The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century: A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1689Warren M. Billings UNC Press Books, 1975 - 324 páginas This book is a convenient collection of seventeenth-century Virginia documentary source material. Using the observations, descriptions, and legal documents of the colonists themselves, this book makes it possible to reconstruct the process by which order |
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The Beginnings | 3 |
Prelude to Settlement | 14 |
2 Supplies the Colonists Took to Virginia | 15 |
3 The First Settlers | 17 |
4 Instructions from the London Company to the First Settlers November 1606 | 19 |
5 George Percys Account of the Voyage to Virginia and the Colonys First Days | 22 |
6 Some Contemporary Explanations for Virginias Early Failures | 26 |
The Struggle for Survival | 27 |
B WILLIAM WATTSS AND MARYS CASE 1649 | 161 |
E REBECCA CORNEYS BASTARD 1689 | 163 |
The Paths to Freedom | 164 |
16 The Courts as an Avenue to freedom | 165 |
B FERNANDO APPEALS HIS SUIT TO THE GENERAL COURT 1667 | 169 |
D THE GENERAL COURT SETS ANDREW MOORE FREE 1673 | 171 |
The Evolution of Slaverys Definition in the Law | 172 |
E AN ACT DECLARING HOW NEGROES BELONGING TO INTESTATES SHALL BE DISPOSED OF SEPTEMBER 1671 | 173 |
8 The Starving Time 16091610 | 28 |
9 Excerpts from the Lawes Divine Morall and Martiall 1611 | 29 |
10 Sir Thomas Dales Plan for Revitalizing the Colony 1611 | 33 |
11 John Rolfe Experiments with Tobacco Growing 1612 | 36 |
Virginia Transformed | 37 |
The Evolution of Selfgovernment in Virginia The Governor Council and House of Burgesses | 39 |
The Governor and Council | 51 |
2 The Burgesses Appoint the Council 1652 | 58 |
The House of Burgesses | 62 |
B AN ACT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF BURGESSES A COUNTY COULD ELECT AND DEFINING OTHER ELECTION PROCEDURES NOVE... | 63 |
F AN ACT FINING COUNTIES FOR FAILING TO ELECT BURGESSES OCTOBER 1670 | 64 |
D RULES OF PROCEDURE 165859 | 65 |
8 Initiation of Legislation | 66 |
9 Control over Taxation | 67 |
The General Assembly Creates the County Court System 1634 | 68 |
The Evolution of Selfgovernment in Virginia Local Government | 69 |
The Organization of County Government | 82 |
2 The Appointment of County Officers | 83 |
B SHERIFFS COMMISSION 1674 | 84 |
D THE JUSTICES CONTROL OVER APPOINTMENTS TO THEIR COURTS 1672 | 85 |
3 Acts of the Assembly 164243166162 | 86 |
C AN ACT AUTHORIZING COUNTY COURTS TO TRY ALL CASES AT COMMON LAW AND IN EQUITY NOVEMBER 1645 | 87 |
E AN ACT AUTHORIZING COUNTY COURTS TO ENACT LOCAL BYLAWS MARCH 166162 | 88 |
5 A Deed of Sale 1664 | 89 |
7 Mary Allens Power of Attorney 1665 | 90 |
The County Courts Administrative Duties | 91 |
12 The Regulation of a Public House 1667 | 92 |
C TAX RELIEF FOR AN AGED CITIZEN 1660 | 93 |
15 Tax Collection 1672 | 94 |
The Problems of Law and Order | 95 |
C FIGHTING IN THE COURTHOUSE YARD 1684 | 96 |
F A VIOLATION OF THE NAVIGATION ACTS 1685 | 97 |
17 Criminal Justice | 99 |
B A SUSPECTED FELON IS BOUND OVER TO THE GENERAL COURT 1658 | 100 |
D PETTY THEFT 1650 | 101 |
G PUNISHMENT OF FORNICATION 1641 | 102 |
I THE NORTHUMBERLAND COURT STOPS AN ILLICIT AFFAIR 1665 | 103 |
The Structure of Society | 104 |
The Character of Virginias Population | 116 |
2 Virginias Population in 1634 | 117 |
3 Sir William Berkeleys Estimate of Virginias Population 1670 | 118 |
5 A Land Patent | 120 |
9 Offices Held by Thomas Willoughby I | 121 |
D JUSTICE OF THE PEACE | 122 |
11 The Lower Norfolk Justices Appoint Thomas Willoughby I to Recruit a Minister 1655 | 123 |
15 Thomas Willoughby II Refuses the Office of Justice of the Peace 1656 | 124 |
18 The Wife of Thomas Willoughby II | 125 |
Wider Kin Connections of the Willoughby Family | 126 |
Bound Labor The Indentured Servant | 127 |
Procurement of Indentured Servants | 134 |
2 Servants Imported by Headright 1652 | 135 |
6 The Sale of a Servant without an Indenture 1665 | 136 |
8 James Revel Describes the Servants Plight ca 1680 | 137 |
9 Edward Whittell Commits Suicide 1664 | 143 |
11 A Bastard Child 1656 | 144 |
14 A Servant Assaults His Mistress 1679 | 146 |
15 A Servants Plot to Revolt 168j | 147 |
Bound Labor Slavery | 148 |
The Arrival of the Negro in Virginia 1619 | 155 |
3 Francis Paines Will 1673 | 156 |
4 Philip Mongom Is Accused of Stealing Hogs 165960 | 157 |
7 John Franciscos Suit in Chancery 167374 | 158 |
B PUNISHMENT OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE 1689 | 159 |
B A RISING ON THE NORTHERN NECK 1680 | 160 |
Tobacco and Trade | 175 |
The Production of Tobacco | 182 |
The Tobacco Trade | 184 |
3 A Bill of Exchange 1668 | 185 |
4 Captain Yardley Buys Five Negroes 1648 | 186 |
B JAMES GILBERT TO WILLIAM CARVER 1667 | 187 |
C ABRAHAM WHEELOCK TO JOHN BOWERY 1676 | 188 |
6 A Power of Attorney 1657 | 189 |
7 A Bill of Lading and an Invoice of Goods Bound for Virginia 1661 | 190 |
8 Correspondence between James Barton and Thomas Wilke 1680 | 191 |
9 A Virginia Merchants Stock | 192 |
10 Jonathan Newells Accounts 1677 | 198 |
Indians and Whites The Conflict of Cultures | 205 |
The Virginia Indians on the Eve of Colonization | 214 |
The Conflict of Cultures | 216 |
3 The Massacre of 1622 | 220 |
4 The Governor and Council Threaten Reprisals against the Indians 1629 | 225 |
6 The Peace Treaty That Ended the Indian War of 16441646 | 226 |
7 The English Formulate an Indian Policy | 228 |
C AN ACT GRANTING LAND TO THE INDIANS OCTOBER 1649 | 229 |
8 Sources of Potential Trouble between the Indians and the English 16611675 | 230 |
E GOVERNOR BERKELEYS FORMULA FOR QUIETING THE NORTHERN INDIANS 1666 | 231 |
H ACCOMACK COURT ORDERS INDIANS WHIPPED 1671 | 232 |
B THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL ACT TO PREVENT WAR 1675 | 233 |
C AN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON THE SUSQUEHANNOCK STRONGHOLD 1675 | 234 |
The Virginia Indians a Century after Colonization | 235 |
Upheaval and Rebellion | 236 |
The Thrusting Out of Sir John Harvey 1635 | 251 |
2 Harveys Account of His Troubles | 254 |
The Lawnes Creek Rising December 1673 | 258 |
THE COUNCIL OF STATE DEFENDS THE GOVERNOR AGAINST COMPLAINTS OF MISMANAGEMENT OCTOBER 1673 | 262 |
4 The Prosecution of the Lawnes Creek Dissidents January 167374 | 263 |
B FRANCIS TAYLORS EVIDENCE JANUARY 167374 | 264 |
C THE SURRY COUNTY COURTS VERDICT JANUARY 6 167374 | 265 |
D THE GENERAL COURT CONFIRMS THE SURRY COURTS VERDICT APRIL 1674 | 266 |
Bacons Rebellion 1676 | 267 |
6 Berkeley Attempts to Regain His Popularity | 269 |
B BERKELEYS DECLARATION AND REMONSTRANCE MAY 29 1676 | 270 |
7 Berkeley Asks to Be Replaced | 272 |
8 Bacon Is Elected Burgess for Henrico | 273 |
10 The June Assembly | 274 |
B WILLIAM SHERWOODS ACCOUNT OF THE ASSEMBLYS PROCEEDINGS | 276 |
11 Bacons Manifesto | 277 |
12 Postrebellion Grievances | 280 |
The PlantCutter Riots 16811683 | 282 |
B NICHOLAS SPENCER TO SECRETARY LEOLINE JENKINS MAY 1682 | 283 |
14 Governor Culpepers Handling of the Plant Cutters January 168182 | 285 |
Life in SeventeenthCentury Virginia | 288 |
The Voyage to Virginia | 299 |
This New Land Virginia | 303 |
3 Two Views of Virginias Promise | 304 |
B RICHARD FRETHORNES ACCOUNT OF HIS PLIGHT IN VIRGINIA 1623 | 305 |
Houses and Household Property | 306 |
5 Household Property | 307 |
C JANE HARTEYS ESTATE 1667 | 308 |
Religious Life | 317 |
B PETSWORTH PARISH BUILDS A CHURCH 1677 | 318 |
C RECRUITING A MINISTER 1656 | 319 |
B NINEPINS 1681 | 320 |
E HUNTING 1680 | 321 |
G ACCOMACK COURT FORBIDS A COMPANY OF PLAYERS FROM PERFORMING THE BEAR AND THE CUB 1663 | 322 |
Epilogue | 323 |
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