[21] Ibid., 541.

[22] Ibid., 542.

[23] Ibid., 554.

[24] William Stith, History of Virginia, 313, 315.

[25] A. Brown, The first republic, 573.

[26] CO1-3, p. 5. This and similar notations all refer to documents in the British Public Record Office.

[27] W. W. Hening, Statutes at large 1: 129, 130.

[28] CO1-4.

[29] CO1-20.