Chalmers Volume Guide

Volume 1

Item name date # of pages
Index of Charters, Commissions, &c. relating to Virginia, from 1606 to 1662 1606-1662 8
Copy of a Letter from John Porry, the first Secretary and first Speaker of Assembly in Virginia, to sir Dudley Carleton, with Report of the Assembly's Proceedings, 1619 1619 12
Copy of the Orders of Privy Council, for deliver of certain Felons to Captain Smyth, to be transported to Virginia, 1617 1617 4
Proceedings of the first Assembly in Virginia, 1619 1619 36
Extracts from the Privy Council Books, 1617-1638 1617-1638 22
Various Warrants and papers relating to the Transporting of Youths to Virginia, 1609 1609[MB;1619-20 actually] 4
Copy of the Proclamation for Settling the Plantation of Virginia, 1625 1625 6
Captain John Harvey's Declaration of the state of Virginia, at his coming from thence in February 1624, who was afterwards ten years Governor thereof 1624 10
Copies of Various Grants in Virginia, from 1627 to 1666 1627-166 26
Copies of Papers about the Revolt of the Colonies, and others relating to Virginia from 1611 to 1677 1611-1677 60
Copies of Instructions to the Governors of Virginia, from 1639 to 1658 1639-1658 44
Extracts from various Letters and Papers of the Discoveries of various early Navigators, Copies of Orders in council relating to the Government of New England, &c. 1671 1671 8
[UNKOWN: related to restoration] AND Copy of Letter from Charles I. to the Assembly of Virginia 1642 8
Articles of Agreement upon Surrender of Virginia to Parliament, 1651-1652 1651-1652 4
Acts of the Assembly 1657 1657-1658 4
[UNKOWN: Virginia and New England, 1677-1688] 1677-1688 10
Virginia's Deplorable Condition, or Narratives of the Murders committed by the Indians, and of Sufferings of his Majesty's loyal subjects, under the Rebellious Outrages of Nathaniel Bacon, Jun. by Governor Berkeley, 1676 1676 24
Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General on the New England Patents, 1678 1678 4
Various Papers relating to the early Attempts of the Independents in Virginia, Printing prohibited, &c. ? 36 (to end)

Volume 2

Item name date # of pages
Copies of Letters from Col. Spencer and Lord Effingham relative to Virginia, 1689 1689 8
State of Virginia at the Revolution, Minutes upon the Representation of the Assemblies of Virginia, 1695 1695 4
Extracts from the Plantation Books relative to Virginia, 1697 to 1736 1694-1736 88
Report on the Case between his Majesty and the Proprietors of the Northern Neck in Virginia, with Letter from Governor Drysdale, 1727   34
Journal of the Proceedings of the Assembly of Virginia, 1753-5 1753-1755 20
[UNKOWN: Virginia 1752-1760] 1753 20
Report of the Cause Argued at the Cockpit on the Governor of Virginia and the House of Burgesses, with the Speeches of the Attorney General, Mr. Forester, Lord Granville, Mr. Murray, &c. 1754 1754 34
Orders sent to the Governor to repel force by force, 1753 1753 4
Letters from Governor Fauquier on the Affairs of the Colonies, dated from Williamsburgh, 1760-2 [1767] 1760-1762[1766-1767 24
Memorial of the Merchants of London in behalf of themselves and others trading to Virginia, with state of its Taxation, Treasury, Population, &c. 1748 1748 32
[UNKNOWN" letter 1767] 1767 2
Act of Parliament for the better securing the Dependency of the American Colonies, 1766 1766 8
Copy of the Circular to all Governors on the Continent of America, to support the Commissioners of the Customs in their Duty, 1768 1768 4
Circulars relative to the general Instructions given by his Majesty to the Governors of his American Colonies, 1768 1768 4
Representation of the Lords of Trade on the expediency of permitting Settlements on Lands westward of the Great Mountains, 1765 [1768] 1768 10
Circulars relative to the general Instructions given by his Majesty to the Governors of his American Colonies, 1768 1768 8
Representation of the Lords of Trade on the House of Burgesses of Virginia, praying permission to issue paper money, with coy of Lord Hillsborough's Letter to the Governor, with his Lordship's Autography, 1768 1768 6
Original Instructions for Baron de Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, with autograph of King George III, 1768, with letters from him to Lord Hillsborough, 1768-1770 1768-1770 22
Circular to the Governors of the North American colonies, respecting their Dispatches, 1768 1768 4
Address of the Clergy in Virginia to his Majesty, 1768 1768 4
Lists of his Majesty's Council of Virginia, and Officers of the said Government, 1768 1768 8
Account of the Revenue, Quitrents, &c. of Virginia, 1770 1770 4
Additional Instructions to the governor of Virginia, 1770 1770 4

Volume 3

Item name date # of pages
Original orders and instructions to John, Early of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, containing ninety-two articles, with autograph of King George III, 1771 1771 88
Further orders and instructions for the Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia, with His Majesty's autograph, 1771 1771 40
Statement of the revenue of Virginia, with the account of the receiver-general, with the Earl of Dunmore's autography, 1771 1771 8
Latin verses spoken by the students of the College of William and Mary, in Virginia, before the Earl of Dunmore, governor thereof, in 1771, 1772, 1773, and 1774 1771-1774 42
Additional instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, with autograph of King George III, Feb. 4, 1772 1772 4
Further instructions for the order of prayer to be used for the royal family, in Virginia, with autograph of His Majesty, Feb. 17th, 1772 1772 4
Account of His Majesty's revenue, in Virginia, with autograph of Earl Dunmore, 1772 1772 4
List of the representatives of the house of burgesses in Virginia, 1772 1772 4
[UNKOWN: Feb. 22, 1772] 1772 4
Account of the governor's dues on all vessels, 1772 1772 7
Representation to the king, on three acts passed in 1772 1772 12
[UNKNOWN: An abstract of his majesty's instructions] ? 5
Accounts of fees. received for the Earl of Dunmore, as governor of Virginia, 1772 1772-1774 49
Further Instructions for granting lands, 1773 1773 4

Volume 4

Item name date # of pages
Order in Council empowering the Earl of Dunmore to make laws, 1773 1773 4
Additional Instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, governor of Virginia 1774 [1772] 8
UNKNOWN: [Another order in council] 1773 5
Account of the return of the militia, 1773 1773 6
State of Virginia, by the Earl of Dunmore, governor thereof, 1773 1773 2
Notes of Lord Dunmore's Correspondence, 1773-6 1773-1776 32
Additional Instructions to the Earl of Dunmore, for the government of Virginia, with the autograph of King George III, 1773 1773 4
UNKNOWN: [Extract of Lord Chancellor's Opinion in the Dispute between the Province of Pennsylvania and Connecticut] ? 2
Nine Letters from Lord Dartmouth to the Earl of Dunmore, on the affairs of the American colonies, each with his autograph signature, 1774-5 1774-1775 28
Letter from Governor Pownall to Lord Dunmore, 1775 1775 2
UNKNOWN ? 8
Proceedings of a treaty between the six nations Delawares and Shawnees by order of the Earl of Dunmore, began June 1st, and continued until July 19th, 1775 1775 50
Letter from Captain Macartney to the Earl of Dunmore 1775 1775 2
UNKNOWN ? 16
Several letters from Captain Squire to the Earl of Dunmore, respecting the proceedings of the ships under his command off Virginia &c. 1775 1775 32
Address from the Inhabitants of Augusta County to the Earl of Dunmore, 1775 1775 4
Three long and interesting letters from Admiral Graves, relative to the rebellion in Virginia, and the insufficiency of the navy to command the rivers, &c. &c. 1775 1775 8
Two letters from Captain Montagu to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the ships under his command, stores, &c. 1775 1775 4
Petition to the Inhabitants, relative to the establishing of a court at Pittsburg, &c. 1775 1775 4
Twenty long and interesting letters from Captain Hammond to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the rebellion in Virginia, the proceedings of the ships under his command, and account for the various engagements, &c. 1776 1776 56
Two letters from Captain Henry Bellew to the Earl of Dunmore, on ditto, 1776 1776 6
UNKNOWN: [Letters 1776] 1776 6
Letter from Captain C. Scott to the Earl of Dunmore, relative to the exchange of prisoners, 1776 1776 4
UNKNOWN: [Letter from Admiral Parker] 1776 4
Letters from Lee, Lewis, Woodford, and other commanders of the rebels, 1776 1776 16
Letters from Admiral Parker to Lord Dunmore, a series of bills intercepted by Lord Dunmore, drawn by R.C. Nicholas upon J. Norton and Sons, of London, to assist the rebels in Virginia, 1775; and other interesting papers 1775-1776 40 (to end)