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Barbara Vines Little, CG
Dominion Research Services
PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960
540-832-3473
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Mary Moyars-Johnson wrote:
> Please give us the precise url for the Internet Archive.
> I'm only familiar with the archive for web pages.
>
> Mary
> Mary Moyars-Johnson (MMJ)
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> On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG wrote:
>
>> Thank you for sharing. I did a little further search. All 13 volumes
>> are available as PDF downloads (and, unlike Google, the downloaded
>> text is fully searchable) at Internet Archive. Just do a search on
>> Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia.
>>
>> A very nice Christmas present.
>>
>> Barbara Vines Little, CG
>> Dominion Research Services
>> PO Box 1273
>> Orange, VA 22960
>>
>> 540-832-3473 [log in to unmask]
>>
>> CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for
>> Certification of Genealogists, used under
>> license by board certified genealogists after periodic evaluation,
>> and the board name is registered in the
>> US Patent & Trademark Office.
>>
>>
>> Paul Finkelman wrote:
>>> Someone (who only had an email address as "Sharp" so I cannot thank
>>> the person properly) sent me this off list; thought I would share it
>>> with every one else. At least some of journals of the House of B.
>>> appear to be on line..
>>>
>>>
>>> http://books.google.com/books?id=3PstAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA119&dq=Journal+of+the+House+of+Burgesses+intitle:Journals+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:House+intitle:of+intitle:Burgesses&lr=&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> ----
>>> Paul Finkelman
>>> President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
>>> Albany Law School
>>> 80 New Scotland Avenue
>>> Albany, NY 12208
>>>
>>> 518-445-3386 (p)
>>> 518-445-3363 (f)
>>>
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>>> www.paulfinkelman.com
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>>> --- On Mon, 12/22/08, Eric Grundset <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Eric Grundset <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] regulation of slave trade on eve of Revolution
>>> To: "Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history"
>>> <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Monday, December 22, 2008, 9:14 AM
>>>
>>> Perhaps the following article will help with this question. It
>>> addresses the
>>> Virginia act and the English response.
>>>
>>>
>>> MacMaster, Richard K. “Arthur Lee’s ‘Address on Slavery’: An Aspect of
>>> Virginia’s Struggle to End the Slave Trade, 1765-1774.” Virginia
>>> Magazine of
>>> History and Biography, 80:2 (April 1972), 141-157.
>>>
>>>
>>> Eric Grundset
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 2:59 pm
>>> Subject: [VA-HIST] regulation of slave trade on eve of Revolution
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In his draft of the Declaration of Independence Jefferson referred to a
>>> a. statute that would have limited or ending the importation of slaves
>>> n VA that the King overruled. Does anyone have a citation for that
>>> ct. I believe it may be An Act for continuing and amending several
>>> acts, and the reviving of one
>>> ct, for laying duties upon slaves imported, Act of February 1772,
>>> ILLIAM WALTER HENING, HENING’S STATUTES AT LARGE 8:530.
>>> However, I would appreciate it if anyone can confirm that or has a the
>>> ight act.
>>> In addition, does anyone have a citation to the King's overruling the
>>> ct. I assume it may be some British source. Off list is ok. Thanks
>>> n advance.
>>> Happy holidays to all from the winter wonderland of Albany, where it
>>> has
>>> een snowing continuously for the last 24 hours and shows no sign of
>>> topping.
>>> Paul Finkelman
>>> resident William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law
>>> and Public Policy
>>> lbany Law School
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