The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783

by and Geography Service Government Virginia. History

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[ ³ ] Journal of House of Burgesses, 5 August 1736.

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[ ⁴ ] See D. Alan Williams, "The Virginia Gentry and the Democratic Myth", Main Problems in American History, 3rd. ed. (Dorsey Press, Homewood, Illinois, 1971), 22-36.

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[ ⁵ ] Journal of House of Burgesses, 5 August 1736.

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[ ⁶ ] For a short well-written discussion of the election process see Charles S. Sydnor, Gentlemen Freeholders: Political Practices in Washington's Virginia (University of North Carolina, 1952, reprinted in paperback as Revolutionaries in the Making: Political Practices in Washington's Virginia.

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[ ⁷ ] Journal of House of Burgesses, 1752-1758, 143, 154-155.