[5-24] British Public Record Office, CO5-1355, p. 410, Colonial Entry Book. [5-25] British Public Record Office, CO5-1356, p. 179, Colonial Entry Book. [5-26] G. L. Beer, The Old Colonial System, Vol. II, p. 147. [5-27] British Public Record Office, CO5-1371, p. 276, Colonial Entry Book. [5-28] British Public Record Office, CO5-1371, p. 276, Colonial Entry Book. [5-29] This view of the matter has the support of the dean of Virginia historians, Dr. Philip Alexander Bruce. Dr. Bruce writes: "No less an authority than Robert Beverley, the historian, states that the Navigation Acts had a sensible influence in precipitating Bacon's Rebellion. In the early life of this writer he must have been closely associated with hundreds of people who had been through the uprising, and knew much, by direct observation, of the currents that governed it. The elder Beverley was thoroughly informed and thus, in his own home, the son had the best of opportunities of learning the truth. Beverley himself declared that the Acts were causing discontent among the people, long before the Rebellion actually occurred, and so did John Bland in his memorable petition. There is no doubt that the Acts, by keeping alive a sense of friction, left the people in just the state of mind to seize with eagerness on the more palpable wrongs which were specifically brought forward as the justification for resistance. It was really the groundwork of the movement, though if it had been the only cause, might not have precipitated open resistance to the Government." [5-30] G. L. Beer, The Old Colonial System, Vol. II, p. 115. [5-31] Secretary Thomas Ludwell in a long report to the British Government spoke of the Virginia Government as Berkeley's own, "Which I so term," he explains, "because he is the sole author of the most substantial parts of it, either for Lawes or other inferior institutions." British Public Record Office, CO1-20. [5-32] British Museum, Egerton Manuscript, 2395, f. 356b. [5-33] British Public Record Office, CO1-19, Berkeley to Lord Arlington, Aug. 1, 1665. ?[5-34] P. A. Bruce, Economic History of Virginia, Vol. I, pp. 399-400. [5-35] British Public Record Office, CO1-26-77, Berkeley to the Board of Trade. [5-36] British Public Record Office, CO1-30-78, Memorial of John Knight, Oct. 29, 1673. [5-37] British Public Record Office, CO1-30-71, Council of Virginia to the King, 1673. [5-38] Peter Force, Tracts and Other Papers, Vol. II, New Description of Virginia, pp. 1-16. [5-39] British Museum, Egerton Manuscript, 2395, f. 356b, A Discourse and View of Virginia. [5-40] British Public Record Office, CO1-26-77, Berkeley to the Board of Trade. [5-41] British Public Record Office, CO1-34-95, Petition of Francis Moryson, Thomas Ludwell and Robert Smith. [5-42] Virginia Land Patents, Register of Land Office, Virginia State Capitol. [5-43] British Public Record Office, CO5-1359, pp. 20, 21, 22, Colonial Entry Book. NOTES TO CHAPTER VI