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[Undated, illustrated (cutting? leaflet?) about bearded Annie Jones-Elliot, "The Esau Lady"].

Bacon's rebellion, Virginia, 1676-1677: Lydia, the wife of the rebel Edmund Cheeseman, faints as he is condemned for treason by the governor of Virginia, William Berkeley; a toothless old lady is restrained from attacking her. Coloured etching by A. Bobbet after F. Darley.

To be seen at the Black Peruke, facing the mews, Charing-Cross ... : White negress : account of white negroes.

Indians of Virginia dancing. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820.

Virginia: costumes, customs, and dwellings of the native Americans. Engraving, 1732.

A man's torso with a gun as a penis and a warning about the need for HIV testing; advertisement by the Roanoke City Health Department. Lithograph.

Development of psychiatry and neurology in Virginia / by Beverley R. Tucker.

A tour through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808. In a series of letters, including an account of Harper's Ferry, the Natural Bridge, the new discovery called Weir's cave, Monticello, and the different medicinal springs, hot and cold baths, visited by the author / [John Edwards Caldwell].

Segregation's science : eugenics and society in Virginia / Gregory Michael Dorr.

Bookbinding in Colonial Virginia / by C. Clement Samford and John M. Hemphill, II.

Archeologic investigations in James and Potomac valleys / by Gerard Fowke.

The proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, convened in General Assembly, on Thursday the first day of June, 1775, will fully appear in their journals, printed at large; but as it was judged necessary that the most material transactions should 

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five

Virginia Charters. ..

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four

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The proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, convened in General Assembly, on Thursday the first day of June, 1775, will fully appear in their journals, printed at large; but as it was judged necessary that the most material transactions should

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five

Virginia Charters. ..

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four

Virginia

Images from the collections

Images about Virginia

Works from the collections

The proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, convened in General Assembly, on Thursday the first day of June, 1775, will fully appear in their journals, printed at large; but as it was judged necessary that the most material transactions should

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five

Virginia Charters. ..

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia; begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four

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