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61	Title:	Jefferson's notes, on the State of Virginia: with the appendixes-- complete
	Alt. Title:	Notes on the State of Virginia. 1800
	Creator:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
	Publication:	Printed by W. Pechin, Baltimore,1800.
	Notes:	"Appendix no. 4. Relative to the murder of Logan's family": p. [29]-53 at end. Final page blank. Signatures: [A]p2sp sB-Yp4sp sZp2sp s2A-2Bp2sp s2Cp2s(-2C2), p2sA-Cp4s, p2sDp2s, p3sDp2s, p2sEp2s, p2sFp4s, p2sGp6s(-p2sG6). Signature series includes a gathering W. Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-194).
	Call #:	F16J J45N3
	Extent:	194, 53, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm. (8vo)
	Subjects:	Slavery -- Virginia \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Social life and customs \| Imprints, Early American To 1820
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62	Title:	The writings of Thomas Jefferson
	Uniform Title:	Bible. \| Bible.
	Creator:	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
		Lipscomb, Andrew Adgate, 1851-1915
		Bergh, Albert Ellery, 1861-1919
		Johnston, Richard Holland, 1868-
		Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States
	Publication:	Issued under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States, Washington, D.C,1905.
	Notes:	Facsimile reprint of "The Jefferson Bible" appended to v. 20. "A contribution to a bibliography of Thomas Jefferson, compiled by Richard Holland Johnston": v. 20 (iv, 73 p.)
	Call #:	E302 J46W5
	Extent:	20 v. in 10. fronts., plates, ports., facsims. (part fold.) 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 \| United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Rules and practice \| Parliamentary practice \| Virginia -- Description and travel
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63	Title:	Historic Virginia homes and churches
	Creator:	Lancaster, Robert Alexander, 1862-1940
	Publication:	Lippincott, Philadelphia,1915.
	Call #:	F16JG L245
	Extent:	xviii, 527 p. illus. 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Historic buildings -- Virginia \| Churches -- Virginia \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- History
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64	Title:	Virginia beautiful
	Creator:	Nutting, Wallace, 1861-1941
	Publication:	Pub. in coèoperation with Old America company by the Garden City Pub. Co., inc, Garden City, N.Y,[c1935]
	Call #:	F16J N988
	Extent:	262 p. incl. front., illus., plates. 26 cm.
	Subjects:	Virginia -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Pictorial works \| Virginia -- Historic houses, etc \| Northern Neck (Va.)
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65	Title:	Rev. Paul Henkel's journal: His missionary journey to the state of Ohio in 1806
	Parent:	Ohio archaeol. hist. q. Ohio arch¥ological and historical quarterly. Columbus, Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe, 1914. 23 cm. v. 23, p. 162-218
	Creator:	Henkel, Paul, 1754-1825
		Cooper, Frederick E., 1877-1917
		Martzolff, Clement L. (Clement Luther), 1869-1922
	Publication:
	Call #:	F34B O37P9 v.23
	Extent:
	Subjects:	Germans -- Ohio \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| West Virginia -- Description and travel \| Ohio -- Description and travel \| Ohio -- Biography
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66	Title:	Virginia: more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued: viz. The fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31. to 37. degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the adventurers and planters. The 2d ed., with addition of the Discovery of silkworms, with their benefit. And implanting of mulberry trees. Also the dressing of vines, for the rich trade of making wines in Virginia. Together with the making of the saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia, for cutting of timber and clapbord to build withall, and its conversion to many as profitable uses
	Creator:	Williams, Edward, fl. 1650
		Ferrar, John, d. 1657
	Publication:	W. Q. Force, Washington,1844]
	Notes:	Reprint of the first part of the 2d ed. of this work. The 2d edition consisted of two parts, of which the first was a new edition of the author's "Virgo trivmphans: or, Virginia richly and truly valued ... by Edward Williams, gent.", London, 1650. Quaritch (General catalogue, v. 5, p. 2991-2) says that John Farrer (or Ferrar) who is referred to in the preface, supplied Williams with the material for this work.
	Call #:	E187 F697 v.3, no.11
	Extent:	62 p. 24 cm.
	Subjects:	South Carolina -- Description and travel \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Southern States -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Roanoke Island (N.C.)
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67	Title:	The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours, from their first beginning, an. 1584. To this present 1626. With the proceedings of those severall colonies
	Creator:	Smith, John, 1580-1631
		Smith, John, 1580-1631
	Publication:	Republished at the Franklin Press, W. W. Gray, Printer, Richmond, Va,1819]
	Notes:	The t.-p. prefixed to books 1-3 of the "Generall historie" bears no imprint; that of v. 2 "From the London ed. of 1629" has imprint as above.
	Call #:	F16DA S652T v.1-2
	Extent:	2 v. front. (v.2) fold. maps. 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Virginia \| Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Bermuda Islands -- History
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68	Title:	Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland: described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
	Creator:	Snowden, W. H. (William H.)
	Publication:	Printed by G.H. Ramey & Son, Alexandria, Va,1904, '03.
	Notes:	Volume 1, 1904, "Fifth edition of five thousand".
	Call #:	F16JG S674
	Extent:	2 v. in 1. illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway \| Historic sites -- Virginia \| Historic sites -- Maryland \| Maryland -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel
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69	Title:	Sir Walter Ralegh and his colony in America: Including the charter of Queen Elizabeth in his favor, March 25, 1584, with letters, discources, and narratives of the voyages made to America at his charges, and descriptions of the country, commodities, and inhabitants
	Creator:	Tarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888
		Raleigh, WalterSir, 1552?-1618
		Barlow, Arthur, 1550 (ca.)-1620
		Grenville, RichardSir, 1542-1591
		Lane, RalphSir, 1530?-1603
		Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621
		White, John, fl. 1585-1593
	Publication:	The Prince Society, Boston,1884.
	Notes:	"Two hundred and fifty copies." The charter and various narratives are taken from v. 3 of Hakluyt's Collection of early voyages. "The first voyage to America under the charge and direction of Sir Walter Ralegh, knight, 1584" (p. [107]-127) is supposed to be by Capt. Arthur Barlow. The first part of "The second voyage ... 1585" (p. [129]-142) is probably by Sir Richard Grenville; the remainder (p. 143-181) is by Ralph Lane. "The third voyage ... 1586" (p. [183]-186) is anonymous. "A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia ... by Thomas Heriot," p. [187]-244. "The fourth voyage ... 1587" (p. [245]-270) is given anonymously by Hakluyt. A letter from White to Hakluyt, accompanying his account of the fifth voyage, is here appended to the fourth voyage (p. 270-273) "The fifth voyage ... 1590" (p. [275]-299) is by "Governor" John White. Includes bibliographical references.
	Call #:	E186 P957P v.15
	Extent:	4 p. Á., 329 p. front., ports. 22 x 18 cm.
	Subjects:	Raleigh, Walter, -- Sir, -- 1552?-1618 \| Indians of North America -- Virginia \| Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Virginia -- Description and travel
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70	Title:	Tourists' illustrated guide to the summer resorts and watering places of East Tennessee and Virginia
	Publication:	Whig and Chronicle Print. Co's Steam Job Office, Knoxville, Tenn,1878.
	Call #:	F30J T727
	Extent:	64 p. illus., fold. map. 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Summer resorts -- Tennessee \| Summer resorts -- Virginia \| Tennessee, East -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel
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71	Title:	Notes on a journey in America from the coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois
	Creator:	Birkbeck, Morris, 1764-1825
	Publication:	Printed by Severn and Co. ... for J. Ridgway, London,1818.
	Call #:	Pam. B387
	Extent:	156 p. : map ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel \| Northwest, Old -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Edwards County (Ill.)
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72	Title:	The discoveries of John Lederer: in three several marches from Virginia, to the west of Carolina, and other parts of the continent, begun in March 1669, and ended in September 1670, together with a general map of the whole territory which he traveled
	Creator:	Lederer, John.
		Talbot, WilliamSir
	Publication:	G.P. Humphrey, Rochester, N.Y,1902.
	Notes:	Reprint of the 1672 ed. printed by J.C. for Samuel Heyrick, London. "Three hundred copies reprinted for George P. Humphrey, Rochester, N.Y. ... "
	Call #:	Microfiche 125, LH 183
	Extent:	30 p. : fold. map ; 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Virginia \| Indians of North America -- North Carolina \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| North Carolina -- Description and travel
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73	Title:	To the Shenandoah and beyond: the chronicle of a leisurely journey through the uplands of Virginia and Tennessee, sketching their scenery, noting their legends, portraying social and material progress, and explaining routes of travel
	Creator:	Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946
		Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
		Shenandoah Valley Railroad
	Publication:	Leve & Alden, New York,1885.
	Notes:	Also published under title: Through the Shenandoah Valley. Includes travel information on the Shenandoah Valley and Kennesaw railway routes: p. [117]-125.
	Call #:	Microfiche 125, LH 191
	Extent:	125 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Railroads -- Southern States \| Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Tennessee -- Description and travel
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74	Title:	Westward into Kentucky: the narrative of Daniel Trabue
	Creator:	Trabue, Daniel, 1760-1840
		Young, Chester Raymond, 1920-
	Publication:	University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky,c1981.
	Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [200]-208.
	Call #:	F31J T758
	Extent:	vi, 218 p. ; 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Trabue, Daniel, -- 1760-1840 \| Pioneers -- Kentucky -- Biography \| Pioneers -- Virginia -- Biography \| Kentucky -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Kentucky -- Biography \| Virginia -- Biography
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75	Title:	History of the dividing line, and other tracts
	Creator:	Byrd, William, 1674-1744
		Wynne, Thos. H. (Thomas Hicks), 1820-1875
		Keith, WilliamSir, 1680-1749
		Gooch, WilliamSir, 1681-1751
		Virginia Commissioners to lay out the bounds of the northern neck, 1736.
		Virginia. Commissioners on North Carolina Boundary, 1728-1729
	Publication:	s.n.], Richmond, Va,1866.
	Notes:	Includes index. Edited by T.H. Wynne. "Edition of 200 copies."
	Call #:	F16DA B995
	Extent:	2 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Tobacco \| Iroquois Indians \| Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina \| North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Great Britain -- Colonies -- North America
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76	Title:	The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr."
	Creator:	Byrd, William, 1674-1744
		Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928
	Publication:	Doubleday, Page, New York,1901.
	Notes:	One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper. "The original of the catalogue was bought by Willaim Mackenzie, esq., from N. G. Dufief, bookseller, and bequeathed by him ... to the Library Company of Philadelphia. The present copy is itself a copy of a copy made for the late T. H. Wynne and now owned by Mr. R. A. Brock of Richmond, through whose kindness I am able to make this reprint ... It was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold [and] ... was printed ... Dec. 19, 1777 ..."--Editor's note, p. 413. The library consisted of "near 4000 volumes in all languages and faculties ... great part ... in elegant bindings."
	Call #:	F16DA B995W
	Extent:	vi p., 2 Á., ix-lxxxviii, 461 p. front. (port.) pl. 27 cm.
	Subjects:	Byrd family \| Mines and mineral resources -- Virginia \| Private libraries -- Virginia -- Westover \| Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina \| North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Westover (Va.)
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77	Title:	Washington and the West: being George Washington's diary of September, 1784, kept during his journey into the Ohio Basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great Lakes and the Potomac River
	Creator:	Washington, George, 1732-1799
		Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933
	Publication:	Arthur H. Clark, Cleveland,1911, c1905.
	Notes:	Includes index.
	Call #:	E312.8 1784
	Extent:	217 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	Inland navigation -- United States \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| West Virginia -- Description and travel \| Ohio River Valley -- Description and travel \| Ohio River Valley -- History -- To 1795 \| Cleveland imprints 1911
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78	Title:	The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning, ano. 1584 to this present 1624. With the proceedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes
	Creator:	Smith, John, 1580-1631
	Publication:	produced for the World Pub. Co., Cleveland, by G. Rainbird, London,1966]
	Notes:	Facsimile of the Huntington Library copy of the 1st ed., with coat of arms of King James I on cover.
	Call #:	F16DA S652S Oversize
	Extent:	96, 105-248 p. illus., maps, ports. 34 cm.
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Virginia \| Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Bermuda Islands -- History \| Cleveland imprints 1966
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79	Title:	The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles by John Smith, 1624: historical introduction
	Creator:	Rowse, A. L. (Alfred Leslie), 1903-
		Smith, John, 1580-1631
	Publication:	World Pub. Co, Cleveland,1966.
	Notes:	Cover title. "Published in 1966 to accompany the facsimile ed. of the Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624)."
	Call #:	F16DA S652S Supp.
	Extent:	14 p. ; 25 cm.
	Subjects:	Indians of North America -- Virginia \| Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Virginia -- Description and travel \| New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 \| Bermuda Islands -- History \| Cleveland imprints 1966
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80	Title:	Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland: described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway
	Creator:	Snowden, W. H. (William H.)
	Publication:	Printed by G.H. Ramey & Son, Alexandria, Va,1901.
	Notes:	Errata slip inserted at end.
	Call #:	F16J S674
	Extent:	100 p. illus. 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway \| Historic sites -- Maryland \| Historic sites -- Virginia \| Potomac River Valley -- Description and travel \| Potomac River Valley -- Historic houses, etc \| Maryland -- Description and travel \| Virginia -- Description and travel
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