The Present State of Virginia
by Hugh Jones
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About this eBook
- Author
- Jones, Hugh, 1669-1760
- Credits
- Produced by Julia Miller, Asad Razzaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States
- Subject
- Virginia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 29055
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29055
- Release Date
- June 6, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA.
- 2.HUGH JONES, A. M. — THE PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA.
- 3.THE CONTENTS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION. — THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
- 5.PART I. — Chap. I. — Of the Original of the Indians, Europeans, and Negroes. — Chap. II. — Of the Government, Religion, Habit, Wars, Lives, Customs, &c. of the Indians of North America, and of Christanna.
- 6.PART II. — Chap. I. — Of the English Settlements in Virginia. — Chap. II. — Of the Metropolis Williamsburgh, and the College, Capitol, and Governor's House, and the Church , &c. — Chap. III. — Of the Situation and Nature of the Country of Virginia, and its Coasts , &c. — Chap. IV. — Of the Negroes, with the Planting and Management of Indian Corn, Tobacco, &c. and of their Timber, Stock, Fruits, Provision, and Habitations, &c. — Chap. V. — Of the Habits, Customs, Parts, Imployments, Trade, &c. of the Virginians; and of the Weather, Coin, Sickness, Liquors, Servants, Poor, Pitch, Tar, Oar , &c. — Chap. VI. — Of Germanna, the Palatines, Wine , Hemp , Flax , Silk , Sumack , Trees , Fruits , Coals , the Tracts of Land , Health , Militia , the Mannacan Town, Titles , Levies , Burgesses , Laws , and general Assembly .
- 7.PART III. — Of the State of the Church and Clergy of Virginia.
- 8.PART IV. — Of Authors concerning Virginia, and its publick Officers, Guard-Ships, and the State of Maryland and North Carolina. The Conclusion.
- 9.APPENDIX. — Scheme I. — Of Education in Virginia. — Scheme II. — Of Religion in Virginia. — Scheme III. — Of Arts, Projects, Inventions, and Manufactures in Virginia. — Scheme IV. — Of Trade in Virginia.
- 10.Transcriber's Notes:
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