On the question of mortality in early Virginia, don't neglect the seminal article by Carville Earle, "Environment, Disease, and Mortality in Early Virginia," in Thad Tate and David Ammerman, eds., The Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century (1979), 96-125; or Irene W. G. Hecht's dissertation (University of Washington, 1969), "The Virginia Colony, 1607-1640: A Study in Frontier Growth." Douglas Deal Professor of History and Director of General Education State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 [log in to unmask] (e-mail) (315)-341-5631 (voice mail) (315)-341-3577 (FAX) To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html