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Part 28

Funk Joseph, 189

Furniture, 154

Garrison, William Lloyd, 100

Gates, Sir Thomas, 29

General Assembly, 32-33, 104, 211-220

General Court, 30-31

Germanna, 45, 47

Gettysburg, Battle of, 119

Gibbs, James Ethan Allen, 104

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 24

Gist, Christopher, 49

Glass, Carter, 134-135, 137

"Golden Age" of Colonial Virginia, 49

Gooch, Sir William, 46

Governor, 29, 33-34, 221-224

Governor's Palace, 45, 183

Grant, Ulysses S., 119-124

Grasse, Comte de, 80

Great Charter, 32

Great Dismal Swamp, 16

Great Massacre, 34

Great Meadows, Battle of, 50

Green, Paul, 194

Hampton, 30

Hampton Institute and Singers, 130-131, 188

Hampton, Wade, 120

Harrison, Benjamin, 57, 71

Harrison, William Henry, 102

"Head-Right" system, 31, 44

Henrico University, 195

Henricopolis (City of Henricus), 30, 34

Henry, Patrick: "Caesar-Brutus" Speech, 53-54; Committee of Correspondence, 55; First Continental Congress, 59-60; First Governor of the Commonwealth, 70, 72; "Liberty or Death" Speech, 63-64; "Parsons' Cause," 52-54; Williamsburg Convention of 1774, 57

Hill, Ambrose P., 116, 119

Hooker, Joseph E., 117

Hopewell, 30, 47, 138

Hopkinson, Francis, 188

Houdon, Jean Antoine, 80

Houston, Samuel, 101

Hunt, Robert, 26-27

Hustings Courts; _see_ Corporation Courts

Impeachment, 215

Indentured servants, 33

Indians: Attacks, 27; Cherokee, 51; Chickahominy, 22; College of Henrico, 34; Illinois area, 72-73; Lord Dunmore's War, 58-59; Massacre, 36; Mattaponi 22; Northwest Territory, 73; Pamunkey, 22; Susequehannock, 40, 45; William and Mary College, 45-46

"Intolerable Acts," 56

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 103, 112-117

James River Canal, 88

Jamestown, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41-42

Jamestown Church, 185

Jefferson, Thomas: Architecture, 185; "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," 57-58; Declaration of Independence, 70-71; Education, 74, 98-99; Governor of the Commonwealth, 74-79; Jeffersonian Democracy, 91; Presidential Administrations, 91-92; "Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom," 74; U. S. Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 87-88; Vice-President of the United States, 90

Johnson, Joseph E., 103, 112-115

Jones, John Paul, 64, 74

Jouett, Jack, 78-79

Judges, 229-230

Judicial Department, 226-231

Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 230

Kemper, James L., 132

Kentucky (Independent State), 88

Kentucky Resolutions, 90

King's Mountain, Battle of, 75

Lafayette, Marquis de, 77, 79-80

Lake Matoaka Amphitheater, 194

Lakes, 17

Law and Chancery Courts, 230

Law and Equity Court, 230

Law-making process, 213-214

Leather products, 155

Lee, Fitzhugh, 120, 134

Lee, Henry ("Light Horse Harry"), 57, 73, 84, 90

Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 71

Lee, Richard Henry: Committee of Correspondence, 55-56; Leedstown Resolutions, 54-55; Resolution for United States Independence, 70-71; Williamsburg Convention of 1774

Lee, Robert E.: Commander-in-Chief of Virginia forces, 111; Harper's Ferry Mission, 105; Mexican War, 103; Military Campaigns of War between the States, 116, 117, 120-123; President of Washington College, 126; Resignation from the Union Army, 110-111; Surrender at Appomattox, 123

Lee, Thomas, 47

Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 54

Leedstown (Westmoreland) Resolves, 54

Legislative Department, 211-221

"Leopard-Chesapeake" Affair, 93

Letcher, John, 108, 110, 111

Levingston, William, 46, 190

Lewis, Andrew, 58-59, 71

Lewis, Charles, 59

Lewis, Meriwether, 92

Lieutenant-Governor, 224

Lincoln, Abraham, 108, 109, 113, 127

Literary Fund, 95, 238-239

Livestock and livestock products, 156

Location of state, 11

London Company, 25-26, 33

Longstreet, James, 116, 120

"Lost Colony," 24

Lumber and lumber products, 153

Lynchburg, Battle of, 121

McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 100-101

Madison, Dolly, 94

Madison, James: "The Federalist," 84; Philadelphia Convention, 82-83; Presidential Administration, 93-94; Religious clause, 69; Richmond Constitutional Convention of 1829, 99; Signer of U. S. Constitution, 83; U. S. Bill of Rights, 85; Virginia Constitutional Convention, 68-69; Virginia Resolution, 90

Maffitt, William, 94

Magisterial Districts, 231, 238

Magistrate Courts (Justice of the Peace Courts), 230

Mahone, William, 122, 133

Makemie, Francis, 44

Malvern Hill, Battle of, 116

Manassas, Battle of, 112-113 (First battle); 116 (Second battle)

"Map of the Chesapeake," 28

Mariner's Museum, 182

Marr, John Quincy, 112

Marshall, John, 84, 91, 93, 98

Marshall Theater, 192

Mason, George: Committee of Correspondence, 55-56; Declaration of Rights, 69; Fairfax Resolutions, 60; Motto of Official State Seal, 69; Philadelphia Convention, 82; Second Continental Congress, 69; Third Virginia Convention, 66; Virginia Constitution of 1776, 69, 201; Virginia State Convention of 1788, 84

Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 126

Mayor, 235-236

Mayor-Council form, 234, 237

McClurg, James, 69, 82, 84

Mercantilism, 38

"Monitor" and the "Merrimac" ("Virginia"), Battle of, 113-114

Metals, 21, 155-156

Metropolitanism, 147-148

Middle Plantation; _see_ Williamsburg, 43-44, 143

Military District No. 1, 128, 202

Military Poll Tax Exemption, 143

Mills, Robert, 96, 186

Minerals, 18-21

Monroe Doctrine, 97

Monroe, James: Louisiana Purchase, 92; Monroe Doctrine, 97-98; Monrovia, 98; Presidential Administration, 96-97; Virginia State Convention of 1788, 84

Moore House, 80

Morgan, Daniel, 65-66

Mosby, John S., 117

"Mother of Presidents," 98

"Mother of States," 76

Mount Airy, 185

Mount Alexander, 45

Mount George, 45

Mount Rogers, 13

Mount Vernon Meeting, 81

Muhlenberg, John P. G., 68

Music, 188-190

Museum of Fine Arts, 181

Nat Turner's Rebellion, 100

Natural Bridge, 15

Natural Chimneys, 16

Natural Resources, 17-21

Natural Tunnel, 15

Navigation Acts, 38-39

Negroes, 33, 44, 48, 130, 132, 134, 135

Nelson, Thomas, 71, 80

Nelson, William, 76

New Market, Battle of, 120

Newport, Christopher, 26-27

Non-electrical machinery products, 156

Non-Importation Association, 55

Norfolk, 67, 104, 113

Northern Neck Proprietary, 39-40

Northwest Territory, Cession of, 76

Nuthead, William, 42

Occupational Employment, 150-160

Ohio Company, 47

"Old Dominion," 36

Opechancanough, 34, 36

Optional Forms Act, 141

Owen, Robert, 137

Paper Products, 154

Parishes (incorporations), 32, 36

Parks, William, 46

"Parsons' Cause," 52-53

Paterson, William, 83

Peanuts, 157

Penal institutions, 240-241

Pendleton, Edmund, 57, 66, 67, 84

Pennsylvania-Virginia Boundary Dispute, 85-86

Petersburg, Battle of and Fall of ("Crater"), 121-122

Pharaoh, 91-92

Philadelphia Convention of 1787, 82

Philippi, Battle of, 112

Pickett, George E., 119

Piedmont Plateau, 13, 58

Pierpont, Francis H., 118, 127, 128

Pitt, William, 51, 61

Plantations, 31, 46

Plymouth Company, 25-26

Pocahontas (Lady Rebecca), 28-30

Point Pleasant (Great Kanawha), Battle of, 59

Poll Tax, 132, 133, 135, 139, 144

Pollard, John G., 141-142

Population: Density, 22; Trends, 22-23; 1700, 44; 1750, 48; 1800, 90; 1860, 105; 1900, 134; 1960, 21-22

Portsmouth (Gosport), 74

Pory, John, 32

Powell, John, 189

Powhatan, 29

Presidential elections: 1928, 140; 1932, 141; 1952, 145; 1956, 145; 1960, 145

Presser, Theodore, 189

Printing and publishing industry, 155

Private Academies and Seminaries, 195

Prohibition Law (State), 137

Public Utilities Employment, 158

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 24-25

Raleigh Tavern, 55, 57

Randolph, Edmund, 68, 69, 82-83, 84, 87

Randolph, John, 100

Randolph, Peyton, 57, 59, 63, 64, 66

Ratcliffe, John, 26-27, 29

Ratification of U. S. Constitution, 85

Readmission to the Union, 129

Reed, Dr. Walter, 134

Religion, 35

Reorganization Act of 1927, 140

Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment, 142

Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, 187

Revolutionary War, 74-82

Richmond: Burr Trial, 93; Confederate Capital, 110-111; Fall of Richmond, 122; "Flu" epidemic, 138; Old Hall of House of Delegates Disaster, 131; Richmond Theater Tragedy, 95-96; Slave Insurrection, 91-92; State Capital, 75; State Conventions-- Second Virginia Convention, 63; Third Convention, 66; Fourth Convention, 66-67; 1788, 84-85; 1829, 99-100; 1861, 109-110; 1867, 128; 1901 Constitutional Convention, 134-135

Rivers, 16-17

Roads, 140, 161

Rolfe, John, 28, 30-31

Royal (Crown) Colony Status, 34

Ruffner, William H., 130, 197

Rumsey, James, 86

Sailors' Creek, 123

Salt Works at Saltville, 122

Sand and gravel, 20-21

Sandys, Sir Edwin, 31-32, 35

Schofield, John M., 128

Scott, Winfield, 103

Sculptors, 178

Secession, 109-110

Separation of Powers Theory, 210-211

Seven Days' Battle, 116

Seven Pines, Battle of, 115

Sevier, John, 75

Shelby, Isaac, 75

Shenandoah National Park, 16, 142

Sheridan, Philip, 120-121

Shires, 35

Simcoe, John G., 77-78

Smith, John, 27-28, 29

Smith, William, 127

Soil, 18

South Atlantic Coastal Plain, 11-12

Spanish-American War, 134

Spotswood, Alexander, 44-46

Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress, 53-54, 55

Stanley, Thomas B., 146

State bird, 244

State Constitutions: 1776, 69, 70, 201; 1830, 99-100, 201-202; 1850, 104, 202; 1869, 202, 203; 1902, 135, 203

State flag, 244

State flower, 244

State parks, 16

State seals and motto, 69, 243

State song, 244

Staunton, 79, 96, 137

Stone resources, 19-20, 155

Stuart, James Ewell Brown ("J.E.B."): Battle of Brandy Station, 117-118; Battle of Yellow Tavern, 120; Death of Stuart, 120; First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas), 113; Harper's Ferry Mission, 105; Reconnaissance Journey, 115

Suffrage, 35, 99, 104, 128, 132, 133, 135, 208

Syms, Benjamin, 35

Tarleton, Banastre, 78-79

Taxation and Finance, 241

Taylor, David Watson, 138

Taylor, Zachary: Mexican War, 103; Presidential Administration, 103

Tea Act, 56

Textile products, 152

Thorpe, George, 34

Tidewater area, 11-13

Tobacco, 30-31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 52, 154, 156-157

Tompkins, Sally, 125

Topography, 11-14

Towns, 237

Townshend Acts, 55

Transportation and Transportation Equipment, 154, 161

Treasurer, 224

"Treasury Right" System, 44

Treaty of Jamestown, 37

Tredegar Iron Works, 124, 138, 143

Trevillians Station, Battle of, 120

Trial Justice, 232-233

Truck farming products, 157

Tyler, John, 102-103

Tyres, Molly, 119

Underwood Constitution, 128-129

University of Virginia, 98-99

Valentine House, 181

Valley Campaign, 114-115 (Front Royal, Kernstown, McDowell, Port Republic, Winchester)

Vanbraam, Jacob, 49

Vestries, 36

"Virginia," Origin of name, 24

Virginia Charter, 25

Virginia Company, 30, 34

"Virginia Gazette," 46

Virginia Military Institute, 101-102, 121

Virginia-North Carolina border, 46

Virginia-Pennsylvania boundary dispute, 85-86

Virginia Plan of representation, 83

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 131

Virginia Resolutions, 90

Virginia War Memorial ("Shrine of Memory"), 143-144

Von Steuben, Baron, 78

Walker, Gilbert, 129

Walker, William, 79

War between the States, 111-124

War, Lord Dunmore's, 58-59

War of 1812, 94

Washington, George: Annapolis Convention, 82; at Fort Le Boeuf, 49-50; at Yorktown, 80-81; Commander-in-Chief of the American Continental Army, 65; Death, 90; First Inauguration, 87; French and Indian War, 50-52; Lieutenant Colonel of the Virginia Regiment, 50; Notification of the Presidency, 86; President of the Philadelphia Convention, 82; Presidential Administration, 87-89; Second Continental Congress, 69; Signer of the United States Constitution; Williamsburg Constitution of 1774, 57

Washington and Lee University, 47, 126

Washington "Peace Conference," 108

Waterpower, 18

Wayne, Anthony, 77

West, Thomas (Lord de la Warr), 29-30

Westendorf, Thomas P., 189

West Virginia ("Kanawha"): Debt owed to Virginia, 131, 136-137; Separation from Virginia, 118-119; West Virginia-Virginia boundary line, 131

Wheat, 157

Wheeling Conventions, 118

White House of the Confederacy, 181

Wholesale and Retail Trade Employment, 158

Wilderness, Battle of, 119

William and Mary College, 43, 139, 196

Williamsburg: Colonial Capital, 46; Colonial Capitol, 44-46; Conventions-- First, 57-58; Fourth, 66-67; Fifth, 68-70; Constitutional, 201; 1774, 57-58; Governor Dunmore and the Powder Magazine Episode, 64; Governor's Palace, 45; Origin of Name, 44; Raleigh Tavern, 55, 57; Restoration, 139-140; Theater, 46; Washington's visit, 50

Williamsburg Playhouse, 190-191

Wilson, T. Woodrow, 137

Winchester: Battle of (first), 115; Battle of (second), 118; Frontier campaign, 51

Wingfield, Edward Maria, 26-27

Woodford, William, 67

Women: Arrival, 33; Education, 139, 196-197; heroic role during War between the States, 125

World War I, 137-138

World War II, 142-144

Wren, Sir Christopher, 43

Wren Building, 43, 183

Wythe, George, 64, 69, 71, 74-75, 82, 84

Yeardley, Sir George, 32

Yellow Tavern, 120

Yorktown: Battle of, 114; Cornwallis at Yorktown, 79-81; "Tea Party," 60-61

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