Virginia. John Mercer, Abridgement of the Acts of Assembly, Glasgow, 1759; Acts of Assembly, Williamsburg, 1769: Collection of Public Acts ... passed since 1768, Richmond, 1785; Collections of the Virginia Historical Society; W.W. Hening, Statutes at Large, 13 vols., Richmond, etc., 1819–23; Samuel Shepherd, Statutes at Large, New Series (continuation of Hening), 3 vols, Richmond, 1835–6.
UNITED STATES DOCUMENTS.
1789–1836. American State Papers—Class I., Foreign Relations, Vols. III. and IV. (Reprint of Foreign Relations, 1789–1828.) Class VI., Naval Affairs. (Well indexed.)
1794, Feb. 11. Report of Committee on the Slave Trade. Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous, I. No. 44.
1806, Feb. 17. Report of the Committee appointed on the seventh instant, to inquire whether any, and if any, what Additional Provisions are necessary to Prevent the Importation of Slaves into the Territories of the United States. House Reports, 9 Cong. 1 sess. II.
1817, Feb. 11. Joint Resolution for abolishing the traffick in Slaves, and the Colinization [sic] of the Free People Of Colour of the United States. House Doc., 14 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 77.
1817, Dec. 15. Message from the President ... communicating Information of the Proceeding of certain Persons who took Possession of Amelia Island and of Galvezton, [sic] during the Summer of the Present Year, and made Establishments there. House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12. (Contains much evidence of illicit traffic.)
1818, Jan. 10. Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to the introduction of Slaves from Amelia Island. House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 46 (cf. House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348).
1818, Jan. 13. Message from the President ... communicating information of the Troops of the United States having taken possession of Amelia Island, in East Florida.
House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 47. (Contains correspondence.)