. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776. Introductory Note. THE fize of the prefent volume is to be accounted for by the fadl that it containsthe Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes for two General Affemblies infteadof for only one. Since the duration of an Affembly was not fixed but indefi-nite (the laws governing being fimilar to thofe governing in the EnglifhParliament), and fince the amounts of bufmefs conducted at different feffionsvaried widely, the number of printed pages required to record the proceedings of theHoufe of Burgeffes for an Affembly is much greater in fo
. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776. Introductory Note. THE fize of the prefent volume is to be accounted for by the fadl that it containsthe Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes for two General Affemblies infteadof for only one. Since the duration of an Affembly was not fixed but indefi-nite (the laws governing being fimilar to thofe governing in the EnglifhParliament), and fince the amounts of bufmefs conducted at different feffionsvaried widely, the number of printed pages required to record the proceedings of theHoufe of Burgeffes for an Affembly is much greater in fome cafes than in others. Thevolume immediately preceding this one in the feries contained the proceedings of theHoufe for the General Affembly of 1758-61. If the prefent volume contained theproceedings of the Hovife for only one Affembly, it would (the inverfe chronologicalorder of publication adopted at the inception of the feries being adhered to) be thofefor the Affembly of March, i^^G-March, 1758, an Affembly fhort in duration and onein which relativel
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