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
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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..
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> 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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> --- On Mon, 12/22/08, Eric Grundset <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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
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> Perhaps the following article will help with this question. It addresses the
> Virginia act and the English response.
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> 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.
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> Eric Grundset
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 2:59 pm
> Subject: [VA-HIST] regulation of slave trade on eve of Revolution
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> 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.
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