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  • Ballard T. Edwards
    Ballard T. Edwards

    Ballard T. Edwards (ca. 1828–1881)

    Ballard T. Edwards represented Chesterfield and Powhatan counties for one term in the House of Delegates (1869–1871). Born free in Manchester (later annexed by Richmond), he... Find Out More

  • Letter from the Earl of Dunmore to the Earl...
  • Early Archaic Period
  • Jubal A. Early (1816–1894)
  • Chickahominy Indian Tribe–Eastern Division
  • John B. Eastham (ca. 1828–1869)
  • Letter from Thomas H. Eastman to Edward Hooker (August...
  • Edward Echols (1849–1914)
  • The Economy of the Enslaved in Virginia
  • C. Vernon Eddy (1877–1963)
  • Letter from Editor, Richmond Whig and Commercial Journal (August...
  • Editor’s Note, Virginia Argus (March 14, 1811)
  • Editorial Comments from the Staunton Spectator and Vindicator (July...
  • Editorial in the Waverly Watchman (March 18, 1873)
  • Edmund Jenings Removed from Governor’s Council (1726)
  • Edmund Ruffin Jr.’s Petition to the Virginia House of...
  • Abe Craddock Edmunds (1899–1959)
  • Murrell Edmunds (1898–1981)
  • Isaac Edmundson (ca. 1840–1927)
  • Education in Virginia in the Revolutionary Era
  • Ballard T. Edwards (ca. 1828–1881)
  • Tommy Edwards (1922–1969)
  • Joseph Dupuy Eggleston Jr. (1867–1953)
  • “Eight hundred choise persons”; an excerpt from A Declaration...
  • El Requerimiento by Juan López de Palacios Rubios (1513)
  • “Election of burgesses by whome” (1670)
  • The Election of Governor Thomas Nelson; an excerpt from...
  • Elections in Colonial Virginia
  • “Elegy” by Robert Bolling (1775)
  • Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
  • Ely Mound Archaeological Site
  • John Patten Emmet (1796–1842)
  • Emory and Henry College during the Civil War
  • Enclosure: Poem by Phillis Wheatley (October 26, 1775)
  • Enclosure: Washington’s Plans for His River, Union, and Muddy...
  • English Civil Wars and Virginia, The
  • “English running away with negroes” (1661)
  • “An Englishman’s Visit to Capt. R. E. Lee,” Confederate...
  • The Enslaved Community at Montpelier
  • The Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
  • Enslaved Fishermen and Mariners in Virginia
  • Enslaved House Servants
  • “Entire South Pays Tribute to Memory of Davis” (June...
  • Environmental Consequences of the American Revolution in Virginia
  • The Norfolk and Portsmouth Yellow Fever Epidemic
  • Letter from Elizabeth Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson (October...
  • John Wayles Eppes (1772–1823)
  • Richard Eppes (1824–1896)
  • Richard Eppes (May 1, 1790–July 25, 1832)
  • Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (1909–1920)
  • Excerpts from Equal Suffrage: Address from the Colored Citizens...
  • The Ethics of Eugenics; an excerpt from Eugenical Sterilization...
  • Eugenic Sterilization in Virginia
  • Eugenics at the University of Virginia
  • Joseph P. Evans (1835–1889)
  • William D. Evans (ca. 1831–1900)
  • William W. Evans (d. 1892)
  • John R. Everett (1918–1992)
  • Richard S. Ewell (1817–1872)
  • Ex Parte State of Virginia (March 1, 1880)
  • Ex Parte Virginia (1880)
  • An excerpt from A Declaration of the state of...
  • Excerpt from Diary of the American War: A Hessian...
  • An excerpt from the diary of George Washington (January...
  • Excerpt from Dixon & Hunter’s Virginia Gazette (August 31,...
  • Excerpt from Journal of Du Roi the Elder Lieutenant...
  • Excerpt from Letters and Journals Relating to the War...
  • Excerpt from Purdie & Dixon’s Virginia Gazette (June 13,...
  • Excerpt from Purdie & Dixon’s Virginia Gazette (May 2,...
  • Excerpt from Purdie’s Virginia Gazette (March 8, 1776)
  • Excerpt from Purdie’s Virginia Gazette (June 16, 1775)
  • Excerpt from Purdie’s Virginia Gazette (September 15, 1775)
  • Excerpt from Robert Mush’s Revolutionary War Pension Application (1820)
  • Excerpt from the Journal of the House of Burgesses...
  • Excerpt from the Journal of the House of Burgesses,...
  • "The Execution Yesterday," Richmond Daily Dispatch (October 22, 1864)
  • “Executive Order 9981” (July 26, 1948)
  • The Age of Exploration
  • “Extract from an Address in the Virginia Gazette of...
  • Extract from Readjuster Governor William Evelyn Cameron’s annual message...
  • “Extraordinary Turtle at Downing’s.” (July 26, 1838)
  • Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917)

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