Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776 . Introductory Note, THIS ^•olume contains the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes for two AffembHes,the Affemhly of 1742-1747 and that of 1748-49. The former of thefe Affem-blies had five feflions; the latter onh one, but a very long and bufy one. Thereis in exiftence, fo far as is known to the Editor, only one complete fet of theoriginal Journals of the Houfe for thefe two Affemblies, the fet belonging to the heirs ofthe late M C. W. Coleman, of Williamfbiirg, Va., who kindly allowed that fuch of thembe copied as were defired. The loca
Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776 . Introductory Note, THIS ^•olume contains the Journals of the Houfe of Burgeffes for two AffembHes,the Affemhly of 1742-1747 and that of 1748-49. The former of thefe Affem-blies had five feflions; the latter onh one, but a very long and bufy one. Thereis in exiftence, fo far as is known to the Editor, only one complete fet of theoriginal Journals of the Houfe for thefe two Affemblies, the fet belonging to the heirs ofthe late M C. W. Coleman, of Williamfbiirg, Va., who kindly allowed that fuch of thembe copied as were defired. The locations of the other copies known to be in Americaare as follows: there is a defective copy (lacking pages 1-8) of the Journal for the feffionbeginning May 6, 1742, in the Library of Congrefs; a perfedl copy of the Journal forthe feffion beginning September 4, 1744, in the Virginia State Library; an imperfecftcopy (lacking pp. 47-50, which have been torn out) of the Journal for the feffion begin-ning February 20, 1745 (old ftyle), in the Virginia State Li
Size: 1570px × 1591px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorvirginiageneralassemb, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
