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 4), 9 (1871), 1-187.
John Harvey, A brief declaration of the state of Virginia, 1624, p. 60-81; Thomas Yong, Voyage to Virginia and Delaware Bay and river in 1634, p. 81-131; Virginias deploured condition, 1676, p. 162-76.
Bemiss, Samuel M. The three charters of the Virginia company of London and seven related documents. Williamsburg, 1957. (Jamestown 350th anniversary historical booklet, No. 4.)
Brigham, Clarence S., ed. British royal proclamations relating to America, 1603-1783. Worcester, Mass., 1911. 268 p. (Am. antiq. soc. Transactions, v. 12)
Brock, Robert A. Documents, chiefly unpublished, relating to the Huguenot emigration to Virginia. Richmond, 1886. 247 p. (Va. hist. soc., Collections, n.s., v. 5)
Brown University. John Carter Brown library. Three proclamations concerning the lottery for Virginia, 1613-1621. Providence, R. I., 1907. 3, 4 p.
Contents: [1] By his Majesties councell for Virginia, 1613. [2] A declaration for the certaine time of drawing the great standing lottery, 1615. [3] By the King Catterall, Helen T., ed. Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro. Washington, 1926-37. 5 v. (Carnegie inst., Publication no. 374) v. 1: "Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky." Colonial records of Virginia. Richmond, 1874. 106 p. Contents: 1) The first assembly of Virginia, held July 30, 1619. 2) List of the livinge and the dead in Virginia, Feb. 16, 1623. 3) A briefe declaration of the plantation of Virginia, during the first twelve years. 4) A list of the number of men, women and children, inhabitants in the several counties within the collony of Virginia, in 1634. 5) A letter from Charles II, acknowledging the receipt of a present of Virginia silk, 1668. 6.) A list of the parishes in Virginia, 1680. Copland, Patrick. Letters of Patrick Copland [1623, 1646]. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 9 (1929), 300-302. Donnan, Elizabeth, ed. Documents illustrative of the history of the slave trade to America. Washington, 1930-1935. 4 v. v. 1, "1441-1700." v. 2, "Southern colonies." Fitzhugh, William. Letters of William Fitzhugh [1679-1699]. Va. mag., 1 (1893), 17-55; continued to 6 (1898). Fleet, Beverley and L. O. Duvall, comps. Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 1-34; ser. 2, v. 1-Richmond, 1937(?)-date. Titles touching the seventeenth century follow: ____ Acchawmacke, 1632-1637. Richmond [1943] 111 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 18) ____ Accomacke county, 1637-1640. Richmond [1948] 103 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 32) ____ Charles City county court orders, 1655-58. Richmond [1941-42] 4 v. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 10-13) ____ Huntington library data, 1607-1850. Richmond [1947] 109 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 30) ____ Lancaster county [court records] 1652-1655. Richmond [1944] 110 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 22) ____ Lancaster county, record book 2. 1654-1666, pages 1-394. Richmond [n.d.] 137 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 1) ____ Lower Norfolk county, 1651-1654. Richmond [1948] 106 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 31) ____ Northumberland co. Record of births, 1661-1810. Richmond [1938] 134 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 3) ____ Northumberland county records. 1652-1655. Richmond [1937?] 141 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 2) ____ Northumbria collectanea, 1645-1720. Richmond [1943-44] 2 v. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 19-20) ____ Richmond county records, 1692-1724. Richmond [1942-43] 2 v. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 16-17) ____ Virginia company of London, 1607-1624; ed. by Lindsay O. Duvall. [n.p., 1955] 121 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, ser. 2, v. 3) ____ Westmoreland county, 1653-1657. Richmond [1945] 102 p. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 23) ____ York county, 1633-1657. Richmond [1945-46] 3 v. (Virginia colonial abstracts, v. 24-26) Force, Peter, comp. Tracts and other papers, relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America, from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Washington, 1836-46. 4 v. Vol. 1, no. 6, [Robert Johnson] Nova Britannia, 1609; no. 7 [Robert Johnson] The new life of Virginea, 1612; no. 8, [Thomas Mathew] The beginning, progress, and conclusion of Bacon's rebellion; no. 9, Mrs. Anne Cotton, An account of our late troubles in Virginia; no. 10, Sir William Berkeley, A list of those that have been executed for the late rebellion; no. 11, A narrative of the Indian and civil wars in Virginia. Vol. 2, no. 6, Extract from a manuscript collection of annals relative to Virginia, 1642; no. 7, A description of the province of New Albion, 1648; no. 8, A perfect description of Virginia, 1649; no. 9, Virginia and Maryland, or, The Lord Baltamore's printed case, 1655. Vol. 3, no. 1, [Virginia company of London] A true declaration of the estate of the colonie in Virginia, 1610; no. 2, [William Strachey, ed.] For the colony in Virginea Britannia. Lawes divine, morall and martiall, &c., 1612; no. 5, Virginia company of London, A declaration of the state of the colonie, 1620; no. 6, Virginia company of London, Orders and constitutions, 1619-1620; no. 7, Nathaniel Shrigley, A true relation of Virginia and Maryland, 1669; no. 10, [Henry Norwood] A voyage to Virginia, 1649; no. 11, [Edward Williams] Virginia, more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued, 1650; no. 12, John Clayton, Letter ... to the Royal society, 1688; no. 13 [Samuel Hartlib] The reformed Virginian silk-worm, 1655; no. 14, John Hammond, Leah and Rachel, or, The two fruitfull sisters Virginia, and Maryland; no. 15, [Robert Greene] Virginia's cure, or, An advisive narrative concerning Virginia, 1662. Vol. 1, no. 1-13; v. 2, no. 1-4, 6-7 reprinted: American colonial tracts monthly, v. 1, no. 1-12, v. 2, no. 1-6, Rochester, N. Y., 1897-98. Great Britain. Privy Council. Acts of the Privy council of England, colonial series, v. 1, A.D. 1613-1680. London, 1908. 930 p. ____ Public Record Office. Calendar of state papers, colonial series, America and West Indies [1574-1699] London, 1860-1908. 10 v. Hakluyt, Richard. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English nation. Ed. by Edmund Goldsmid. Edinburgh, 1885-1890. 16 v. Hale, Edward E., ed. Original documents ... illustrating the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's first American colony, and the colony at Jamestown. Am. antiq. soc., Transactions, 4 (1860), 1-65. [Archer] A relatyon of the discovery of our river [1607], p. 40-65. Hall, Clayton C., ed. Narratives of early Maryland, 1633-1684. N. Y., 1910. 460 p. "The Lord Baltemore's case, 1653," p. 167-80; "Virginia and Maryland, or The Lord Baltamore's printed case uncased and answered, 1655," p. 187-230; "Leah and Rachel," by John Hammond, 1656, p. 281-308. Hayward, Nicholas, Nicholas George, and Joseph Taylor. Old letters from Virginia county records [1652-1705]. W & M quar. (ser. 1), 11 (1903), 169-74. Hazard, Ebenezer. Historical collections; consisting of state papers, and other authentic documents. Philadelphia, 1792-94. 2 v. "Articles agreed on and concluded at James Cittie in Virginia [1651]," v. 1, p. 560-61. "Articles for the surrendering of Virginia to the subjection of the parliament of the commonwealth of England [1651]," v. 1, p. 562-63. "An act of indempnitie made att the surrender of the countrey [1651]," v. 1, p. 563-64. [An act prohibiting trade with the Barbados, Antego, Bermudas, and Virginia, 1650] v. 1, p. 636-38. Hening, William W., ed. The statutes at large; being a collection of all the laws of Virginia ... 1619 [through the session of 1792]. Richmond, 1809-1823. 13 v. Indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Jensen, Merrill, ed. English historical documents; American colonial documents to 1776. N. Y., 1955. 888 p. (English historical documents, v. 9) Kingsbury, Susan M., ed. The records of the Virginia company of London. Washington, 1906-1935. 4 v. v. 1-2, "The court book" [April 28, 1619 to June 7, 1624]; v. 3-4, Documents, 1607-1626. Labaree, Leonard W., ed. Royal instructions to British colonial governors, 1670-1776. N. Y., 1935. 2 v. Letters of the Byrd family [to 1723]. Va. mag., 35 (1927), 221-45, 371-89. [List of tracts relating to Virginia in the library of Dorchester house, London, with a facsimile of a letter of Captain John Smith] Mass. hist. soc., Proceedings (ser. 2), 12 (1898), 158-61. The Lower Norfolk county, Virginia antiquary; ed. by Edward W. James. Baltimore, 1895-1906. 5 v. Indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Lower Norfolk county records, 1636-1646. Va. mag., 39 (1931), 1-20; continued to 41 (1933), 335-45. Miscellaneous colonial documents [1672-73], from the originals in the Virginia state archives. Va. mag., 20 (1912), 22-32. Contents: Papers in regard to Capt. Thomas Gardner [1672-73]. Proceedings of Virginia council, Aug. 1673. Order in regard to fort, 1673. Proceedings of a court martial, Oct. 21, 1673. Notes from the records of Stafford county, Virginia, order books [1692-93]. Va. mag., 47 (1939), 22-26, 126-32, 248-52, 335-48. Nugent, Nell M. Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1800. Vol. 1, 1623-1666 [all published] Richmond, 1934. 767 p. Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes. London, 1625. 5 v. Reprinted as Hakluytus posthumous, or Purchas his pilgrimes. Glasgow, 1906. 20 v. Randolph, Edward. Edward Randolph; including his letters and official papers from the New England, middle, and southern colonies in America. Boston, 1898-1909. 7 v. (Prince society publications, v. 24-28, 30-31) Randolph Manuscript; Virginia seventeenth-century records. Va. mag., 15 (1908), 390-405, continued to 22 (1914), 337-47. Sackville, Lionel C., 1st duke. Lord Sackville's papers respecting Virginia, 1613-1631. Am. hist. rev., 27 (1922), 493-538, 738-65. Smith, John. Capt. John Smith, travels and works; ed. by Edward Arber. Edinburgh, 1910. 2 v. [Virginia company of London] Instructions by way of advice, for the intended voyage to Virginia [1606], v. 1, p. xxxiii-xxxvii. Tindall, Robert. Robert Tindall, gunner to Prince Henry. Letter to the prince, 22 June 1607, v. 1, p. xxxviii-xxxix. [Archer, Gabriel] A relayton of the discovery ... 21 May-22 June 1607, v. 1, p. xl-lv. Percy, George. Observations gathered out of a discourse of the plantation of the southerne colonie in Virginia, 1606, v. 1, p. lvii-lxxiii. Wingfield, Edward M. A discourse of Virginia, v. 1, p. lxxiv-xci. Archer, Gabriel. Letter from James Town, 31 August 1609, v. 1, p. xciv-xcvii. Ratcliffe, John. Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, 4 October 1609, v. 1, p. xcviii-xcix. Spelman, Henry. Relation of Virginea, v. 1, p. ci-cxiv. Smith, John. A true relation [1608], v. 1, p. 1-40. A map of Virginia, 1612, v. 1, p. 41-174. A description of New England, 1616, v. 1, p. 175-232. The Generall historie of Virginia, 1624, v. 1, p. 275-383; v. 2, p. 385-782. The true travels, 1630, v. 2, p. 805-916. Some Virginia colonial records [1670?-1708]. Va. mag., 10 (1903), 371-82; continued to 11 (1903), 155-69. Stewart, Robert A. Excerpts from the Charles City county records (1665-1666). Va. mag., 42 (1934), 341-44; continued to 43 (1935), 347-54. Stewart, Mrs. Victor W. Notes from Surry county records of the seventeenth century. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 19 (1939), 531-32. Stock, Leo F., ed. Proceedings and debates of the British parliaments respecting North America. Washington, 1924-1942. 5 v. (Carnegie inst. of Washington, publication no. 338) v. 1: 1542-1688. v. 2: 1689-1702. Thurloe, John. A collection of the state papers of John Thurloe ... containing authentic memorials of the English affairs from the year 1638, to the restoration of King Charles II. London, 1742. 7 v. Tyler, Lyon G., ed. Narratives of early Virginia, 1606-1625. N. Y., 1907. 478 p. Contents: Observations by Master George Percy, 1607. A true relation, by Capt. John Smith, 1608. Description of Virginia and proceedings of the colonie by Captain John Smith, 1612. The relation of the Lord De-la-Ware, 1611. Letter of Don Diego de Molina, 1613. Letter of Father Pierre Biard, 1614. Letter of John Rolfe, 1614. Proceedings of the Virginia assembly, 1619. Letter of John Pory, 1619. The generall historie of Virginia by Captain John Smith, 1624, the fourth booke. The Virginia planters' answer to Captain Butler, 1623. The tragical relation of the Virginia assembly, 1624. The discourse of the old company, 1625. Tyler's quarterly historical and genealogical magazine. Richmond, 1919-1952. 33 v. v. 1-10, indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Virginia. Calendar of Virginia state papers and other manuscripts ... preserved in the capitol at Richmond. Richmond, 1875-93. 11 v. v. 1, 1652-1781. Virginia (Colony). Council. Council papers, 1698-1701. Va. mag., 22 (1914), 29-43; continued to 23 (1915), 385-94. ____ Executive journals of the Council of colonial Virginia. Vol. 1 (June 11, 1680-June 22, 1699). Richmond, 1925. 587 p. ____ Legislative journals of the Council of colonial Virginia [1680-1775]. Richmond, 1918-19. 3 v. ____ Minutes of the council and general court of colonial Virginia, 1622-32, 1670-1676. Richmond, 1924. 593 p. Virginia (Colony) House of Burgesses. Journals, 1619-1658/59. Richmond, 1915. 283 p. ____ Journals, 1659/60-1693. Richmond, 1914. 529 p. ____ Journals, 1695/96-1700/02. Richmond, 1913. 414 p. Virginia company of London. Abstract of the proceedings of the company, 1619-1624; prepared by Conway Robinson, ed. by R. A. Brock. Richmond, 1888-89. 2 v. (Virginia hist. soc., Collections, new ser., v. 7-8). Virginia historical register, and literary companion; ed. by William Maxwell. Richmond, 1848-53. 6 v. Indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Virginia in 1623 [to 1681/82]. [Abstracts from the English Public record office and the McDonald and DeJarnette papers, Virginia state library, by W. N. Sainsbury.] Va. mag., 6 (1899), 236-44; continued to 29 (1921), 52-7. Virginia magazine of history and biography, v. 1-to date. Richmond, 1893-to date. v. 1-38, indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Virginia papers, 1616-1619. [Collected by John Smith of Nibley, one of the early colonizers of Virginia.] N. Y. public library, Bulletin, 1 (1897), 68-72; continued to 3 (1899), 276-95. William and Mary college quarterly historical magazine; ed. by Lyon G. Tyler [Ser. 1] Williamsburg, Va., 1892-1919. 27 v. Second series, ed. by E. G. Swem, Williamsburg, Va., 1921-43. 23 v. Third series, ed. by R. L. Morton, and others, Williamsburg, Va., 1944-to date. Ser. 1-2, v. 10, indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index. Wright, Irene A., ed. Spanish policy toward Virginia, 1606-1612. Am. hist. rev., 25 (1920), 448-79. Wyatt, Sir Francis. Documents of Sir Francis Wyatt, governor, 1621-1626. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 7 (1927), 42-7; continued to 8 (1928), 157-67.
Indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index.