The Planters of Colonial VirginiaWertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
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The Planters of Colonial Virginia
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
Slavery -- Virginia; Virginia -- Economic conditions; Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Pg. 254 - added comma after "Benjamin" (Harrison, Benjamin,)
Pg. 254 - added comma in Freedmen (what became of, 43;)
Pg. 257 - changed comma to semi-colon (Plantations ... listed in rent
roll of 1704-5, 53;)
3. Spelling Corrections:
Pg. 87 - "exlusive" to "exclusive" (1) (secured exclusive
privileges)
Pg. 88 - "nigher" to "higher" (profit higher at home?)
Pg. 124 - "butt wenty" to "but twenty" (there were but twenty)
Pg. 125 - "chieftians" to "chieftains" (the native chieftains)
Pg. 156 - "Birtish" to "British" (upon British imports)
Pg. 162 - added Chapter Title "Notes to Chapters" as shown in the
Contents.
Pg. 176 - "Britain" to "British" (in Footnote [7-23] ... British
Public Record Office)
Pg. 191 - "ped" to "per" (per Robert Rivers)
Pg. 208 - "Sgeriff" to "Sheriff" (Henry Royall Sheriff)
Pg. 215 - "Shreiff" to "Sheriff" (the Sheriff is to be allowed)
Pg. 215 - added "A" at head of alphabetical list of names.
Pg. 223 - "Sherif" to "Sheriff" (Tho Parker Sheriff)
Pg. 245 - added "D" at head of alphabetical listing of names.
Pg. 252 - "Spotsvylvania" to "Spotsylvania" (Chew, Larkin ... dealer
in _Spotsylvania_)
Pg. 255 - "gratned" to "granted" (Land, ... large tracts granted,)
Pg. 257 - "Eir" to "Sir" (Sandys, Sir Edwin,)
Pg. 258 - "centry" to "century" (Sickness ... abates before end of
17th century,)
Pg. 259 - "Thorouhggood" to "Thoroughgood" (Thoroughgood, Adam, ...
brother of _Sir John Thoroughgood_,)
4. Footnote and Anchor Corrections/Notations:
Footnotes and their anchors have been renumbered to include the
chapter number, thus the Chapter 3 Footnote #5 becomes [3-5] in this
e-text.
Pg. 19 - A second anchor to Footnote [1-18] has been corrected to
anchor Footnote [1-19].
Pg. 87 - Chapter 5, Footnote anchors skip from [5-2] to [5-7], and
again from [5-33] to [5-35]. No anchor points for Footnotes 3 through
6 or 34 appear in the original text though the footnotes are included
in the "Notes to Chapters" beginning on pg. 162. These footnotes have
been marked with a ? "question mark". (ex; ?[5-3]) Also;
Pg. 115 - Chapter 7, Footnotes skip from [7-2] to [7-4]. No reference
point for Footnote 3.
Pg. 163 - Footnote [2-19], no page number was given, (p.--.)
Pg. 179 - Footnote [8-54], in reference to Philip Fithian, Journal
and letters, p. 130 appears twice in original text and has been
retained.
5. Appendix - Information contained in the Rent Rolls appears to have been
set out verbatim for each VA county or Parish. Inconsistencies appearing
in the original text, which have been retained include:
a. Inconsistent punctuation of abbreviations;
b. Inconsistent representation of abbreviations;
c. Missing end of line punctuation;
d. Inconsistent alphabetization of proper names;
e. Inconsistent spelling of proper names;
f. Inconsistent mathmatical calculations;
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