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Brock, Robert A. Documents, chiefly unpublished, relating to the Huguenot emigration to Virginia.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 [a proclamation], 1620.

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.
Indexed in E. G. Swem, Virginia historical index.

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.

Before 1607

Canner, Thomas. A relation of the voyage made to Virginia, in the Elizabeth of London, a barke of fiftie tunnes by Captaine Bartholomew Gilbert, in the yeere 1603. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1656-1658.

Hariot, Thomas. A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia [1588; De Bry ed., 1590, with engravings of John White's drawings]. N. Y., 1871. 33 p., 47 l.

Reprinted: London, 1893. 111 p.; London, 1900. 84 p.; N. Y., 1903. 24 l.; [Monroe, N. C., n.d.] 48 p.; Ann Arbor, Mich., 1931. 48 p.

Pring, Martin. Scheeps-togt van Martin Pringe, gedaan in 't jaar 1603. Van Bristol na 't Noorder-gedeelte van Virginien. Leyden, 1706. 16 p.

Percy, George. Observations gathered out of a discourse of the plantation of the southerne colonie in Virginia by the English, 1606. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1685-1690.

Reprinted: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. lvii-lxxiii; Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 152-68; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 5-23.

Stoneman, John. The voyage of M. Henry Challons, intended for the North plantation of Virginia, 1606, taken by the way, and ill used by the Spaniards. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1685-1690.

Virginia. Charter. Part of the first patent granted by his maiestie for the plantation of Virginia, Aprill the tenth, 1606. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1683-84.

Virginia company of London. Instructions by way of advice, for the intended voyage to Virginia [1606]. In: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. xxxiii-xxxvii.

Reprinted: Neill, History of the London company of Virginia, p. 8-14.

1607-1609

[Archer, Gabriel] Capt. Newport's discoveries, Virginia, May [1607]. A relatyon of the discovery of our river, from James forte into the maine. Am. antiq. soc., Trans., v. 4, (1860), p. 40-65.

Includes "The description of the now-discovered river and country of Virginia; with the liklyhood of ensuing ritches," p. 59-62. "A brief description of the people," p. 63-65.

The "relatyon" itself is reprinted in John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. xl-lv.

Tindall, Robert. Robert Tindall, gunner to Prince Henry. Letter to the prince, 22 June 1607. In: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. xxxviii-xxxix.

Reprinted: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 108-9.

Virginia. Council, 1607. Coppie of a letter from Virginia, dated 22d of June, 1607. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 106-8.

Ford, Worthington C. Tyndall's map of Virginia [1608]. Mass. hist. soc., Proc., 58 (1925), 244-47.

Includes facsimile reproduction.

Smith, John. The copy of a letter sent to the treasurer and councell of Virginia, [1608?]. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 199-204.

____ A true relation of such occurrences and accidents of noate as hath hapned in Virginia since the first planting of that collony, which is now resident in the south part thereof, till the last returne from thence. London, 1608. 36 p.

Reprinted: Boston, 1866. 88 p.; Smith, Travels and Works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. 1-40; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 25-71.

Wingfield, Edward M. A discourse of Virginia [1608]; ed. with notes by Charles Deane. Boston, 1859. 44 p.

Reprinted: Am. antiq. soc., Transactions, 4 (1860), 67-103; John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. lxxiv-xci.

[Archer, Gabriel] A letter of M. Gabriel Archar, touching the voyage of the fleet of ships, which arrived at Virginia, without Sir Tho. Gates, and Sir George Summers, 1609. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1733-34.

Reprinted: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. xciv-xcvii; Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 328-32.

Crashaw, William. A sermon preached in London before the right honorable the Lord La Warre, Lord governour and Captaine generall of Virginea, and others of his Majesties counsell for that kingdome, and the rest of the adventurers in that plantation ... Febr. 21, 1609. London, 1610. 91 p.

[Gray, Robert] A good speed to Virginia. London, 1609. 29 p.

Reprinted: N. Y., 1937. 43 p.

[Johnson, Robert] Nova Britannia. Offring most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia. London, 1609. 31 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 6. 28 p.; N. Y., 1867. 40 p.

Price, Daniel. Sauls prohibition staide; or, The apprehension and examination of Saule. And to the inditement of all that persecute Christ with a reproofe of those that traduce the honourable plantation of Virginia. London, 1609. 40 p.

Ratcliffe, John. Captain John Ratcliffe alias Sickelmore. Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, 4 October 1609. In: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. xcviii-xcix.

Symonds, William. Virginia. A sermon preached at White-Chappel, in the presence of ... the adventurers and planters for Virginia, 25. April. 1609. London, 1609. 54 p.

Spelman, Henry. Relation of Virginia, 1609. London, 1872. 58 p.

Reprinted: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. ci-cxiv.

Virginia company of London. [Advertising the enterprise under the new charter. London? 1609] Broadside. In: Brown, First republic, p. 100-104.

____ Instructions, orders and constitucions to Sir Thomas West, Knight, Lord La Warr. [1609?] In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 24-29.

____ Instruccions, orders and constitucions to Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, Governor of Virginia. 1609. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company of London, v. 3, p. 12-24.

____ A letter from the councill and company of the honourable plantation in Virginia to the Lord Mayor, alderman and companies of London [1609?]. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 252-54.

1610-1619

Argall, Sir Samuel. The voiage from James Towne to seeke the ile of Bermuda, and missing the same, his putting over toward Sagadahoc and Cape Cod, and so back againe to James Towne, begun the nineteenth of June, 1610. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1758-62.

De la Warr, Thomas West, 3rd lord. Lorde De la Warr to the right honorable ... the Earl of Salisbury, 1610. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 413-15.

[Jourdain, Silvester] A discovery of the Barmudas, otherwise called the Ile of Divels; by Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Sommers, and Captayne Newport, with divers others. London, 1610. In: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 3, p. 9-15.

Reprinted N. Y., 1940. 24 p.

The proceedings of the English colony in Virginia, from the beginning of the plantation 1606, till anno 1610, somewhat abridged. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1705-33.

Rich [Richard] Newes from Virginia (1610). London, 1874. 19 p.

Reprinted: Neill, Early settlement of Virginia and Virginiola, p. 29-35; [Boston, 1922] 14 p. (Americana series, photostat, no. 65); [N. Y., 1937] 29 p.

Strachey, William. A true repertory of the wracke, and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight; upon, and from the ilands of the Bermudas: his coming to Virginia, and the estate of that colonie then, and after, under the government of the Lord La Warr, July 15, 1610. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1734-58.

Virginia company of London. By the counsell of Virginea [Notice that the ship Hercules is now preparing to make a supply to the colony of Virginia] [London? 1610] Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 439.

____ A publication by the counsell of Virginea, touching the plantation there. London, 1610. Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 354-356.

____ A true and sincere declaration of the purpose and ends of the plantation begun in Virginia. London, 1610. 26 p.

Reprinted: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 338-53.

____ A true declaration of the estate of the colonie in Virginia, with a confutation of such scandalous reports as have tended to the disgrace of so worthy an enterprise. London, 1610. 68 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 1. 27 p.

Virginia. Council, 1610. Letter of the Governor and council of Virginia to the Virginia company of London. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 402-13.

Dale, Sir Thomas. Letter to Lord Salisbury, 1611. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 501-8.

____ Sir Thomas Dale to the president and counsell of the companie of adventurers and planters in Virginia [1611]. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 489-94.

De la Warr, Thomas West, 3rd lord. The relation of the right honourable the Lord De la Warre. London, 1611. 15 p.

Reprinted: N. Y. [1868?] 17 p.; [London, 1858] 17 p.; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, 209-214; Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 477-83.

Depositions of John Clarke and others, at Havana, 1611. Am. hist. rev., 25 (1920), 467-73.

Virginia company of London. By the counsell of Virginea. [That a fleet of good ships would soon be ready to sail for Virginia.] London, 1611. Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 445.

Whitaker, Alexander. Whitaker to Crashaw ... 1611. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 1, p. 497-500.

Experiences on journey to America. Accurate transcript from the Booke of proceedings and accidents of the first permanent English settlement in America [1612] Connecticut mag., 11 (1907), 315-19.

Reprinted: Journal of Am. hist., 1 (1907), 206-8.

[Johnson, Robert] The new life of Virginea: declaring the former successe and present estate of that plantation, being the second part of Nova Britannia. London, 1612. 52 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 7. 24 p.; Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 2), 8 (1826), 199-223.

McCary, Ben C. Captain John Smith's map of Virginia [1612]. Williamsburg, 1957. (Jamestown 350th anniversary historical booklet, No. 3.)

Percy, George. "A trewe relacyon." Virginia from 1609-1612. Tyler's quarterly, 3 (1922), 259-82.

The proceedings and accidents of the English colony in Virginia, extracted from the authors following, by William Simons, doctour of divinitie [1612] In: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 2, p. 383-488.

The proceedings of the English colonie in Virginia since their first beginning from England in the yeere of our Lord 1606, till this present 1612, with all their accidents that befell them in their journies and discoveries. By W. S. Oxford, 1612. In: John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. 85-174.

Reprinted: Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 119-204.

Smith, John. The description of Virginia by Captaine John Smith, inlarged out of his written notes. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1691-1704.

____ A map of Virginia. With a description of the countrey, the commodities, people, government and religion. Oxford, 1612, 39, 110 p.

Reprinted: Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 1, p. 41-174; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 76-204.

Contents: [Vocabulary of Indian words.] The description of Virginia. The proceedings of the English colonie in Virginia ... till this present 1612.

[Strachey, William, ed.] For the colony in Virginea Britannia. Lawes divine, morall and martiall. London, 1612. 41, 7 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 2. 68 p.; Photostat Americana, ser. 2, no. 16, Boston, 1936.

____ The historie of travell into Virginia Britania (1612); ed. by Louis B. Wright and Virginia Freund. London, 1953. xxxii, 221 p.

Also ed. by R. H. Major, London, 1849. 203 p.

Argall, Sir Samuel. A letter touching his voyage to Virginia, and actions there, written to Nicholas Hawes, June, 1613. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1764-65.

Reprinted: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 640-44.

Dale, Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas Dale's letter to Sir Thomas Smith, 1613. Extract in: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 639-40.

[Jourdain, Silvester] A plaine description of the Barmudas, now called Sommer Ilands. With the manner of their discoverie Anno 1609. London, 1613. 43 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 3. 24 p.

Virginia company of London. A broadside [concerning the lottery] 1613. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 608-9.

____ By his Majesties councell for Virginia [On the lottery to be held May 10, 1613] London, 1613. Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 608-9; John Carter Brown Library, Three proclamations.

Whitaker, Alexander. Good newes from Virginia. London, 1613. 14, 44 p.

Reprinted: [N. Y., 1936] 14, 44 p.

____ Part of a tractate written at Henrico in Virginia, 1613. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1771-73.

Dale, Sir Thomas. A letter of Sir Thomas Dale, and another of Master Whitakers, from James Towne in Virginia, June 18, 1614. And a piece of a tractate, written by the said Master Whitakers from Virginia the yeere before. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1768-1773.

Hamor, Ralph. Notes of Virginia affaires in the government of Sir Thomas Dale and of Sir Thomas Gates till anno 1614. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1766-68.

____ A true discourse of the present estate of Virginia, and the successe of the affaires there till the 18 of June, 1614. Together with a relation of the severall English townes and fortes, the assured hopes of that countrie and the peace concluded with the Indians. The Christening of Powhatans daughter and her marriage with an English-man. London, 1615. 69 p.

Reprinted: Albany, N. Y., 1860. 69 p.

Rolfe, John. The coppie of the Gentle-mans letters to Sir Thomas Dale, that after married Powhatans daughter, containing the reasons moving him thereunto [1614] In: Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 239-44.

Virginia company of London. The reply of the Virginia council, 1614, in defense of Argall. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 730-33.

____ A declaration for the certain time of drawing the great standing lottery. London, 1615. Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 684-685, 761-765; also in John Carter Brown library, Three proclamations.

Rolfe, John. A true relation of the state of Virginia lefte by Sir Thomas Dale, knight, in May last, 1616. From original manuscript in the library of Henry C. Taylor, Esq. Edited by J. C. Wylie, F. L. Berkeley, Jr., and John M. Jennings. New Haven, Conn., 1951. 29 p.

Printed earlier in Southern literary messenger, 5 (1839), 401-6; reprinted Va., historical register, 1 (1848), 101-13.

Smith, John. Captain John Smith to Queen Anne [1616?] In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 784-88.

Virginia company of London. A briefe declaration of the present state of things in Virginia [1616] In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 774-79.

Rolfe, John. Letter of John Rolfe [to Edwin Sandys, 8 June], 1617. Va. mag., 10 (1902), 134-138.

Virginia company of London. By his Majesties councell for Virginia [relating the good condition of the colony at the return of Sir Thomas Dale] [London? 1617] Broadside. In: Brown, Genesis of the U. S., v. 2, p. 797-798.

Adventurers to Virginia [1618?]. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 79-90.

Virginia company of London. Instructions to George Yeardley, 1618. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 98-109.

Of the lottery: Sir Thomas Dales returne: the Spaniards in Virginia. Of Pocahontas and Tomocomo: Captaine Yerdley and Captaine Argoll (both since knights) their government; the Lord La-Warrs death, and other occurrents till anno 1619. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1773-75.

Pory, John. Letter of John Pory, 1619 secretary of Virginia, to Sir Dudley Carleton. In: Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 282-87.

Virginia. Assembly, 1619. A reporte of the manner of proceedings in the General assembly convened at James citty in Virginia, July 30, 1619. N. Y., hist. soc., Collections (ser. 2), 3 (1857), 329-58.

Reprinted: Colonial Records of Virginia, p. 9-32; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 249-78; Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 153-77.

Virginia company of London. A note of the shipping, men, and provisions sent to Virginia. London, 1619. 3 p.

Reprinted: Brown, First republic, p. 366; Va. mag., 6 (1898), 231-32; Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 115-17.

Yate, Ferdinando. Yate's account of a voyage to Virginia in 1619. N. Y. public library, Bulletin, 1 (1897), 68-72.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 109-14.

1620-1629

[Butler, Nathaniel] Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer islands [162-?] Ed. from a Ms. in the Sloane collection, British museum, by J. H. Lefroy. London, 1882. 327 p. (Hakluyt soc., Works, no. 65)

[Bonoeil, John] Observations to be followed, for the making of fit roomes, to keepe silke-wormes in: as also, for the best manner of planting of mulberry trees, to feed them. London, 1620. 28 p.

"A valuation of the commodities growing and to be had in Virginia, rated as they are worth," p. 25-8.

Chester, Anthony. Scheeps-togt van Anthony Chester, na Virginia. Gedaan in het jaar 1620. Leyden, 1907. 15 p.

Translation by C. E. Bishop in W & M quar. (ser. 1), 9 (1901), 203-14.

James I. King of Great Britain. By the King [a proclamation discontinuing the lotteries for the benefit of the colony of Virginia] London, 1620. Broadside.

Reprinted: Brown univ., John Carter Brown library, Three proclamations; Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 434-35.

Purchas, Samuel. The estate of the colony, A.D., 1620. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1775-1779.

Virginia company of London. A declaration of the state of the colonie and affaires in Virginia. London, 1620. 92 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 5. 44, 26 p. Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 307-65.

____ A note of the shipping, men and provisions sent and provided for Virginia [London? 1620]. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 239-40.

____ Orders and constitutions, partly collected out of his Maiesties letters patents, and partly ordained upon mature deliberation by the treasuror, counceil and companie of Virginia. Anno 1619 and 1620. In: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 6. 26 p.

____ Treasuror, councell, and company for Virginia. [On the condition of the colony.] [London, 1620] Broadside.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 275-80.

Greevous grones for the poore. Done by a well-willer, who wisheth, that the poore of England might be so provided for, as none should neede to go a begging within this realme. London, 1621. 24 p.

News from Virginia in letters sent thence 1621, partly published by the company, partly transcribed from the originals with letters of his maiestie, and of the company, touching silke-workes. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1785-88.

Rolfe, John. The will of John Rolfe [Jamestown, 10 March, 1621. Edited] by Jane Carson. Va. mag., 58 (1950), 58-65.

A true relation of a sea fight between two great and well appointed Spanish ships, or men of warre; and an English ship ... going for Virginia [1621] In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1780-82.

Reprinted: Brown, First republic, p. 415-16.

The answers of divers planters ... unto a paper intituled The unmasked face of our colony in Virginia. 1622. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 2, p. 381-86.

The barbarous massacre committed by the savages on the English planters, March the two and twentieth, 1622, after the English accompt. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1788-90.

[Bonoeil, John] His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the councell and company of Virginia heere; commanding the present setting up of silke-works, and planting of vines in Virginia. London, 1622. 88 p.

Brinsley, John. A consolation for our grammar schooles: or, A faithfull and most comfortable incouragement, for laying of a sure foundation of all good learning in our schooles, and for prosperous building thereupon. More especially for all those of the inferiour sort, and all ruder countries and places; namely, for Ireland, Wales, Virginia, with the Sommer Ilands. London [1622] 84 p.

Reprinted: N. Y., 1943. 84 p.

Butler, Nathaniel. The unmasked face of our colony in Virginia as it was in the winter of the yeare 1622. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 2, p. 374-76.

Copland, Patrick. A declaration how the monies (viz. seventy pound eight shillings sixe pence) were disposed, which was gathered (by M. Patrick Copland, preacher in the Royall James) at the Cape of good hope, (towards the building of a free schoole in Virginia) of the gentle men and marriners in the said ship ... London, 1622, [8] p.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 537-40.

____ Virginia's God be thanked; or, A sermon of thanksgiving for the happie successe of the affayres in Virginia this last yeare. London, 1622. 36 p.

Donne, John. A sermon upon the VIII. verse of the I chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. Preach'd to the honourable company of the Virginian plantation, 13 Novemb. 1622. London, 1622. 49 p.

Virginia company of London. The inconveniences that have happened to some persons which have transported themselves from England to Virginia. London, 1622. Broadside. In: Brown, First republic, 486-87.

Waterhouse, Edward. A declaration of the state of the colony and affaires in Virginia. London, 1622. 54 p.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 3, p. 541-79.

An answere to a declaracion of the present state of Virginia, May, 1623. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 4, p. 130-151.

A forme of polisie to plant and governe many families in Virginia [1623]. Am. hist. rev., 19 (1914), 560-78.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 4, p. 408-35.

Newton, Arthur P., ed. A new plan to govern Virginia, 1623. Am. hist. rev., 19 (1914), 559-78.

A note of provisions necessarie for every planter or personall adventurer to Virginia: and accidents since the massacre. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1791-93.

Purchas, Samuel. Of Virginia. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 5, p. 828-45.

Notes taken from letters which came from Virginia [1623]. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 4, p. 228-239.

Smith, John (1580-1631). The generall history of Virginia, the Somer Iles, and New England, with the names of the adventurers and their adventures.... [A prospectus]. [n.p., 1623?] 4 p.

The Virginia planters' answer to Captain Butler, 1623. In: Neill, Virginia company of London, 395-404.

Reprinted: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company of London, v. 2, p. 381-85; Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 412-18.

Wyatt, Sir Francis. Letter of Sir Francis Wyatt [1623?]. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 6 (1926), 114-21.

Good news from Virginia, sent from James his town by a gentleman in that country. London [1624?]. W & M quar. (ser. 3), 5 (1948), 353-58.

Harvey, John. A brief declaration of the state of Virginia, 1624. Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 4), 9 (1871), 60-81.

James I. King of Great Britain. A proclamation concerning tobacco [restraining importation of tobacco except from Virginia and the Somers islands] London, 1624. 4 p.

Reprinted: Hazard, Historical collections, v. 1, p. 193-98.

Quo warranto and proceedings, by which the Virginia company was dissolved [1623-24]. In: Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 4, p. 295-358; translation from Latin, 358-98.

Argall, Sir Samuel. Briefe intelligence from Virginia letters, a supplement of French-Virginian occurants, and their supplantation by Sir Samuel Argal, in right of the English plantation [in the year 1624]. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1805-9.

Virginia's verger: or, A discourse shewing the benefits which may grow to this kingdome from American English plantations, and specially those of Virginia and Summer Islands. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 4, p. 1809-26.

Smith, John. The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. London, 1624. 248 p.

Reissued 1625, 1626, 1627, 1631, 1632. Reprinted, Richmond, 1819. 2 v.; London, 1884, 2 v.; Glasgow, 1907, 2 v.; Edinburgh, 1910, 2 v.

Virginia. Assembly, 1624. The tragical relation of the Virginia assembly, 1624. In: Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 422-26.

Charles I, King of Great Britain. By the King: a proclamation for setling the plantation of Virginia [1625]. With an intro. by Thomas C. Johnson. Charlottesville, Va., 1946. 39 p.

Considerations touching the new contract for tobacco, [London] 1625. 11 p.

Reproduced: Americana series, no. 94 (photostat).

James I. King of Great Britain. A proclamation for the utter prohibiting the importation and use of all tobacco which is not the proper growth of the collonyes of Virginia and the Sommer islands, or one of them [1625]. In: Hazard, Historical collections, v. 1, p. 224-30.

Virginia company of London. The discourse of the old company, 1625. Va. mag., 1 (1894), 155-67, 287-309.

Reprinted: Tyler, Narratives of early Virginia, p. 431-60; Kingsbury, Records of the Virginia company, v. 4, p. 519-551.

Hulsius, Levinus. Zwantzigste schifffahrt, oder grundliche ... beschreibung desz Newen Engellands ... der landtschafft Virginia, und der insel Barmuda. Franckfurt, 1629.

Von der landtschafft Virginia, p. 39-116.

Smith, John. The true travels, adventures and observations of Captaine John Smith, in Europe, Asia, Africke, and America: beginning about the yeere 1593, and continued to this present 1629. London, 1630. 60 p.

Reprinted: Richmond, 1819. 2 v.; In his: Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 2, 805-916; N. Y., 1930. 80 p.

1630-1639

Charles I, King of Great Britain. By the King; a proclamation concerning tobacco. London [1631]. Broadside.

Reprinted: Richmond, 1952.

Fleet, Henry. A brief journal of a voyage made in the bark "Warwick" to Virginia [1631]. In: Neill, English colonization of America, p. 221-37.

Smith, John. Advertisements for the unexperienced planters of New-England, or any where; or, The path-way to experience to erect a plantation. London, 1631. 40 p.

Reprinted: Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 3), 3 (1833), 1-53; John Smith, Travels and works, ed. by Arber, v. 2, p. 917-66.

Smith, John. The last will and testament of Captain John Smith [1631]; with some additional memoranda relating to him [by Charles Deane]. Cambridge, Mass., 1867. 7 p.

Reprinted: Mass. hist. soc., Proceedings (1867), p. 452-56.

[Sandys, George, trans.] Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. Oxford, 1632. 525 p.

Yong, Thomas. Voyage to Virginia and Delaware Bay and river in 1634. Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 4), 9 (1871), 81-131.

[Goodborne, John] A Virginian minister's library, 1635; ed. by R. G. Marsden. Am. hist. rev., 11 (1906), 328-32.

Somerby, H. G. Passengers for Virginia, 1635. New England hist. and gen. register, 2 (1848), 111-13; continued to 5 (1851), 343-44, and 15 (1861), 142-46.

Hiden, Martha W. Accompts of the Tristram and Jane [a ship arriving at Virginia, 1637]. Va. mag., 62 (1954), 424-47.

1640-1649

Extract from a manuscript collection of annals relative to Virginia [in 1642]. Force tracts, v. 2, no. 6. 9 p.

A servant in England to his master in Virginia [1642]. W & M quar. (ser. 1), 11 (1903), 243-44.

Vries, David Pietersz de. Voyages from Holland to America, A.D. 1632 to 1644, trans. from the Dutch by Henry C. Murphy. N. Y., 1853. 199 p.

Reprinted: N. Y. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 2), 3 (1857), 1-136.

Castell, William. A short discoverie of the coasts and continent of America, from the equinoctiall northward, and of the adjacent isles. London, 1644. 112 p.

Lewis, Clifford, ed. Some recently discovered extracts from the lost minutes of the Virginia council and general court, 1642-1645. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 20 (1939), 62-78.

Great Britain. Two ordinances of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament [1643, 1645]. Whereby Robert Earle of Warwick is made governor in chief, and L. high admirall of all those islands and other plantations ... within the bounds, and upon the coasts of America. London, 1645. [Boston, 1926] 6 p. (Americana series photostat, no. 159)

A description of the province of New Albion. And a direction for adventurers with small stock to get two for one, and good land freely: and for gentlemen, and all servants, labourers and artificers to live plentifully ... 1648. Force tracts, v. 2, no. 7. 35 p.

Bullock, William. Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view, to be considered by all judicious and honest men. London, 1649. 66 p.

[Norwood, Henry] A voyage to Virginia [1649]. In: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 10. 50 p.

A perfect description of Virginia: being, a full and true relation of the present state of the plantation.... Also, a narration of the countrey, within a few dayes journey of Virginia, west and by south. [London, 1649] Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 2), 9 (1832), 105-22.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 2, no. 8. 18 p.

1650-1659

Scisco, Louis D. Exploration of 1650 in southern Virginia. Tyler's quar., 7 (1926), 164-69.

Williams, Edward. Virgo triumphans: or, Virginia richly and truly valued; more especially the south part thereof: viz. the fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31 to 37 degr. relating the meanes of raising infinite profits to the adventurers and planters. London, 1650. 7, 47 p.

____ Virginia: more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued. 2nd ed. London, 1650. 47 p.

First edition entitled: Virgo triumphans; or, Virginia richly and truly valued.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 11. 62 p.

____ Virginia's discovery of silke-wormes with their benefit. And the implanting of mulberry trees. Also the dressing and keeping of vines, for the rich trade of making wines there. Together with the making of the saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia, for cutting of timber and clapbord, to build withall. London, 1650. 75 p.

Part 2 of his Virginia: more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued.

An act prohibiting trade with the Barbada's, Virginia, Bermudas and Antego. London, 1650. In: A collection of several acts of Parliament, 1648-1651, ed. by H. Scobell, London, 1651.

Reprinted: Hazard, Historical collections, v. 1, p. 636-38.

An act of indempnitie made att the surrender of the countrey [March 12, 1651]. In: Jefferson, Notes on Virginia; ed. by Peden, p. 116-17.

Reprinted: Hazard, Historical collections, v. 1, p. 563-64.

An act for increase of shipping, and encouragement of the navigation of this nation. In: A collection of several acts of Parliament, 1648-1651, ed. by H. Scobell, London, 1651.

Reprinted: William MacDonald, ed., Select charters and other documents illustrative of American history, 1606-1775, N. Y., 1910, p. 106-110.

Articles agreed on & concluded at James Cittie in Virginia for the surrendering and settling of that plantation under the obedience & government of the common wealth of England by the Commissioners of the Councill of state ... & by the Grand assembly ... of that countrey [1651]. In: Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, ed. by Peden, p. 114-16.

Reprinted: Hazard, Historical collections, v. 1, p. 560-61.

Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, Nieuw Nederlandt, Nieuw Engelandt, en d'Eylanden Bermudes, Berbados en S. Christoffel. Amsterdam, 1651. 88 p.

[Bland, Edward, and others] The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27, Anno. Dom. 1650 ... From Fort Henry, at the head of Appamattuck river in Virginia, to the fals of Blandina, first river in New Brittaine. London, 1651. 16 p.

Reprinted: N. Y., 1873. 16 p.; Alvord and Bidgood, The first explorations of the Trans-Allegheny region, p. 114-30; Ann Arbor, Mich., 1954. 10, 16 p.

Copy of a petition from the governor and company of the Summer islands, with annexed papers ... with a short collection of ... passages from the original to the dissolution of the Virginia company, and a large description of Virginia. London, 1651. 30, 20 p.

Somers Islands company. Copy of a petition from the governor and company of the Sommer islands. With annexed papers ... And a large description of Virginia, with the several commodities thereof. London, 1651. 30 p.

[Wodenoth, Arthur] A short collection of the most remarkable passages from the originall to the dissolution of the Virginia company. London, 1651. 20 p.

Berkeley, Sir William. The speech of the Hon. William Berkeley ... to the burgesses in the Grand assembly at James Towne on the 17 of March 1651/2. Va. mag., 1 (1893), 75-81.

[Hartlib, Samuel] Glory be to God on high, peace on earth, good will amongst men. A rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England, she having made full proofe thereof in May, Anno 1652, for the feeding of silk-worms in the woods, on the mulberry-tree-leaves in Virginia. [London] 1652. 12 p.

Withington, Lothrop. Surrender of Virginia to the parliamentary commissioners, March, 1651/52. Va. mag., 11 (1903), 32-41.

The Lord Baltemore's case, concerning the province of Maryland. Adjoyning to Virginia in America. With full and clear answers to all material objections, touching his rights, jurisdiction, and proceedings there. London, 1653. 20 p.

Reprinted: Hall, Narratives of early Maryland, 167-80.

[Hartlib, Samuel] The reformed Virginian silk-worm, or, A rare and new discovery of a speedy way, and easie means, found out by a young lady in England, she having made full proof thereof in May, anno 1652. London, 1655. 40 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 13. 37 p.

Virginia and Maryland. Or, The Lord Baltamore's printed case, uncased and answered. Showing the illegality of his patent and usurpation of royal jurisdiction and dominion there. London, 1655. 52 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 2, no. 9. 47 p.; Hall, Narratives of early Maryland, 187-230.

Hammond, John. Leah and Rachel or, The two fruitfull sisters Virginia, and Maryland; their present condition, impartially stated and related. London, 1656. 32 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 14. 30 p.; Hall, Narratives of early Maryland, p. 281-308.

[Gatford, Lionel] Publick good without private interest. Or, A compendious remonstrance of the present sad state and condition of the English colonie in Virginea. London, 1657. [Paris, 1866] 8, 26 p.

Gorges, Ferdinando. America painted to the life. The true history of the Spaniards proceedings in the conquests of the Indians ... an absolute narrative of the north parts of America, and of the discoveries and plantations of our English in Virginia, New-England, and Berbadoes. London, 1658-59. 4 pts. in 1 v.

Pt. 2 "A briefe narration of the originall undertakings of the advancement of plantations into the parts of America," reprinted: J. P. Baxter, ed., Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his province of Maine, v. 2, p. 1-81.

Bland, John. To the Kings most excellent majesty; the humble remonstrance of John Blande of London, merchant, on the behalf of the inhabitants and planters in Virginia and Mariland. [London? 1661?] [Boston, 1940] 4 p. (Photostat Americana, ser. 2, no. 100)

[Grave, John] A song of Sion. Written by a citizen thereof, whose outward habitation is in Virginia. [London, 1662] 12 p.

[Greene, Robert] Virginia's cure: or, An advisive narrative concerning Virginia. Discovering the true ground of that churches unhappiness, and the only true remedy. London, 1662. 22 p.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 15. 19 p.

Virginia. General assembly. The lawes of Virginia now in force: collected out of the Assembly records, and digested into one volume. Revised and confirmed by the grand assembly held at James-City, by prorogation, the 23d of March, 1661. London, 1662. 82 p.

Berkeley, Sir William. A discourse and view of Virginia. London, 1663. [Norwalk, Conn., 1914] 8, 12 p.

Scarburgh, Edmond. Document presented by C. C. Harper, Esq., from the Committee on the library, enclosing Col. Edmond Scarburgh's account of proceedings in an expedition from Virginia to Annamessecks and Manokin, pursuant to an act of the Grand assembly of Virginia, in the year 1663. Annapolis, Md., 1833. 16 p.

Moray, Alexander. Letters written from Ware river in Mockjack bay, Virginia, Feb. 1, 1665. W & M quar. (ser. 2), 2 (1922), 157-61.

[Ludwell, Thomas] A description of the government of Virginia [1666]. Va. mag., 5 (1897), 54-59.

Attacks by the Dutch on the Virginia fleet in Hampton Roads in 1667. Va. mag., 4 (1897), 229-45.

Strange news from Virginia, being a true relation of a great tempest in Virginia, by which many people lost their lives, great numbers of cattle destroyed, houses, and in many places whole plantations overturned, and whole woods torn up by the roots. London, 1667. 7 p.

Shrigley, Nathaniel. A true relation of Virginia and Maryland; with the commodities therein. London, 1669. In: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 7. 5 p.

Revel, James. "The poor unhappy transported felon's sorrowful account of his fourtteen years transportation, at Virginia, in America [1656?-1671?]" Reprinted, with introductory notes by John M. Jennings. Va. mag., 56 (1948), 180-194.

1670-1679

[Fallows, Robert.] The expedition of Batts and Fallam. John Clayton's transcript of the journal of Robert Fallam. A journal from Virginia, beyond the Apailachian mountains, in Sept. 1671. Sent to the Royal society by Mr. Clayton, and read Aug. 1, 1688, before the said society. In: Alvord and Bidgood, the first explorations of the Trans-Allegheny region, p. 183-205.

Reprinted: Am. anthropologist (new ser.), 9 (1907), 46-53.

____ The journal & relation of a new discovery made behind the Apuleian mountains to the west of Virginia [1671]. In: Documents relative to the col. hist. of the state of N. Y., v. 3 (1853), p. 193-97.

Ogilby, John. America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World; containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither. London, 1671. 674 p.

Lederer, John. The discoveries of John Lederer, in three several marches from Virginia to the west of Carolina ... from the original edition of 1672. Cincinnati, O., 1879. 33 p.

Reprinted: Charleston, S. C., 1891. 47 p.; Rochester, N. Y., 1902. 30 p.

An account of the advantage of Virginia for building ships. Communicated by an observing gentleman. Royal society of London, Philos. trans., Apr. 21, 1673, p. 6015-16.

Phillips, Philip L. The rare map of Virginia and Maryland [1673] by Augustine Herrman. Washington, 1911. 23 p.

The kid-napper trapan'd: or, The treacherous husband caught in his own trap. Being a pleasant and true relation of a man in this town that would have sold his wife to Virginia. London, 1675. 7 p.

Bacon, Nathaniel. Proclamations of Nathaniel Bacon [1676]. Va. mag., 1 (1893), 55-63.

Bacon's rebellion [accounts by William Sherwood and Philip Ludwell]. Va. mag., 1 (1893), 167-86.

Berkeley, Sir William. A list of those that have been executed for the late rebellion in Virginia. In: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 10. 4 p.

Cotton, Mrs. Anne. An account of our late troubles in Virginia. Written in 1676. In: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 9. 12 p.

Glover, Thomas. An account of Virginia ... reprinted from the Philosophical transactions of the Royal society, June 20, 1676. Oxford, 1904. 31 p.

Grantham, Sir Thomas. An historical account of some memorable actions, particularly in Virginia [1676]. London, 1716. Richmond, 1882. 71 p.

The history of Bacon's and Ingram's rebellion in Virginia, in 1675 and 1676. Mass. hist. soc., Proceedings (1866), 299-342.

Reprinted: Cambridge, Mass., 1867. 50 p.; Andrews, Narratives of the insurrections, p. 47-98.

[Mathew, Thomas] The beginning, progress, and conclusion of Bacon's rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 and 1676. In: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 8. 26 p.

Reprinted: Andrews, Narratives of the insurrections, p. 15-41.

More news from Virginia; a further account of Bacon's rebellion reproduced in facsimile with an intro. by Thomas P. Abernethy. Charlottesville, Va., 1943. 16 p.

A narrative of the Indian and civil wars in Virginia, in the years 1675 and 1676. In: Force tracts, v. 1, no. 11. 47 p.

A corrected version published in 1867 with title: The history of Bacon's and Ingram's rebellion.

A true narrative of the rise, progress, and cessation of the late rebellion in Virginia, most humbly and impartially reported by his Majestyes commissioners appointed to enquire into the affaires of the said colony [signed by John Berry and Francis Moryson]. Va. mag., 6 (1896), 117-54.

Reprinted: Andrews, Narratives of the insurrections, p. 105-141.

Virginias deploured condition; or an impartiall narrative of the murders comitted by the Indians there, and of the ... outrages of Mr. Nathaniell Bacon, Junr., 1676. Mass. hist. soc., Collections (ser. 4), 9 (1871), 162-76.

Wertenbaker, Thomas J. (ed.) The Virginia charter of 1676. Va. mag., 56 (1948), 263-266.

Articles of peace between the most serene and mighty prince Charles II ... and several Indian kings and queens, &c. Concluded the 29th day of May, 1677. London, 1677. 18 p.

Reprinted: Va. mag., 14 (1907), 289-96.

Most excellent Majesty. 1677. [A treaty between the colony of Virginia and several Indian tribes.] [Boston, 1940] 18 p. (Photostat Americana, ser. 2, no. 103)

Proposals in regard to Virginia [1677]. Va. mag., 25 (1917), 71-74.

Strange news from Virginia; being a full and true account of the life and death of Nathanael Bacon Esquire, who was the only cause and original of all the late troubles in that country. With a full relation of all the accidents which have happened in the late war there between the Christians and Indians. London, 1677. 8 p.

1680-1689

Banister, John. Some observations concerning insects made in Virginia, A.D. 1680, with remarks on them by Mr. James Petiver. Royal society of London, Philos. trans., no. 270, March-April, 1701, p. 807-814.

Godwin, Morgan. The Negro's & Indians advocate suing for their admission into the church: for a persuasive to the instructing and baptizing of the Negro's and Indians in our plantations.... To which is added, a brief account of religion in Virginia. London, 1680. 174 p.

Jones, Lewis H. Some recently discovered data relating to Capt Roger Jones who came to the colony of Virginia with Lord Culpeper in 1680, including several letters written by him while a captain in the British navy. W & M quar. (ser. 1), 27 (1918), 1-18.

The vain prodigal life, and tragical penitent death of Thomas Hellier ... who for murdering his master, mistress and a maid, was executed according to law at Westover in Charles City, in the country of Virginia. London, 1680. 40 p.

Godwin, Morgan. A supplement to the Negro's & Indians advocate: or, Some further considerations and proposals for the effectual and speedy carrying of the Negro's Christianity in our plantations ... London, 1681. 12 p.

[Purvis, John] A complete collection of all laws of Virginia now in force. London [1684?] 300 p.

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Page, John. A deed of gift to my dear son, Captain Matt. Page, one of his Majesty's justices for New Kent county, in Virginia. 1687. Philadelphia, 1856. 276 p.

Clayton, John. A letter ... to the Royal society, May 12, 1688, giving an account of several observables in Virginia, and in his voyage thither, more particularly concerning the air. Mr. Clayton's second letter, containing his farther observations in Virginia. A continuation of Mr. John Clayton's account of Virginia. His letter to the Royal society giving a farther account of the soil, and other observables of Virginia. A continuation of Mr. Clayton's account of Virginia. In: Edmund Halley, Miscellanea curiosa, 2nd ed., London, 1723, v. 3, p. 281-355.

Reprinted: Force tracts, v. 3, no. 12. 45 p.

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1690-1699

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Transcriptions of Illustrations

A
TRVE RE-
lation of such occur-
rences and accidents of noate as
hath hapned in Virginia since the first
planting of that Collony, which is now
resident in the South part thereof, till
the last returne from
thence.

Written by Captaine Smith Coronell of the said Collony, to a
worshipfull friend of his in England.

LONDON

Printed for Iohn Tappe, and are to bee solde at the Grey-
hound in Paules-Church-yard, by W.W.

1608

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VIRGINIA.

A
SERMON
PREACHED AT
White-Chappel, in the
presence of many, Honourable and
Worshipfull, the Adventurers and Plan-
ters for Virginia.
25 April, 1609.

PVBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT
And Vse Of The Colony, Planted,
and to bee Planted there, and for the Ad-
uancement of their Chris-
tian Purpose.

By William Symonds, Preacher at Saint
Saviours in Southwarke.

Ivde. 22. 23.
Haue compassion of some, in putting of difference:
And other save with feare, pulling them out of the fire.

LONDON:

Printed by I. Windet for Eleazar Edgar, and
William Welby, and are to be sold in Paules Church-
yard at the Signe of the Windmill.

1609.

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Nova Britannia.
OFFRING MOST
Excellent fruites by Planting in
Virginia
Exciting all such as be well affected
to further the same.

London

Printed for Samvel Macham, and are to be sold at
his Shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the
Signe of the Bul-head.

1609.

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NEVVES FROM VIRGINIA.

The Lost Flocke Triumphant;

With the happy Arrival of that famous and
worthy knight S^r Thomas Gates: and
the well reputed and valient Cap-
taine M^r Christopher New-
porte, and others, into
Virginia.

With the manner of their distresse in the Iland of Devils
(otherwise called Bermoothawes) where they
remained 42 weeks, and builded
two Pynaces, in which
they returned unto
Virginia.

by R. Rich, Gent., one of the voyage.

LONDON:

Printed by Edw. Allde, and are to be solde by John
Wright, at Christ-Church dore. 1610.

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A TRVE
DISCOVRSE OF THE
PRESENT ESTATE OF Vir-
ginia, and the successe of the affaires
there till the 18 of Iune, 1614.

TOGETHER.
WITH A RELATION OF THE
seuerall English Townes and fortes, the assured
hopes of that countrie and the peace
concluded with the Indians.

The Christening of Powhatans daughter
and her marriage with an English-man.

Written by Raphe Hamor the yon-
ger, late Secretarie in that Colony.

Alget, qui non ardet.

Printed at London by Iohn Beale for Wil-
liam Welby dwelling at the signe of the
Swanne in Pauls Church-yard 1615.

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THE
GENERALL HISTORIE
OF
Virginia, New-England, and the Summer
Isles: with the names of the Adventurers,
Planters, and Governours from their
first beginning An: 1584 to this
present 1626.

With the Procedings of those Severall Colonies
and the Accidents that befell them in all their
Journyes and Discoveries.

Also the Maps and Descriptions of all those
Countryes, their Commodities, people,
Government, Customes, and Religion
yet knowne.

Divided into sixe Bookes.

By Captaine IOHN SMITH, sometymes Governour
in those Countryes & Admirall
of New England.

LONDON.

Printed by I.D. and
I.H. for Michael
Sparkes.

1627.

Thomas L. Williams, Photo

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VIRGINIA
Impartially examined, and left
to publick view, to be considered by all Iudi-
cious and honest men.

Under which Title, is compre-
hended the Degrees from 34 to 39, wherein
lyes the rich and healthfull Countries of Roanook,
the now Plantations of Virginia
and Mary-land.

Looke not upon this Booke, as
those that are set out by private men, for private
ends; for being read, you'l find, the publick
good is the Authors onely aime.

For this Piece is no other then the Adventurers
or Planters faithfull Steward, disposing the Ad-
venture for the best advantage, advising
people of all degrees, from the highest
Master, to the meanest Servant,
how suddenly to raise
their fortunes.

Peruse the Table, and you shall finde the
way plainely layd downe

By William Bvllock, Gent.

19 April, 1649. Imprimatur, Hen: Whaley.

LONDON:

Printed by John Hammond, and are to be sold at his house
over-against S. Andrews Church in Holborne. 1649.

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VIRGINIA:
More especially the South part thereof,
Richly and truly valued: viz.
The fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent Isle of Roa-
noak, of Latitude from 31. to 37. Degr. relating the
meanes of raysing infinite profits to the Adventu-
rers and Planters.

The second Edition, with Addition of

THE DISCOVERY OF SILKWORMS.
with their benefit.
And Implanting of Mulberry Trees.
ALSO
The Dressing of Vines, for the rich Trade of ma-
king Wines in VIRGINIA.

Together with

The making of the Saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia,
for cutting of Timber and Clapbord to build with-
all, and its Conversion to many as profitable Uses.

By E. W. Gent.

LONDON,

Printed by T. H. for John Stephenson, at the Signe of
the Sun below Ludgate. 1650.

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PUBLICK
GOOD
Without Private
INTEREST.
OR,
A Compendious Remonstrance of the
present sad State and Condition of the English
Colonie in VIRGINEA.
WITH
A Modest Declaration of the severall Causes
(so far as by the Rules of Right, Reason, and Religious Obser-
vation may be Collected) why it hath not prospered better hitherto
AS ALSO,
A Submissive suggestion of the most prudentiall probable wayes, and
meanes, both Divine and Civill (that the inexpert Remembrancer could
for the present recall to minde) for its happyer improvement
and advancement for the future.

Humbly presented to His Highness the Lord Protectour,
By a Person zealously devoted,
To the more effectual propagating of the Gospel in that Nation,
and to the inlargement of the Honour and Benefit, both of the said
Colonie, and this whole Nation, from whence they
have been transplanted.

Qui sibi solium se natum putat,
Secum solus semper vivat,
Hoc solum habent homines cum deo commune,
Aliu bene facere Synes.

To do good, and to communicate, forget not:
for with such sacrifices, God is well pleased, Heb. 13. v. 16.

LONDON,

Printed for Henry Marsh, and are to be sold at
the Crown in S. Paul's Church-yard. 1657.

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