Index

Acadians: ejected, [204]
Allerton, Isaac:
bribed with seat in Council, [20], [119];
refuses oath of allegiance, [126]
Amherst, General Jeffrey: replaces Loudoun, [210]
Andros, Sir Edmund:
Governor, [127];
despotic in New England, [127];
mild in Virginia, [129];
quarrels with Blair, [131];
suspends Blair from Council, [131];
resigns, [132]
Appomatox Indians: hostile, [86]
Argall, Samuel:
Governor, [6];
cruelty of, [7]
Aristocracy:
effect of slavery on, [152], [153];
libraries, [153];
mansions, [153];
intermarriages, [153];
dominate General Court, [153], [154]
Armistead, Col. John:
Councillor, 119;
refuses oath of allegiance, [126]
Association:
to boycott British goods, [239];
successful, [240], [241]
Attainder: bill of in [167]7, [29]
Auditor:
duties of, [33];
William Byrd, [34];
Philip Ludwell, [34]
Bacon, Nathaniel:
early life of, [84];
quarrels with Berkeley, [84];
knew Lawrence and Drummond, [84];
his overseer murdered, [86];
frontiersmen make leader, [87];
denounces Berkeley, [87];
defeats Occaneechees, [87];
elected Burgess, [88];
captured, [88];
submits, [88], [89];
reappointed Councillor, [89];
blames Assembly, [90];
escapes, [90];
takes Jamestown, [90];
made general, [90];
pleads with Burgesses, [91];
master of Virginia, [92];
conversation with Goode, [92], [93];
at Middle Plantation, [92];
plans of, [93];
captures Jamestown, [93], [94];
burns Jamestown, [94];
secret burial of, [94];
people mourn, [94]
Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr.: ousted from Council, [71]
Bacon's Laws:
aimed at Berkeley, [91];
credit due Bacon, [91];
a victory for democracy, [91], [92]

Ballard, Thomas: expelled from Council, [20]
Baltimore, Lord:
visits Virginia, [38];
refuses oath, [38];
Harvey aids, [43];
settles Maryland, [43];
recognizes Commonwealth, [69]
Barré, Col. Isaac: denounces Stamp Act, [225], [226]
Bennett, Richard:
favors Parliament, [58];
sent to get Puritan ministers, [60];
commissioner for Parliament, [64];
Governor, [67];
Cromwell continues, [70]
Berkeley, Lady Frances:
marriage, [76];
insults Jeffreys, [100], [101];
heads faction, [101], [102]
Berkeley, Lord John: brother of Sir William, [80]
Berkeley, Sir William:
limits franchise, [27];
appointed Governor, [54];
early life, [54];
arrives, [55];
popular, [55], [56];
favors jury trial, [56];
gift of houses to, [57];
salary, [57];
fights for King, [57];
defeats Indians, [58];
expels Puritan preachers, [61];
prosecutes Puritans, [62];
proclaims Charles II, [62];
defies Parliament, [63];
to resist Parliamentary forces, [65], [66];
surrenders, [66];
under Commonwealth, [68];
elected Governor, [73];
reappointed by Charles II, [75];
dictatorial, [76];
greed, [76];
marriage, [75];
distrusts self-government, [76];
use of patronage, [77];
corrupts Assembly, [77];
the Long Assembly, [77], [78];
accused by Charles City, [77], [78];
grants of land, [78], [79];
people hate, [78];
favorites of, [79];
asks free trade, [80];
denounces Navigation Acts, [80], [81];
makes Bacon Councillor, [84];
despotism of, [84];
sends force against Indians, [86];
Indian policy, [86];
people in arms, [87];
calls an election, [88];
captures Bacon, [88];
forces Bacon's submission, [88], [89];
overawes Burgesses, [89];
submits to Bacon, [90], [91];
starts civil war, [92];
flees to Eastern Shore, [92];
executes patriots, [95], [96], [99];
illegal seizures, [98];
quarrels with Jeffreys, [98], [99];
ordered to England, [99];
picks Burgesses, [99], [100];
sails, [101];
death, [101]
Berry, Sir John: committee on Bacon's Rebellion, [92]
Beverley, Peter: court of oyer and terminer, [170]
Beverley, Robert:
Green Spring faction, [101], [102];
Assembly minutes seized from, [103];
testifies against Nicholson, [148]
Bill of Ports:
Burgesses reject, [128];
Spotswood secures, [162]-[165];
patronage from, [163], [164];
Gooch secures, [191], [192]
Blair, Archibald: hates Spotswood, [172], [173]
Blair, Rev. James:
defends Harrison, [22];
founds college, [31];
Commissary, [130];
church reform plans, [130], [131];
Quarrel with Andros, [131];
Andros ousts from Council, [131];
restored, [131];
ousts Andros, [132];
for Nicholson, [133];
Nicholson angers, [136];
accuses Nicholson, [147], [148];
called King maker, [149];
called hypocrite, [171];
visits England, [175];
to be "Prime Minister," [175], [176]
Blair, John:
meets Dinwiddie, [194];
calls Assembly, [209];
prepares expedition, [209], [210]
Bland, Gyles: executed, [99]
Bland, Col. Richard:
defends Two-penny Act, [214];
for self-government, [216];
to submit to Stamp Act, [226];
General Committee of Safety, [249];
convention of 1776, [255]
Botetourt, Lord:
Governor General, [232];
welcomed, [232];
popular, [232];
warns British government, [233];
promises repeal of Townshend Acts, [234], [235];
death, [235]
Braddock, General: defeat of, [203]
Braxton, Carter: predicts independence, [255]
Buck, Rev.: Minister at Jamestown, [5]
Buckner, John: sets up press, [117]
Burgesses, House of:
bribed by Governors, [19], [20];
represent people, [25];
privileges, [26];
franchise, [26];
wages, [27], [28];
county pays, [28];
Speaker, [28];
committees, [29];
guards elections, [29];
as a court, [29];
control of taxation, [29]-[31];
act of 1680, [30];
rule under Commonwealth, [67], [68];
elect Governor, [70];
Berkeley corrupts, [77];
end of Long Assembly, [87], [88];
Bacon's victory in, [88];
Bacon's Laws, [91], [92];
pro-Berkeley in [167]7, [99];
protest appeals to England, [114];
James II scorns petition, [114];
protest fees, [115];
sole right to tax, [115];
dispute King's authority, [115], [116];
reject royal bills, [127];
rile Edward Randolph, [128];
refuse aid to New York, [128];
£500 for New York, [128], [129];
name Treasurer, [128], [129];
Nicholson wheedles, [138];
Spotswood bribes, [163], [164];
new election, [164];
oppose Spotswood, [165];
Spotswood rebuffs, [165], [166];
judges elections, [166];
strike at Governors' power, [167];
Spotswood denounces, [168];
deride Spotswood, [171];
charges against Spotswood, [173];
praise Drysdale, [177], [178];
contempt of punished, [179];
praise Gooch, [180];
growth of, [182];
salaries, [183];
power of grows, [184];
aristocrats in, [184];
praise Gooch, [193];
protest pistole fee, [197];
fee called arbitrary taxation, [197];
appeal to King, [198];
audacity of, [204];
eject Acadian exiles, [204];
vote £60,000, [205];
emit treasury notes, [205];
reply to Fauquier, [219];
declaration of rights, [220];
protest Stamp Act, [224], [225];
Henry's resolutions, [226];
Botetourt opens, [176]8, [233];
reassert sole right to tax, [233];
meet unofficially, [233], [234];
Botetourt promises repeal, [235];
call convention, [239];
take lead in Revolution, [242];
many in uniform, [246];
last session, [248]
Burke, Edmund: on "Conciliation," [241]
Burwell, Lewis:
land holdings, [135];
Nicholson threatens, [143]
Burwell, Lucy:
Nicholson in love with, [142]-[145];
returns gifts, [144], [145]
Butler, Nathaniel: his "Unmasking of Virginia," [11]
Butts, Thomas:
refuses to certify grievances, [165];
House asks arrest, [165], [166]
Byrd, William I:
auditor, [34];
makes rent roll, [135];
respect due to, [152]
Byrd, William II: Receiver General, [168];
Spotswood ousts, [169];
opposes new court, [170];
Spotswood denounces, [171];
agent for Burgesses, [173]
Byrd, William III: [221]
Camm, Rev. John:
takes clergy protest to King, [213];
sues for salary, [214];
Fauquier denounces, [214];
case thrown out, [216];
supports Dunmore, [242]
Capitol:
plan, [146];
burns, [182];
rebuilt, [183];
soldiers lodge in, [248];
convention of 1776, [255]
Carter, Landon: defends Two-penny Act, [214]
Carter, Robert:
Speaker of House, [28];
Treasurer, [130];
influence of, [140];
charges against Nicholson, [147], [148];
haughty, [171];
President, 1726, [179];
slaves of, [184]
Carter, Robert, of Nomini Hall:
refuses tea, [238];
not a "courtier," [242]
Charles City County:
grievances of, [32];
accuse Berkeley, [77];
grievances neglected, [78];
illegal voting in, [100]
Charles I:
will not restore Company, [13];
calls Assembly, [15];
offers to buy tobacco crop, [15];
needs money, [16];
illegal taxes, [36];
tobacco contract, [44];
executed, [62]
Charles II:
Berkeley proclaims, [63];
restoration, [73];
proclaimed in 1660, [74];
reappoints Berkeley, [75];
Arlington-Culpeper grant, [82];
on causes of Bacon's Rebellion, [97];
sends troops, [97];
angered at Assembly, [103];
gold from Louis XIV, [107];
despotism in Virginia, [108]-[113];
prohibits printing, [117]
Charter:
granted Virginia Company, [4], [5];
sought by Virginians, [17], [18];
Assembly asks, [83];
again asked, 1689, [123];
to confirm Assembly, [123], [124]
Cheeseman, Major: Berkeley's brutality to, [95]
Chicheley, Sir Henry:
leads force against Indians, [86];
Deputy Governor, [106];
rules impartially, [106]
Civil War in England:
influence on colonies, [3];
affects Virginia, [36]
Claiborne, William:
agent against Baltimore, [38];
settlement on Kent Island, [43];
battle with Marylanders, [43];
commissioner for Parliament, [64];
negotiates for peace, [65], [66];
Secretary, [67]
Clergy:
thank Spotswood, [163];
Two-penny Act, [211];
protest, [211], [212];
address to King, [212]
Cocke, William: in Indian Company, [171]
Cole, William: election of thrown out, [166], [167]
Committees of Correspondence: [236], [237], [239]
Committees of Safety: take over courts, [248]
Commons, House of:
opposes James I, [3];
in Civil War, [36]
Commonwealth:
Virginia surrenders to, [66];
Virginia constitution under, [66], [67];
rule of, [70];
anarchy, [73];
influence of on Virginia, [75]
Constitution of State of Virginia: drawn up, [257]
Continental Congress:
proposed, [236], [237], [239];
delegates to, [240];
Declaration of Rights, [240];
makes Washington commander, [245]
Convention, Provincial:
in 1774, [240];
at Richmond, [177]5, [243];
Henry's address, [243], [244];
prepare for war, [244];
take over government, [248], [249];
in 1776, [255];
instruct for independence, [255], [256]
Conway, Edwin: baits Spotswood, [165]
Corbin, Gawin: baits Spotswood, [165], [172]
Corbin, Richard:
protests paper money, [219];
complains to Board of Trade, [219];
pays for powder, [245]
Council of Virginia:
powers of, [4];
quarrels of, [4], [5];
under constitution of 1621, [21];
patronage of, [21];
powers of, [23]-[25];
as cabinet, [23];
as Upper House, [23], [24];
as supreme court, [24];
prestige of, [24], [25];
Virginia House of Lords, [25];
conflict with Harvey, [41]-[47];
arrest Harvey, [46];
Burgesses oust, [71];
power of from England, [72];
dissolve Assembly, 1659, [72];
lose fat jobs, [134];
Nicholson abuses, [140], [141];
six accuse Nicholson, [147]-[150];
represent aristocracy, [151], [152];
titles of, [152];
respect for, [152];
Nott defers to, [154], [155];
appeal for peace, [155];
Burgesses back, [155];
a threat to Liberty, [159];
land holdings of, [162];

preserve judicial power, [169]-[171];
for large land grants, [178];
negative role in Revolution, [242]
County courts:
undemocratic, [21];
Governor's power over, [22];
duties of, [31];
Governor appoints, [78];
taxation by, [78];
Bacon's Laws, [92]
Coventry, Attorney General: issues quo warranto against Company, [12]
Cromwell, Oliver:
neglects Virginia, [70];
death, [72]
Cromwell, Richard:
Lord Protector, [72];
resigns, [72]
Culpeper, Lord Thomas:
despotism under, [18];
limits franchise, [27];
grant to, [82];
Governor, [102];
Cavalier, [109];
delays sailing, [109];
brings peace, [110];
forces act for "perpetual revenue," [110]-[112];
returns to England, [112];
robs soldiers, [113];
hangs rioters, [113];
Effingham succeeds, [113]
Curtis, Edmund:
commissioner to Virginia, [64];
negotiates surrender, [65]
Dale, Sir Thomas:
Governor, [6];
brings harsh laws, [6];
cruelty of, [7]
Dawson, Commissary William:
meets Dinwiddie, [194];
denounces Two-penny Act, [212]
Day of Prayer: June 1, 1774, [238], [239]
Debts:
due merchants, [189];
appeals to Privy Council, [189], [190]
De la Warr, Lord:
Governor, [5], [6];
ill, [6];
leaves Virginia, [6];
humane, [7];
sails with Magna Carta, [8];
death, [8]
Democracy:
New World favorable for, [3];
yeomen build up, [3];
Quary warns of, [35];
gains under Commonwealth, [75];
Glorious Revolution, [122];
small slave holders for, [185]
Dennis, Captain Robert:
heads commission to Virginia, [64];
lost on the John, [64]
Digges, Cole:
election thrown out, [166], [167];
named to new court, [170];
Indian Company, [171]
Digges, Edward: Governor, [71]
Dinwiddie, Robert:
Lieutenant Governor, [194];
career, [195];
backs Assembly, [195];
pistole fee, [196]-[200];
calls Virginians republicans, [198], [199];
cautioned by King, [199], [200];
horrors of Indian war, [201];
warns British, [201];
sends Washington to the Ohio, [201];
asks funds, [201];
vetoes bill with rider, [202];
wants Parliament to tax, [202], [204];
expends funds, [206];
resigns, [206];
sounds alarm bell, [207];
suggests union of colonies, [208]
Drummond, Sarah: property confiscated, [104]
Drummond, William:
hates Berkeley, [80];
influences Bacon, [84];
Bacon consults, [88];
burns own house, [94];
Berkeley's brutality to, [95]
Drysdale, Hugh:
popular, [18];
Lieutenant Governor, [175], [176];
arrives, 1722, [177];
character, [177];
opposes huge land grants, [178];
upholds House, [178], [179];
death, [179]
Dunbar, Colonel: retreat of, [203]
Dunmore, Earl of:
Governor, [236];
conduct in New York, [236];
treaty with Indians, [243];
seizes powder, [244];
threatened, [245];
suggests "compromise," [246], [247];
on the Fowey, [248];
escapes capture, [249];
asks troops, [249];
controls water, [250];
in Elizabeth River, [250];
seizes press, [250];
seizes Norfolk, [250], [251];
evacuates Norfolk, [251];
threatens bombardment, [251], [252];
at Gwynn's Island, [252];
leaves Virginia, [253];
says Virginia wants independence, [253]
Dunmore, Lady:
ball in honor of, [239];
flees Williamsburg, [245], [247]
Duquesne, Fort:
Forbes to attack, [209];
French evacuate, [210]
Durand, William: persecuted for dissent, [62]
Dutch:
trade to Virginia, [68], [69];
trade protected, [69];
wars with, [81]
Effingham, Lord Howard:
despotism of, [18], [118];
Governor, [113];
character, [113];
ends appeals to Assembly, [114];
uses patronage for political ends, [118];
favors Roman Catholics, [119];
leaves Virginia, [120]
Elections:
Nicholson interferes in, [138];
foul play at, [172]
Embargo:
opposed in England, [59];
enforced in 1650, [63]
English, William:
denounces Harvey, [44], [45];
arrested, [45];
released, [47]
Fauquier, Francis:
Lieutenant Governor, [209];
erudite, [209];
tact, [210];
reprimanded, [211], [213];
upholds Two-penny Act, [212];
London criticises, [213];
denounces Camm, [214];
thinks Henry extreme, [227];
protects Mercer, [228];
death, [231]
Fees:
Bacon's Laws fix, [92];
bill to limit vetoed, [167];
pistole controversy, [196]-[200]
First Stuart Despotism: influence on colonies, [3]
Fithian, Philip: sees drilling in Valley, [244]
Forbes, General:
to attack Fort Duquesne, [209];
takes fort, [210]
Fouace, Rev. Stephen:
Nicholson jealous of, [143];
flees Virginia, [144];
testifies against Nicholson, [148]
Fowey: powder taken to, [244]
Franchise:
changes in, [26];
under Commonwealth, [70];
all freemen have in June, 1676, [88];
Bacon's Laws widen, [91];
Spotswood tries to restrict, [166];
act to limit, [181]
French and Indian War:
horrors of, [201];
Washington warns French, [201];
Braddock's defeat, [203];
raids in Valley, [205];
influence on Revolution, [207], [208]
Gates, Sir Thomas:
Governor, [6];
brings cruel laws, [6]
General Assembly:
Magna Carta authorizes, [8];
under Constitution of 1621, [9];
meets, 1619, [9], [10];
acts of in 1619, [10];
right to tax, [10];
Charles I ignores, [13];
meets unofficially, [14];
Charles I summons, [15];
oppose reviving Company, [17];
powers of grow, [34], [35];
accuses Harvey, [47];
reapportions taxes, [56];
gift to Berkeley, [57];
permits free trade, [59];
recognizes Charles II, [62];
surrenders to Parliament, [66];
ousts Governor and Council, [71];
elects Berkeley Governor, [73];
powers of, [74];
proclaim Charles II, 1660, [74];
Berkeley corrupts, [77];
Long Assembly, [77], [78];
protest grant, [82];
ask charter, [85];
Bacon demands election, [87], [88];
in 1677 picked by Berkeley, [99], [100];
bill of attainder, [100];
protest seizure of records, [103];
Charles II assails, [108], [109];
King to initiate bills, [108];
no appeals to, [109], [113], [114];
"perpetual revenue" to King, [110]-[112];
attempt to repeal revenue act of 1680, [156];
Quary on, [156], [157];
Queen Anne vetoes revenue act, [157];
Jenings dissolves, [159];
bill of ports, [162]-[165];
Queen's death dissolves, [164];
Spotswood angers, [164];
bills to limit Governor's power, [167];
use of rider by, [167], [168];
thwart Spotswood, [172];
protest debt ruling, [189];
gift to Dinwiddie, [195], [196];
war an opportunity for, [201];
vote £10,000, [201];
expenditure of funds, [201], [202];
vote £20,000 with rider, [202];
support war, [203];
ask paper money issue, [203], [204];
aid to Royal American Regiment, [205];
Governor spends funds, [206];
right of to govern, [216];
last sessions, [248]
General Committee of Safety: ablest men on, [249]
General Court:
court of appeals, [113], [114];
Nicholson's violence in, [139];
Nicholson packs juries, [139], [140];
on Burgesses' salary, [166]
Glorious Revolution: [3], [119]-[121];
effect on liberty, [122];
effect on Virginia, [122], [123], [132]
Godspeed: sails for Virginia, [1]
Gooch, William:
says frontiersmen disobedient, [3];
character, [177];
Lieutenant Governor, [179];
popular, [179];
courtesy of, [179], [180];
praised by Burgesses, [180];
voted gifts, [180];
new bill of ports, [180], [181], [191], [192];
for limiting franchise, [181], [182];
for westward expansion, [182];
resists merchants, [186];
for duty on liquors, [187];
denounces merchants, [190];
A Dialogue, [191];
leads expedition, [192];
wounded, [192];
resigns, [192];
dies, 1749, [193];
peace and plenty, [193]
Gosnold, Bartholomew:
member of Council, [4];
dies, [4], [5]
Governor:
office established, [5];
King appoints, [18];
vary greatly, [18];
qualities of, [18];
powers of, [19];
bribe Burgesses, [19];
nominate Councillors, [20];
use of patronage, [19]-[21];
calls Assembly, [21];
veto, [22];
hold over courts, [22];
heads Church, [22], [23];
Council restricts, [25], [171];
Burgesses elect under Commonwealth, [70];
many military officers, [194]

Great Bridge:
Dunmore fortifies, [250];
battle of, [251]
Green Spring:
plundered, [98];
faction meets at, [101], [102]
Green Spring faction:
Lady Berkeley heads, [101];
to recover losses, [102];
suppress King's pardon, [102];
pillaging by, [104], [105]
Grenville, George: wants consolidated empire, [224]
Grievances:
against Harvey, [47];
against Berkeley, [77];
against law of ports, [165]
Grymes, John:
Deputy Auditor, [162];
conceited, [171];
hates Spotswood, [172], [173]
Gwynn's Island: Dunmore at, [252]
Habeas Corpus:
settlers claim, [2];
denied by Effingham, [118]
Hamilton, Lord George:
Earl of Orkney, [159];
Governor General, [159];
career of, [159];
patron of Spotswood, [160]
Hansford, Thomas: executed patriot, [95]
Harrison, Benjamin:
Nicholson abuses, [22];
Blair defends, [22];
criticizes Secretary's office, [33];
Councillor, [133], [140];
land holdings, [135];
charges against Nicholson, [147], [148]
Harrison, Nathaniel: proposes reconciliation, [175]
Harrison, Rev. Thomas:
Puritan minister, [60];
banished, [61]
Hartwell, Henry: on Governor's patronage, [20], [21]
Harvey, Sir John:
egocentric, [18];
expelled, [35];
Governor, [37];
arrives, [38];
despotic, [39];
misuse of courts, [39], [40];
persecutes Pott, [39], [40];
conflict with Council, [41]-[47];
appeals to King, [41], [42];
strikes Stevens, [42];
aids Baltimore, [43];
urges tobacco contract, [44];
detains petition, [44];
people's grievances against, [44];
arrests Pott, English, and Martian, [45];
appeals to Council, [45];
Council arrest, [46];
leaves for England, [47];
reappointed, [48];
returns to Virginia, [48], [49];
revenge of, [49], [50];
restores Mathews' property, [50];
prosecutes Panton, [51], [52];
recalled, [51];
prosecuted, [51], [52];
escapes from Virginia, [52];
significance of expulsion, [52], [53]
Harwood, Thomas:
agent of Assembly, [47];
hastens to London, [48]
Henry, Patrick:
Two-penny Act, [215];
denounces clergy, [215], [216];
says people must govern, [216];
resolutions of, [226], [227];
accused of treason, [227];
alarm bell of Revolution, [229];
committee of correspondence, [237];
marches on Williamsburg, [245];
convention of 1776, [255]
Hill, Col. Edward:
Green Spring faction, [101];
defies King, [104];
Treasurer, [129]
Holt, John: his press seized, [250]
Hopkins, William:
contempt of House, [179];
forced to apologize, [179]
Howe, Col.:
at Norfolk, [251];
hints at burning, [251]
Hunter, Col. Robert:
Governor, [158];
French capture, [158]
Independence:
not wanted, [253];
forced by British, [253], [254];
Common Sense, [254];
sentiment for grows, [254], [255];
Virginia instructs for, [255], [256];
people celebrate, [256]
Indiana Company:
fort at Christanna, [171];
King dissolves, [171];
ask compensation, [171]
Indians:
attack Jamestown, [4];
massacre by, [57], [58];
war with Susquehannocks, [85];
frontier forts, [86];
threaten Charles City, [86];
attack feared in 1689, [120], [121];
raids in Valley, [204], [205];
Dunmore's War, [242], [243];
Point Pleasant, [243]
Intolerable Acts: [238]
James I:
on kingly power, [2], [3];
conflict with Parliament, [3];
charter to Virginia Company, [4];
assails London Company, [11];

offers compromise, [12]
James II:
scorns Burgesses' petition, [114];
repeals act of Assembly, [115], [116];
revives a law, [116];
favors Catholics, [119];
deposed, [120]
Jamestown:
founded, [2];
first Assembly at, [9];
capitol at, [25], [26];
Lord Baltimore at, [38];
Charles II proclaimed at, [74];
Bacon's Assembly, [88];
Berkeley occupies, [93];
Bacon captures, [93];
burnt, [94];
William and Mary proclaimed, [121];
statehouse burns, 1698, [146]
James, Thomas:
missionary to Virginia, [60];
driven out, [61]
Jefferson, Thomas:
friend of Fauquier, [209];
committee of correspondence, [237];
answers British "compromise," [247];
prefers independence to slavery, [254];
on independence, [254]
Jeffreys, Col. Herbert:
ousts Councillor, [20];
Lieutenant Governor, [97];
insulted, [100], [101];
promises reforms, [101];
ill, [102];
ousts Beverley, [104];
indicts Philip Ludwell, [104], [105];
dies, [105];
wife imprisoned, [105]
Jeffries, Jeffrey: agent for charter, [123], [124]
Jenings, Edmund:
Councillor, [126];
acting Governor, [157], [158];
career of, [158];
dissolves Assembly, [159];
suspended from Council, [179]
The John:
sails to Virginia, [64];
sinks, [65]
Johnson, Edward: on God's revenge on Virginia, [61]
Johnson, Samuel: denounces Americans, [223]
Kemp, Matthew: insulted in House, [179]
Kemp, Richard:
advises Harvey to leave, [46];
carries off Mathews' property, [50];
prosecutes Panton, [50], [51];
Secretary, [51];
escapes to England, [52];
acting Governor, [57]
Kendall, George:
member of Council, [4];
expelled, [4];
executed, [5]
Knowles, Rev. John:
missionary to Virginia, [60];
driven out, [61]
Laissez faire: [177];
passing of, [224]
Land:
Berkeley's grants, [78], [79];
rent roll, [135];
must cultivate to hold, [162];
law defied, [162];
Drysdale opposes large grants, [178];
much unpatented, [198]
Lawrence, Thomas:
cheated by Berkeley, [79], [80];
influence on Bacon, [84];
Bacon consults, [88];
burns own house, [94];
fate unknown, [95]
Laws, Military:
severe, [6], [7];
cruelly enforced, [7]
Lee, Arthur: repulsed in England, [254]

Lee, Henry: convention of 1776, [255]
Lee, Philip Ludwell: protests paper money, [219]
Lee, Richard Henry: [219];
protests Stamp Act, [224];
committee of correspondence, [237];
Continental Congress, [240];
convention of 1776, [255]
Lewis, Gen. Andrew:
at Point Pleasant, [243];
bombards Gwynn's Island, [252]
Liberty:
taxation and, [2];
threatened in England, [2];
Glorious Revolution aids, [122];
new charter to guarantee, [124];
Nicholson assails, [146], [147];
Council threatens, [159];
victory for, [181];
Virginians called republican, [198];
Bland argues for, [216];
Burke on, [240];
won, [257]
Lightfoot, John:
Nicholson upbraids, [141];
charges against Nicholson, [147], [148]
Littlepage, Richard:
refuses to certify grievances, [165];
House asks arrest of, [165]
London, Bishop of: calls Two-penny act treason, [213]
Loudoun, Earl of:
praises Burgesses, [205];
embargo defied, [205], [206];
Governor, [207]
Ludwell, Philip:
auditor, [34];
marries Lady Berkeley, [76];
insults Jeffreys, [100];
Green Spring faction, [101];
indicted, [104], [105]
Ludwell, Philip, Jr.:
accuses Nicholson, [138];
Nicholson challenges, [145];
auditor, [168];
Spotswood ousts, [169];
leaves new court, [170];
Spotswood denounces, [171]
Ludwell, Thomas:
seeks charter for Virginia, [1];
fears rebellion, [80];
reports disasters, [81];
agent for Virginia, [82];
presides over Council, [104]
Madison, James: convention of 1776, [255]
Magna Carta of Virginia:
drawn up, [8];
De la Warr sails with, [8];
Yeardley takes to Virginia, [8];
Assembly authorized, [8], [9]
Mandeville, Lord Henry:
heads commission on Virginia, [13];
reappoints Yeardley, [13]
Martin, John: member of Council, [4]
Martin, Nicholas:
denounces Harvey, [44], [45];
arrested, [45]

Maryland:
Baltimore founds, [43];
surrenders to Parliament, [67];
Virginia seeks to annex, [69]
Mason, George:
general committee of safety, [249];
convention of 1776, [255]
Mathew, Thomas: says Berkeley cheated Lawrence, [79]
Mathews, Samuel:
resists Harvey, [42], [43];
opposes founding of Maryland, [43];
opposes tobacco contract, [44];
compares Harvey with Richard III, [45];
arrests Harvey, [46];
King orders arrest of, [48];
sent to England, [49];
his property seized, [50];
favors Parliament, [56];
Governor, [71];
recalled, [71];
re-elected, [72];
dies, [73]
Maury, Rev. James:
sues for salary, [214];
Patrick Henry attorney against, [215]
Menefie, George:
Harvey questions, [45];
accused of treason, [46];
withholds Harvey's commission, [47]
Mercer, Col. George:
stamp distributor, [227], [228];
crowd threatens, [228];
will not distribute, [228]
Merchants, British:
oppose free trade, [68], [69];
conflict with planters, [185];
Royal African Company, [186];
oppose duty on slaves, [186];
taxed, [186];
Virginians angered at, [188];
Virginians in debt to, [188], [189];
petition Parliament, [189], [190];
protest paper money, [217];
renew complaints, [219];
for legal tender, [220]
Meriwether, Nicholas: Spotswood removes, [164]
Milner, Col. Thomas: Nicholson praises, [126]
Molasses Act: resented in Virginia, [188]
Moryson, Francis:
seeks charter for Virginia, [1];
agent for Virginia, [81];
committee on Bacon's Rebellion, [97]
Navigation Acts:
Berkeley protests against, [80];
impoverish Virginia, [81]
Nelson, Thomas: protests paper money, [219]
Nelson, William: protests paper money, [219]
New Granada:
expedition against, [192];
failure, [192]
New Kent: Bacon invades, [87]

Newport, Capt. Christopher: member of Council, [4]
Nicholas, Robert Carter:
defends Two-penny Act, [216];
Treasurer, [222];
burns notes, [222];
to submit to Stamp Act, [226];
day of prayer, [238];
prevents storming of Palace, [245];
constitution of 1776, [255]
Nicholson, Sir Francis:
on ideal Governor, [18];
use of patronage, [20], [21];
power over courts, [22];
calls Virginians republicans, [35];
Lieutenant Governor, [124];
character, [124], [125];
abuses clergymen, [124], [125];
in New York, [125];
cautious, [125];
defends prerogative, [126], [127];
aids college, [127];
Governor General, [133];
program of, [133], [134];
violent temper, [134];
offends Councillors, [134];
rent roll, [135];
offends vestries, [136];
tries to control Church, [136];
threatens Burgesses, [137];
gives aid to New York, [137];
wheedles Burgesses, [138];
browbeats voters, [138];
abuses Burgesses, [138];
threatens Speaker, [139];
violent in General Court, [139];
packs juries, [139];
heckles Council, [140];
abuses Wallace, [142], [143];
loves Lucy Burwell, [142]-[145];
threatens Fouace, [143], [144];
derided in England, [144];
challenges Philip Ludwell, Jr., [145];
founds Williamsburg, [146];
despotism resented, [146], [147];
charges against, [147]-[150];
denies charges, [148], [149];
Quary defends, [149];
"addresses" praise, [149];
removed, [150]
Norfolk:
protests Stamp Act, [229];
Dunmore seizes, [250];
evacuated, [251];
Americans enter, [251];
Dunmore threatens, [251], [252];
Americans burn, [252]
Northern Neck: granted to favorites, [83]
Norwood, Col. Henry: criticizes courts, [79]
Nott, Col. Edward:
Governor, [150];
mild, [151];
defers to Council, [154];
Assembly weakens patronage, [155];
veto, [156];
death, [157]
Nuthead, William: his printing press closed, [117]
Ohio Region: French in, [196]
Opechancanough: captured, [58]

Ordinance and Constitution: Virginia government under, [9]
Oyer and Terminer, Court of:
Spotswood sets up, [169];
non-Councillors in, [170]
Page, John, Jr.: keeps day of prayer, [242]
Page, Matthew:
Councillor, [133];
charges against Nicholson, [147], [148]
Palace:
mob threatens, [245], [247];
raided, [247], [248]
Pamunkeys:
hostile, [86];
flee from Bacon, [87]
Panton, Rev. Anthony:
accuses Harvey, [49];
fined and banished, [50], [51];
vindicated, [52]
Parke, Daniel: announces Berkeley's death, [102]
Parliament:
expedition against Virginia, [64];
Virginia surrenders, [66];
less representative, [222];
rotten boroughs, [222], [223];
out of step with age, [223];
ignorant of colonies, [223]
Paper money:
Assembly issues, [205];
new issues, [206];
to finance war, [217];
rate of exchange, [218];
continues issues, [218];
to finance war, [217];
rate of exchange, [218];
continues issues, [218];
illegal loans, [221]
Patronage:
props Governor's power, [19], [20], [21];
Bacon's Laws restrict, [92];
Effingham uses, [118];
Nicholson uses, [137], [138];
bill to limit vetoed, [167];
no Burgess to hold office, [181];
victory for liberty, [181]
Pendleton, Edmund: [219];
protests Stamp Act, [224];
to submit, [226];
committee of correspondence, [237];
Continental Congress, [240];
lionized, [246];
General Committee of Safety, [249];
for independence, [255];
convention of 1776, [255]
Pierce, William:
King orders arrest, [48];
sent to England, [49]
Pistole Fee:
for use of seal, [196]-[200];
counties complain of, [196];
Stith opposes, [196];
Attorney General upholds, [197];
Burgesses appeal to King, [198];
Dinwiddie says not a tax, [199];
King restricts use of, [199], [200];
results of, [200];
Fauquier cautious of, [200]
Pitt, William: supports Americans, [241]

Poll tax:
hated, [31];
people protest, [83];
Bacon's men protest, [90];
crushes poor in 1677, [103];
liquor duty eases, [187]
Pott, Francis:
circulates petition, [44];
arrested, [45];
released, [47];
leaves for England, [47];
arrested in England, [48]
Pott, Dr. John:
acting Governor, [37];
poisons Indians, [37], [38];
Harvey persecutes, [39], [40];
pardoned, [40];
aids in arresting Harvey, [46]
Powder Horn, Williamsburg:
powder seized, [244];
trap wounds two, [246]
Prerogative of King:
whittled away, [34], [35];
James II stretches, [116];
weakened, [123];
Two-penny Act, ignores, [212]
Press: free prohibited, [116], [117]
Purifie, Thomas: warns Harvey, [46]
Puritans:
in Virginia, [58];
Berkeley persecutes, [59];
strong on Hampton Roads, [60];
send for ministers, [60];
ministers driven out, [61];
ordered to conform, [61]
Quartering of troops: ended in Virginia, [117]
Quary, Col. Robert:
describes powers of Council, [24], [25];
on decline of prerogative, [35];
warns English government, [123];
defends Nicholson, [149]
Quit rents:
paid to King, [31];
tax on land, [115];
proposed to quadruple, [115];
Nicholson's rent roll, [135];
Dinwiddie reports loss, [198]
Randolph, Edmund: convention of 1776, [255]
Randolph, Sir John: Tory, leaves Virginia, [242]
Randolph, Peyton:
takes Burgesses' protest, [198];
ousted as Attorney General, [199];
reinstated, [200];
protests Stamp Act, [224];
to submit, [226];
moderator, [234];
committee of correspondence, [237];
Continental Congress, [240];
prevents storming of Palace, [245]
Ratcliffe, John: member of Council, [4]
Rebellion:
Secretary Ludwell fears, [80];
Virginia "ripe for," [82];
Berkeley fears, [83];
outbreaks in 1674, [83], [84];
Virginia ready for, [85];
led by Bacon, [87]-[96];
influence of Bacon's rebellion, [95], [96];
causes of, [96];
threatened in 1677, [100];
in 1689, [120], [121]
Richmond, Duke of: supports colonists, [241]
Rights, Declaration of: committee to prepare, [256]
Robinson, John:
Speaker and Treasurer, [28];
Fauquier wins support, [210];
death, [221];
illegal loans of, [221]
Rolfe, John: cures tobacco, [15]
Sandys, Sir Edwin:
Puritan, [8];
Treasurer of London Company, [8];

gets new charters, [8];
Virginia Magna Carta, [8];
sent to Tower, [11];
fights to save charter, [12];
advises restoring Company, [13];
champions English liberty, [15]
Sandys, George: asks revival of Company, [17]
Second Stuart Despotism: influence on colonies, [3], [106]-[121]
Secretary of State: duties of, [33]
Sheriffs:
political use of by Berkeley, [78];
Bacon's Laws, [91];
Effingham uses, [118];
Nicholson uses, [137], [138]
Slavery:
effect on aristocracy, [152];
cheapens tobacco, [184];
small planters buy, [184], [185];
slave plots, [186];
duty on slaves vetoed, [186], [187];
Virginia resents vetoes, [187];
Dunmore recruits slaves, [250]
Smith, Capt. John:
imprisoned, [4];
hanging threatened, [5];
sole Councillor, [5]
Smith, Col. Joseph:
accused by court, [178];
Burgesses reprimand, [178];
Drysdale removes, [179]
Smith, Col. Lawrence: sued for quit rents, [135]
Sons of Liberty: [229]
Speaker:
prestige, [28];
Nicholson threatens, [139];
made Treasurer, [210];
Fauquier ordered to separate, [210]
Spencer, Nicholas: fears mutiny in 1677, [100]
Spotswood, Col. Alexander:
able, [18];
on Burgesses salary, [27], [28];
Lieutenant Governor, [159];
career, [160];
Orkney his patron, [160];
explores west, [161];
instructions, [161];
act for ports, [162]-[165];
jobs handed out, [163], [164];
House angers, [165];
to limit franchise, [166];
Council balks, [166];
vetoes bills, [167];
denounces Burgesses, [168];
court of oyer and terminer, [169]-[171];
defends new court, [170], [171];
foul play at elections, [172];
defeated, [172];
charges against, [173];
seeks flattering addresses, [173];
answers charges, [174];
Board of Trade upholds, [174];
to live in Virginia, [174];
Tubal Cain, [175];
reconciled to Council, [175];
administration of, [176]
Stamp Act:
dismay at, [224];
Barré denounces, [225];
ready to resist, [227];
Mercer distributor, [227], [228];
stamps not landed, [228];
Norfolk protests, [229];
criticized in England, [230];
English merchants protest, [230];
repealed, [230]
Statehouse:
at Jamestown, [24];
burned, 1698, [129]
Stegg, Thomas:
aids Kemp escape, [52];
favors Parliament, [58];
commissioner for Parliament, [64];
lost on the John, [65]
Stith, Rev. William: incites against pistole fee, [196]
Susan Constant: sails for Virginia, [1]
Susquehannocks:
fort besieged, [85];
torture victims, [85]
Taxation:
by first Assembly, [10];
Burgesses control, [29]-[31], [115];
perpetual revenue to King, [30], [110]-[112];
call fees taxes, [115];
protest pistole fee, [197];
in colonial history, [225];
role in self-government, [225];
Jefferson on, [247]
Tea:
tax on, [236];
resistance to tax, [237], [238];
banned, [238];
Carter refuses, [238]
Thompson, Rev. William:
missionary to Virginia, [60];
driven out, [61]
Thrale, John: defends Nicholson, [148]
Tobacco:
staple of Virginia, [15];
Dutch buy, [59];
cutting riots, [113];
Spotswood's bill of ports, [162]-[165];
prices rise, [163];
George I vetoes bill of ports, [168];
Gooch's bill of ports, [180]-[181], [191], [192];
slaves cheapen, [184];
Gooch argues for bill of ports, [191];
A Dialogue, [191];
poor standard of value, [211]
Tobacco cutting riots: [113].
Tories: few in Virginia, [242]

Townshend Acts:
anger America, [232];
unconstitutional, [234]
Treasurer:
Burgesses name, [128], [129];
usually also Speaker, [210];
separation ordered, [210];
illegal loans by, [221]
Utie, John:
opposes tobacco contract, [44];
arrests Harvey, [46];
King orders arrest, [48];
sent to England, [49]
Vestries:
govern parishes, [32];
Bacon's Laws, [92];
Nicholson attacks power of, [136]
Virginia Company of London:
charter of 1606, [1], [4];
set up despotism, [5];
members consider going to Virginia, [7];
James I attacks, [11];
A True Answer, [11];
blamed by commission, [11];
rejects King's offer, [12];
appeals to Parliament, [12];
charter revoked, [12];
reasons for, [13];
restoring of opposed, [17]
Wallace, Rev. James:
sermon enrages Nicholson, [141], [142];
testifies against Nicholson, [148]
Washington, George:
warns French on Ohio, [201];
expedition to Ohio, [202];
commands in Valley, [205];
Continental Congress, [240];
wears uniform to Congress, [245];
commander-in-chief, [245];
predicts independence, [254], [255]
West:
expansion into, [182];
aids democracy, [184]
West, Capt. Francis: Governor, [37]
West, John:
acting Governor, [47];
sent to England, [49]
William III: joint monarch, [121], [122]
Williamsburg:
capitol at, [146];
Nicholson founds, [146];
celebrates Stamp Act repeal, [230];
day of prayer, [239];
powder seized, [244];
an armed camp, [248];
celebrates independence, [256], [257]
Wingfield, Edward:
member of Council, [4];
ousted, [5];
accuses other Councillors, [5]
Wormeley, Ralph: supports Dunmore, [242]
Wyatt, Sir Francis:
receives constitution, [9];
Governor, [51]
Wythe, George: [219];
protests Stamp Act, [224]
Yeardley, Capt. George:
Governor, [6];
brings Magna Carta, [9];
calls first Assembly, [10];
reappointed, [13];
pleads for Assembly, [14];
death, [36]

[Transcriber's Corrections]

Following is a list of significant typographical errors that have been corrected.