The home page of the Internet Archive has a menu at the top-the 3rd item is "Texts" The URL to the text page is http://www.archive.org/details/texts. Search on Virginia house of burgesses 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. 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) > > > > > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> 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) >>> >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >>> www.paulfinkelman.com >>> >>> --- 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 >>> 0 New Scotlan >>> d Avenue >>> lbany, New York 12208-3494 >>> 518-445-3386 [log in to unmask] >>> ______________________________________ >>> o subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >>> instructions at >>> ttp://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________ >>> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >>> instructions at >>> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________ >>> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >>> instructions at >>> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >>> >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the >> instructions at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html