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    Aerial View of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
    Aerial View of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

    Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

    The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (CBBT) connects the Virginia mainland at the city of Virginia Beach directly with the Delmarva Peninsula. Completed in 1964 and recognized by the American... Find Out More

  • Letter from John C. Underwood in the New York...
  • Letter from John C. Underwood to Thomas Bayne, Norfolk...
  • J. L. Cabell (1813–1889)
  • James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
  • Joseph C. Cabell (1778–1856)
  • William H. Cabell (1772–1853)
  • Cactus Hill Archaeological Site
  • Alfred Caldwell (1817–1868)
  • James Thomson Callender (1757 or 1758–1803)
  • Christopher Calthorpe (ca. 1560–1662)
  • William E. Cameron (1842–1927)
  • John Camm (bap. 1717–1779)
  • Archibald W. Campbell (1833–1899)
  • Christiana Campbell (ca. 1723–1792)
  • Joseph T. Campbell (1827–1876)
  • Preston W. Campbell (1874–1954)
  • David Canada (fl. 1867–1869)
  • James Cannon (1864–1944)
  • William Capps (fl. 1609–1630)
  • John S. Carlile (1817–1878)
  • John Carlyle (1720–1780)
  • Miles B. Carpenter (1889–1985)
  • David Green Carr (1809–1883)
  • Peter Carr (1770–1815)
  • Carrie Buck Adjudged “Feeble-minded or Epileptic” (January 23, 1924)
  • Carrie Buck Committed (January 23, 1924)
  • Isaac H. Carrington (1827–1887)
  • William Edward Carson (1870–1942)
  • Letter from Robert “King” Carter to William Cage (1724)
  • A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1796)
  • Charles Carter (1732–1806)
  • Charles Carter (ca. 1707–1764)
  • Edward Carter (d. by 1682)
  • James B. Carter (ca. 1816–1870)
  • John Carter (1695 or 1696–1742)
  • John Carter (ca. 1613–1670)
  • Landon Carter (1710–1778)
  • Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)
  • Peter Jacob Carter (1845–1886)
  • Robert Carter (1728–1804)
  • Robert Carter (ca. 1664–1732)
  • Robert Randolph Carter (1825–1888)
  • Sara Carter (1898–1979)
  • A Sketch of My Life and Our Family Record...
  • William Richard Carter (1833–1864)
  • Willis M. Carter (1852–1902)
  • William Alexander Caruthers (1802–1846)
  • William Carver (d. 1676)
  • Archibald Cary (1721–1787)
  • Henry Cary (ca. 1650–by 1720)
  • Henry Cary (d. by 1750)
  • Lott Cary (ca. 1780–1828)
  • Miles Cary (bap. 1623–1667)
  • Miles Cary (d. 1709)
  • June Carter Cash (1929–2003)
  • Castle Thunder Prison
  • Willa Cather (1873–1947)
  • Causes of Confederate Defeat in the Civil War
  • “A Caution to All Travellers to Philadelphia,” Virginia Journal...
  • Cavaliers of Virginia, The (1834–1835)
  • Cedar Mountain, Battle of
  • Celebrating Marriage without License, or, etc.; How Punished (1924)
  • Central College Board of Visitors Minutes (October 7, 1817)
  • Centreville during the Civil War
  • Ceramics, Virginia Indian
  • Chairman’s Journal for Session of 1836–7 (September 3 – November 22,...
  • Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (1809–1891)
  • John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935)
  • William W. Chamberlaine (1836–1923)
  • Edward R. Chambers (1795–1872)
  • Lenoir Chambers (1891–1970)
  • Chancellorsville Campaign
  • John T. Chappell (1845–1915)
  • Chapter 1, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
  • Chapter 12, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
  • Chapter 15: “Thirty and Nine”; an excerpt from The...
  • Chapter 161A of the Code of Virginia § 4097z–dd...
  • Chapter 17 of Acts of the General Assembly of...
  • Chapter 17 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
  • Chapter 2: “Mr. Jefferson”; an excerpt from Lewis Rand...
  • Chapter 28: "Chancellor Wythe's Death"; an excerpt from The...
  • Chapter 33: “In Which My Friend Becomes My Foe”;...
  • Chapter 357 of Acts and Joint Resolutions (Amending the...
  • Chapter 46B of the Code of Virginia § 1095h–m...
  • Chapter 7 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
  • Chapter CIII of the Code of Virginia (1860)
  • Chapter CIX of the Code of Virginia (1849)
  • Chapter CXCII of the Code of Virginia (1873)
  • Chapter II; an excerpt from Twelve Years a Slave...
  • Chapter IV; an excerpt from With Thackeray in America...
  • Chapter VII; an excerpt from the Narrative of the...
  • Chapters 1–2 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
  • Chapters 10–11, Book 3 of The Generall Historie of...
  • Chapters 11–12 of The Trve Travels, Adventvres and Observations...
  • Ruth LaCountess Harvey Wood Charity (1924–1996)
  • Charlotte Resolves (February 4, 1833)
  • Charlottesville during the Civil War
  • Chauco (fl. 1622–1623)
  • Edmund Cheesman (d. 1677)
  • John Cheesman (ca. 1598–by 1665)
  • Christopher T. Chenery (1886–1973)
  • Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
  • Alan Cheuse (1940–2015)
  • Sir Henry Chicheley (1614 or 1615–1683)
  • Chickahominy Tribe
  • Walter Chiles (1609–after July 6, 1653)
  • Edward Chilton (1658–1707)
  • Samuel Chilton (1805–1867)
  • Chimborazo Hospital
  • James S. Christian (1918–1982)
  • William S. Christian (1830–1910)
  • George L. Christian’s note in the Virginia Law Journal...
  • Chrysler Museum of Art
  • Church of England in Virginia
  • William Churchhill (1649–1710)
  • Circular to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy...
  • Cities of Virginia
  • City Point during the Civil War
  • Civil Liberties in Virginia during the Civil War
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Civil War Battlefield Preservation
  • Civil War Pensions
  • “Civil War veteran of Portsmouth, Virginia” (1937)
  • Civil War Widows
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1775–1859)
  • William Claiborne (1600–1679)
  • Adèle Clark (1882–1983)
  • Emily Tapscott Clark (ca. 1890–1953)
  • Matt Clark (ca. 1844–after 1892)
  • George Rogers Clark (1752–1818)
  • John Clayton (1656 or 1657–1725)
  • John Clayton (1695–1773)
  • John Clayton (ca. 1666–1737)
  • James H. Clements (1831–1900)
  • "The Clifton Forge Tragedy," Roanoke Times ...
  • Patsy Cline (1932–1963)
  • Clotel; or the President’s Daughter (1853)
  • “Coalition Rule in Danville” (October 1883)
  • John Coalter (1769–1838)
  • Letter from Howell Cobb to James A. Seddon (January...
  • Herbert G. Cochran (1885–1969)
  • Cockacoeske (d. by July 1, 1686)
  • Edmund R. Cocke (1841–1922)
  • John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866)
  • Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861)
  • William Cocke (1672–1720)
  • Cohabitation Act of 1866
  • Col. R. E. Lee’s Report (October 19, 1859)
  • Sally Cottrell Cole (d. 1875)
  • William Cole (1638 or 1639–1694)
  • George William Cole (d. after June 10, 1880)
  • Asa Coleman (d. after February 24, 1893)
  • Letter from Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson (July 31,...
  • Letter from Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson (September 26,...
  • Edward Coles (1786–1868)
  • Johnson Collins (1847–1906)
  • Colonial Virginia
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • Colored Farmers’ Alliance and Cooperative Union of Virginia, The
  • “A Colored Hero,” Richmond Daily Dispatch (November 30, 1858)
  • A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul...
  • Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1887)
  • Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1924)
  • Colored Persons and Indians Defined (1930)
  • Colored Shiloh Baptist Association
  • William Colson (1805–1835)
  • Raleigh Edward Colston (1825–1896)
  • “The Comet,” Alexandria Daily Gazette (October 17, 1811)
  • Commendatory Verse by Walter Raleigh (1576)
  • Commodore, Aaron (1819 or 1820–1892)
  • Commonwealth versus Camillus Griffith (1823)
  • “Concerning Hireing of Servants” (1658)
  • “Concerning Indians” (1662)
  • “Concerning secret Marriages” (1658)
  • “The Conclusion” by Sir Walter Raleigh (1618)
  • Confederacy, Constitution of The United Daughters of the (1895)
  • Confederate Battle Flag
  • Confederate Cabinet Officers from Virginia
  • Confederate Impressment During the Civil War
  • Confederate Morale during the Civil War
  • Conference with President Andrew Johnson (June 16, 1865)
  • “A Confession of Faith” (November 1914)
  • Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1831)
  • Confessions of Nat Turner, The (1967)
  • Raphael M. Conn (1805–1887)
  • Miles Connor (d. 1893)
  • Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837–1905)
  • Conservative Party of Virginia
  • Conspiracies on Bermuda; an excerpt from A true reportory...
  • Constitution of the Union Burial Ground Society (January 23,...
  • The Constitution of the United States (1787–1992)
  • The Constitution of Virginia (1776)
  • Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1864)
  • Constitutional Convention, Virginia (1901–1902)
  • Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery
  • Contract and Recommendation for William Buckland (1755; 1759)
  • Contract for Servant without an Indenture (1665)
  • Contract to Provide Indentured Servant (1654)
  • Contract to Teach Indentured Servant a Trade (1680)
  • Convict Labor during the Colonial Period
  • Moncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907)
  • Letter to Fields Cook and the Colored State Convention...
  • Fields Cook (ca. 1817–1897)
  • George Major Cook (1860–1930)
  • Untitled Narrative by Fields Cook (1847)
  • Giles Buckner Cooke (1838–1937)
  • John Esten Cooke (1830–1886)
  • Philip Pendleton Cooke (1816–1850)
  • Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895)
  • Cooking in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • Esther Georgia Irving Cooper (1881–1970)
  • Susannah Sanders Cooper (d. after June 9, 1751)
  • Cooperative Education Association
  • F. Graham Cootes (1879–1960)
  • Joseph Copeland (d. after April 22, 1691)
  • Walter S. Copeland (1856–1928)
  • From the Diary of Charles Copland (1811)
  • Percy C. Corbin (1888–1952)
  • Henry Corbyn (1628 or 1629–ca. 1676)
  • Charles Henry Corey (1834–1899)
  • Cornerstone Speech by Alexander H. Stephens (March 21, 1861)
  • Richard alias Richard Williams Cornish (d. after January 3,...
  • E. G. Corprew (ca. 1830–1881)
  • Ann Cotton (fl. 1650s–1670s)
  • John Cotton (d. after October 24, 1683)
  • Letter from the Council in Virginia to the Virginia...
  • Letter from the Council of the Virginia Company of...
  • County Formation during the Colonial Period
  • Court Ruling on Anthony Johnson and His Servant (1655)
  • George R. Cowan (1837–1904)
  • Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966)
  • Henry Cox (1832–after 1910)
  • Joseph Cox (ca. 1835–1880)
  • Lucy Ann White Cox (d. 1891)
  • Crab Orchard Archaeological Site
  • William Craford (d. by April 15, 1762)
  • William Crane (1790–1866)
  • Crater, Battle of the
  • Robert B. Crawford (1895–1973)
  • James Crewes (1622 or 1623–1677)
  • “Critical Notices. The Knights of the Horse Shoe, a...
  • John Wesley Cromwell (1846–1927)
  • Cross Keys, Battle of
  • Claudius Crozet (1789–1864)
  • “Cruelty of masters prohibited” (1662)
  • Josiah Crump (ca. 1838–1890)
  • Crutchfield, Stapleton (1835–1865)
  • CSS Virginia
  • Culp’s Hill and Wesley Culp (1839–1863)
  • Culpeper County during the Civil War
  • Thomas Culpeper second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)
  • Letter from James Currie to Thomas Jefferson (November 20,...
  • J. L. M. Curry (1825–1903)
  • Gaston G. Curtiss (1819–1872)
  • George F. “Thunder Cloud” Custalow (1865–1949)
  • Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757)
  • Edmund Custis (d. after October 18, 1797)
  • Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis (1779–1852)
  • Elizabeth Parke Custis (1776–1831)
  • John Custis (1678–1749)
  • John Custis (ca. 1629–1696)
  • John Custis (ca. 1654–1714)
  • John Parke Custis (1754–1781)
  • Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (1788–1853)
  • George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857)
  • William H. B. Custis (1814–1889)

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