Give Me Liberty: The Struggle for Self-Government in VirginiaWertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
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Give Me Liberty: The Struggle for Self-Government in Virginia
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
Virginia -- Politics and government -- To 1775
_The Virginia Gazette_ is a major source for the history of Virginia in
the eighteenth century. The scattered numbers still in existence have
been photostated and copies deposited in some of the larger libraries.
Their usefulness has been greatly enhanced by the preparation of an
Index by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff.
Virginia historians will always be grateful to Dr. Earl G. Swem for his
_Virginia Historical Index_, covering _The Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography_, volumes 1-38; _William and Mary College Quarterly_,
first series, volumes 1-27; second series, volumes 1-10; Hening's
_Statutes at Large_, and other publications.
Index
Acadians: ejected, 204
Allerton, Isaac:
bribed with seat in Council, 20, 119;
refuses oath of allegiance, 126
Amherst, General Jeffrey: replaces Loudoun, 210
Andros, Sir Edmund:
Governor, 127;
despotic in New England, 127;
mild in Virginia, 129;
quarrels with Blair, 131;
suspends Blair from Council, 131;
resigns, 132
Appomatox Indians: hostile, 86
Argall, Samuel:
Governor, 6;
cruelty of, 7
Aristocracy:
effect of slavery on, 152, 153;
libraries, 153;
mansions, 153;
intermarriages, 153;
dominate General Court, 153, 154
Armistead, Col. John:
Councillor, 119;
refuses oath of allegiance, 126
Association:
to boycott British goods, 239;
successful, 240, 241
Attainder: bill of in 1677, 29
Auditor:
duties of, 33;
William Byrd, 34;
Philip Ludwell, 34
Bacon, Nathaniel:
early life of, 84;
quarrels with Berkeley, 84;
knew Lawrence and Drummond, 84;
his overseer murdered, 86;
frontiersmen make leader, 87;
denounces Berkeley, 87;
defeats Occaneechees, 87;
elected Burgess, 88;
captured, 88;
submits, 88, 89;
reappointed Councillor, 89;
blames Assembly, 90;
escapes, 90;
takes Jamestown, 90;
made general, 90;
pleads with Burgesses, 91;
master of Virginia, 92;
conversation with Goode, 92, 93;
at Middle Plantation, 92;
plans of, 93;
captures Jamestown, 93, 94;
burns Jamestown, 94;
secret burial of, 94;
people mourn, 94
Bacon, Nathaniel, Sr.: ousted from Council, 71
Bacon's Laws:
aimed at Berkeley, 91;
credit due Bacon, 91;
a victory for democracy, 91, 92
Ballard, Thomas: expelled from Council, 20
Baltimore, Lord:
visits Virginia, 38;
refuses oath, 38;
Harvey aids, 43;
settles Maryland, 43;
recognizes Commonwealth, 69
Barre, Col. Isaac: denounces Stamp Act, 225, 226
Bennett, Richard:
favors Parliament, 58;
sent to get Puritan ministers, 60;
commissioner for Parliament, 64;
Governor, 67;
Cromwell continues, 70
Berkeley, Lady Frances:
marriage, 76;
insults Jeffreys, 100, 101;
heads faction, 101, 102
Berkeley, Lord John: brother of Sir William, 80
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