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[Undated, illustrated (cutting? leaflet?) about bearded Annie Jones-Elliot, "The Esau Lady"].

Bacon's rebellion, Virginia, 1676-1677: Lydia, the wife of the rebel Edmund Cheeseman, faints as he is condemned for treason by the governor of Virgina, William Berkeley; a toothless old lady is restrained from attacking her. Coloured etching by A. Bobbet after F. Darley.

To be seen at the Black Peruke, facing the mews, Charing-Cross ... : White negress : account of white negroes.

Indians of Virginia dancing. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820.

A man's torso with a gun as a penis and a warning about the need for HIV testing; advertisement by the Roanoke City Health Department. Lithograph.

Development of psychiatry and neurology in Virginia / by Beverley R. Tucker.

A tour through part of Virginia, in the summer of 1808. In a series of letters, including an account of Harper's Ferry, the Natural Bridge, the new discovery called Weir's cave, Monticello, and the different medicinal springs, hot and cold baths, visited by the author / [John Edwards Caldwell].

Segregation's science : eugenics and society in Virginia / Gregory Michael Dorr.

In Convention. June 12, 1776. A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention; which rights do pertain to them, and their posterity, as the basis and foundation of government.

Bookbinding in Colonial Virginia / by C. Clement Samford and John M. Hemphill, II.

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Richmond, on Monday, the seventeenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.

Anno regni Georgii III. Regis Magnae-Britanniae, Franciae & Hiberniae, secundo. At a General-Assembly, begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg, on Tuesday the 26th of May, in the 1st year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George III. by the grace of God of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the year of our Lord 1761, and from thence continued by prorogation to Tuesday the 3d of November following; and then held at the capitol, in the city of Williamsburg; being the first session of this General-Assembly.

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.

The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia. With an exact table to the whole. Published by order of the General Assembly.

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Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the capitol, in the city of Richmond, on Monday, the seventeenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety one.

Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Begun and held at the public buildings in the city of Richmond, on Monday the sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.

The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia. With an exact table to the whole. Published by order of the General Assembly.