Darlington Library Texts

Authors :	Maxwell, William, 1784-1857., Virginia Historical Society.
Title:	The Virginia historical register, and literary note book. v. 4 1851
Print source:	The Virginia historical register, and literary note book. v. 4 1851 Maxwell, William, 1784-1857.Virginia Historical Society. [Richmond: Printed for the proprietor by Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1850-1851]
Publication Info:	Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library 2007-12-04
Availability:	These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically.
Subject terms:	Virginia--History--Periodicals.
URL:	http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735054780576;view=toc;c=darltext

Contents

[Title Page: January 1851]

The Virginia Historical Society

The Report of the Executive Committee

Governor Spotswood

Governor Spotswood's Speeches to the General Assembly in 1714, and [...]

A List of the House of Burgesses in 1718

Number of Tithables in Virginia, in 1722; The Passage over [...]

Governor Spotswood's Family

Copy of a Letter from Rev. John Thompson to Lady [...]

The Praise of a Good Wife

Colonel Mallory

The Civil Polity of Virginia

Patrick Henry and John Randolph

Strachey's Account of Pocahontas

Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Subsequent Times

Progress of Personal Comfort

Notices of New Publications: -- Europe, Past and Present -- The World's [...]

Various Intelligence: -- Proceedings of the Virginia Historical Society -- Discoveries of [...]

An Epigram from Marital

To Readers and Correspondents

The Plan of the Virginia Historical Society

Prospectus of the Virginia Historical Register and Literary [...]

[Title Page: April 1851]

Governor Drysdale's First Speech to the General Assembly, in 1723, [...]

A List of the House of Burgesses, in 1723

Number of Tithables in Virginia, in 1723; Governor Drysdale's Speech [...]

Address to the King

A List of the House of Burgesses, in 1726

Number of Tithables in Virginia, in 1726

Colonel William Byrd

The Running of the Dividing Line between Virginia and North [...]

Old Letters -- From Col. Wm. Byrd to Major William Mayo -- [...]

The Westover Library

James Moore and his Family

Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Subsequent Times

Advice to Readers

Various Intelligences: -- Census of Virginia -- The Colonization Society of Virginia -- [...]

Miscellany: Literary Minutes. Home -- Lost Ideas -- Thoughts -- Portraicture of Pocahontas-Various Intelligences: -- Census of Virginia -- The Colonization Society of Virginia -- [...]

To Readers and Correspondents

The Plan of the Virginia Historical Society

Prospectus of the Virginia Historical Register and Literary [...]

[Title Page: July 1851]

The General Assembly in 1736, with the Speeches of Mr. [...]

A List of the House of Burgesses in 1736

Norfolk in 1736

Sir John Randolph

The Earl of Orkney

James Moore and his Family

Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Subsequent Times

The Late Commodore Barron

The Mystic Flower

Various Intelligences: -- The Grand Exhibition -- The President's Visit -- The New [...]

Miscellany: -- Poetry and Painting -- A Philosophic Taste -- A Good Climax -- [...]

To Readers and Correspondents

The Plan of the Virginia Historical Society

Prospectus of the Virginia Historical Register and Literary [...]

[Title Page: October 1851]

[Title Page: Vol. IV. For the Year 1851]

Contents of Volume IV.

Collier and Matthew's Invasion of Virginia, in 1779

Arnold's Incursion, and Capture of Richmond, in January 1781

Phillips' and Arnold's Incursion, and Capture of Petersburg, in April, [...]

Original Letters: From Baron Steuben, and others, to Col. Josiah [...]

Braddock's Sash

Sketches of Staunton and Lexington

A Paper of Tobacco

De Haas's History of Western Virginia

Kennedy's Swallow Barn

The Linden Leaf

Various Intelligence: The Convention -- The Late Governor McDowell -- The Late [...]

Miscellany: Idleness and Idlers -- The Lyre -- Lines to a Young [...]

To Readers and Correspondents

The Plan of the Virginia Historical Society

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