Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton (1875–1939)
Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton was a civic leader who worked toward a more inclusive democracy in Roanoke. She worked to redress racial inequality on many fronts as organizer... Find Out More
- "Page Wallace's Crime," Richmond Dispatch ...
- Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922)
- R. G. L. Paige (1846–1904)
- Paint Lick Mountain Pictograph Archaeological Site
- Paleoindian Period (16,000–8000 BC)
- Gowan Pamphlet (fl. 1779–1807)
- Pamunkey Indian Tribe Petition (October 4, 1798)
- Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Counter Petition, 1843
- Pamunkey Indian Tribe
- Parish in Colonial Virginia, The
- Parishes and Tithes (1643)
- Daniel Parke (1669–1710)
- “Autobiography of Henry Parker” by Henry Parker (ca. 1860s)
- William Parks (d. 1750)
- Partisan Leader, The (1836)
- “The Passing of John Robinson” from the Richmond Planet...
- The Patawomeck Indian Tribe
- Patawomeck Tribe
- William Harvey Patterson (February 3, 1810–May 24, 1895)
- Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton (1875–1939)
- "Peace and Quiet," Roanoke Times (September 22, 1893)
- George Campbell Peery (1873–1952)
- William Peirce (d. btw. 1645 and 1647)
- Letter from Edmund Pendleton to James Madison (March 26,...
- Alexander Swift Pendleton (1840–1864)
- William Nelson Pendleton (1809–1883)
- Peninsula Campaign
- “Updates from the Revolutionary War in Virginia” (December 1,...
- Pentagon, The
- “A people free as the eagle”; an excerpt from...
- “The people of America crye oute unto us”; an...
- George Percy (1580–1632 or 1633)
- Letter from Francis Perkins in Jamestown to a Friend...
- Caesar Perkins (1839–1910)
- Fountain M. Perkins (1816 or 1817–1896)
- "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions" by Abraham Lincoln...
- Person Performing Ceremony of Marriage Between; How Punished (1924)
- Personal Names by Early Virginia Indians, Uses of
- Petersburg Campaign
- Petersburg Convention of March 14, 1881
- Petersburg during the Civil War
- Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp
- Petition from Alderman Johnson, et al., to King James...
- Petition from the Citizens of Buckingham County (December 16,...
- Petition from Citizens of Culpeper County (December 9, 1831)
- Petition from Citizens of Hanover County (December 11 and...
- Petition from Citizens of Northampton County (December 6, 1831)
- Petition from Inhabitants of Fauquier County (December 7, 1831)
- Petition from Inhabitants of Washington County (December 17, 1831)
- Petition from the Society of Friends, Charles City County...
- Petition from Women of Augusta County (January 19, 1832)
- Petition from Women of Fluvanna County (November 24, 1831)
- Petition of John Sturdivant (June 18, 1783)
- Petition of Nottoway Indians, Southampton County (December 11, 1821)
- Petition to Commit Carrie Buck (January 23, 1924)
- Petition to Sterilize Carrie Buck (September 10, 1924)
- Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1992)
- Philadelphia School Prospectus (June 8, 1787)
- Letters between King Philip III and Don Pedro de...
- Letters between King Philip III and Don Pedro de...
- Phillip Mongom Accused of Stealing Hogs (1660)
- Photography during the Civil War
- George E. Pickett (1825–1875)
- LaSalle Corbell Pickett (1843–1931)
- Pickett’s Charge
- Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon (1890–1979)
- Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814–1899)
- Pinkney’s Virginia Gazette (December 20, 1775)
- “Traverse B. Pinn’s Deposition” (March 6, 1871)
- “Traverse B. Pinn, of Alexandria, Virginia. File Holder.” (August...
- Traverse Benjamin Pinn Sr. (1840–1888)
- The Pistole Fee Dispute
- “The Plan of Government as Originally Drawn by George...
- Plants in Early Virginia Indian Society, Domesticated
- PLEASANTS against PLEASANTS. Nov’r. Term 1798.
- Letter from Robert Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson (February 8,...
- Letter from Robert Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson (June 1,...
- Pleasants v. Pleasants (1799)
- Robert Pleasants (1723–1801)
- Letter from Walter A. Plecker to Local Registrars, et...
- Letter from Walter A. Plecker to Turner McDowell (September...
- Walter Ashby Plecker (1861–1947)
- Pocahontas (d. 1617)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Poetry Society of Virginia
- John William Poindexter (ca. 1848–February 16, 1889)
- "The Police Force Wakes Up," Roanoke Times ...
- Polish Settlers at Early Jamestown
- Political Organization in Early Virginia Indian Society
- Poll Tax
- John Garland Pollard (1871–1937)
- John Pope (1822–1892)
- Joseph B. Pope (1851–by 18 February 1884)
- Poplar Forest
- Popular Literature during the Civil War
- Port Republic, Battle of
- Letter from John Pory to Sir Dudley Carleton (1619)
- Potomac River during the Civil War
- Poverty and Poor Relief during the Civil War
- Barbara Rose Johns Powell
- Guy Powell (d. by November 19, 1900)
- “Powerful Novel by Mary Johnston” (October 3, 1908)
- Powhatan (d. 1618)
- “Preface”; an excerpt from Antifanaticism: A Tale of the...
- John B. Prentis (1788–1848)
- “Preparing to Combat With Influenza Epidemic” and “Call For...
- Preservation of Racial Integrity (1924)
- “The President, Again” by James Thomson Callender (September 1,...
- Presidents of the United States from Virginia
- “The Press in Trouble” from the Roanoke Times (May...
- “Price of Pollution” (June 6, 1923)
- James H. Price (1878-1943)
- Printing in Colonial Virginia
- Prisoners of Hope (1898)
- Letter from “A Private Citizen” to James Monroe (December...
- “Private Jails,” The Liberator (December 27, 1834)
- Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal...
- Proclamation 412: Calling Forth Volunteers to Serve in the...
- Proclamation 415: Calling Forth Additional Volunteers to Serve in...
- “A Proclamation by the President of the United States”...
- Proclamation from Governor Nicholson (1690)
- The Proclamation of 1763
- “Proclamation to the People of Maryland” by Robert E....
- Progressive Movement
- The Establishment of the Public School System in Virginia
- Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller (1898–1971)
- Punishment for the Enslaved Man Sam (1688)
- “Purchase of Louisiana,” New York Evening Post (July 5,...
- Puritans in Colonial Virginia
