CONTENTS - JANUARY, 1921. VOL. 1, No. 1
Foundations of Virginia: Address by Hon. Alton B. Parker 1
Letters of Beilby Porteus and John Blair relative to the Brafferton Estate 16
Minutes of the College Faculty, 1758 24
Notes Relative to Some of the Students who Attended the College of
William and Mary, 1753-1770 27
Some Letters of John Preston 42
Thomas Dawson to Lady Gooch 52
William Hunter to Thomas Dawson 54
Hugh Jones 55
Estate of Francis Robinson 56
Alexandria Academy 58
Petition to Increase Power of Congress over Commerce, 1785 61
Taxation of Importers, 1780 63
Letters from Mr. Povey, Concerning the Naturall Products of Virginia
in Behalf of the Royall Society 66
Petition of American Loyalists, 1778 70
Editorial 72
APRIL, 1921. VOL. 1, No. 2
William Claiborne of Kent Island. By J. H. Claiborne 73
Anthony Langston on Towns and Corporations, and on Manufacture of Iron 100
Letters of Robert Pleasants of Curies 107
John Clayton, of James City, 1684 114
Notes Relative to Some Students of William and Mary, 1770-1778 116
Charlotte County Notes. W S. Morton 131
Christopher Robinson. By Mary P. Clarke 134
Cloud-Capped Legion. By Clayton Torrence 137
Essex County. Note. By Clayton Torrence 142
John Tennent and Helen Balf our. By Clayton Torre; ce 142
Mary Nicholson 143
Fleming Family 144
PLATES
Hewick Facing page 134
JULY, 1921. VOL. 1, No. 3
The Family Register of Nicholas Taliaferro, with Notes. By W. B. McGroarty 145
The Quaker's Attitude Towards the Revolution. By A. P. Archer 167
Subscribers in Virginia to Blacksttme's Commentaries, 1772 183
Letters of Willliam Byrd II, and Sir Hans Sloane Relative to Plants and
Minerals of Virginia 186
Charles C. Johnston to J. B Floyd, December 16, 1831. Contributed by Hon. R. M. Hughes 201
Revolutionary Manufacturies. Contributed by Clayton Torrence 207
Thomas McClanahan. Contributed by T. Adger Stewart 209
Rebecca Dinwiddie to Thomas Dawson, 1758 214
Queries: Gather Family; Hill Family; Larue Family; Booker, Weldon,
Pitts, Anderson, Powell Families 215
PLATES
TheHoi, formerly Totterdown Hill Frontispiece
Newington: Hickory Neck Church Facing page 157
Manuscript of Nicholas Taliaferro, Sr " " 165
Portrait of Adair Pleasants Archer " " 167
OCTOBER, 1921, VOL. 1, No. 4
Virginia Indian Trade to 1673. By A. J. Morrison 217
Professiona1 Biography of Moncure Robinson. By R. B. Osborne 237
Letters of Patrick Henry, Sr., Samuel Davies, James Maury, Edwin
Conway and George Trask 261
Foundation and Walls of the College Building. By Prof. Robt. J. Morrison 282
Col. William Morton. By W. S Morton 285
Taylor and Jones Families. By Trist Wood 287
Revolutionary Officers of Virginia. By W. S. Morton 290
John West of Accomac By M. L 292
Notes on McCarty,. Chinn, Glasscock, Turley and Hardwick Families. By A. L. Keith 294
Genealogical Queries 297
CONTENTS JANUARY, 1922. VOL. 2, No. 1.
The Petersons, Claibornes and Harrisons, and some of their
Connections. Edited by Clayton Torrence 1
John Binns of Loudoun. By Rodney H. True 20
William and Mary, the First American Law School. By Robert M. Hughes 40
Origin of the Pegram Family in the United States, and
History of the Same During the Eighteenth Century. By Henry Pegram, of the New
York Bar 49
James Boisseau. By Sterling Boisseau 71
Genealogical Queries 72
Lieutenant Spencer 73
APRIL, 1922. VOL. 2, No. 2
Remarks of R. W. Moore, upon George Johnston 75
Colonel Tatham and other Virginia engineers. By A. J. Morrison 81
Charlotte County, Va. By W. S. Morton 85
Cuthbert Bullitt. By Inman Homer 89
Will of William Parks, with note by L. C. Wroth 92
Gifts to distinguished citizens, principally Virginians,
authorized by the General Assembly, or Council of Virginia, 1780-1860.. 97
William and Mary College in 1774 . . .101
Christ Church, Norfolk, bell and clock. By H. B. Bagnall and R. M. Hughes 114
The McCarthy family. By A. L. Keith 119
Bell-Jones-Lee note. By Trist Wood 133
Taliaferro family. By W. B. McGroarty 134
Gibbons family. By E. T. C 136
Notes and queries Statham, Wood, Ballou, Shackleford, Lacock,
Fox families 137
Home manufactures in Virginia in 1791, Letters to Alexander Hamilton 139
Letters of Henry Lee to Alexander Hamilton 147
JULY, 1922. VOL. 2, No. 3
Virginia Patents. A. J. Morrison 149
Letters Written by Mr. Moray, a Minister to Sr. R. Moray,from
Ware River in Mock-jack Bay, Virginia, February 1, 1665 157
The Will of Joseph Pollard of King and Queen County,
Virginia. By Mary Pollard Clarke 162
McCarthy Family (continued). By Arthur Leslie Keith 162
Wright Family. By Maggie McManaway 180
Some Stafford Records 183
Queries 184
The Birth-Place of Bishop Madison. By Charles B. Kemper 185
Letters of John Preston 187
Col. Charles Lewis , 194
Battle of Williamsburg, Va., May, 1862 195
Roving Business. By A. J. Morrison 198
Report of Executors of Estate of William Parks, the First
Printer in Virginia 202
William and Mary College 210
Hampden-Sidney College : 211
Petitions from Albemarle for Emission of Paper Money 213
John Norton & Sons 217
OCTOBER, 1922. VOL. 2, No. 4
Fredericksburg, Her People and Characters. By R. R. Howison . . . 221
The Democratic Societies of 1793 and 1794 in Kentucky,
Pennsylvania and Virginia 239
Letters of Robert Pleasants, Merchant at Curies, 1772 257
James Macartney. By A. J. Morrison 276
Queries 279
Reviews of New Books 282
Rev. John Lyon tried by a Court Martial in Accomack County, August
8, 1781. Contributed by Robt. B. Munford, Jr 285
Inspection of Wheat 288
Naval Office on the Potomac. ., . 292