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Categories:
  • Reconstruction and the New South (1865–1901)
  • Recreation
  • Reform Groups
  • Religion
  • Representatives of Virginia (U.S.)
  • Revolution and Early Republic (1763–1823)
  • Spottswood William Robinson III
    Spottswood William Robinson III

    Spottswood William Robinson III (1916–1998)

    Spottswood William Robinson III was a constitutional lawyer, legal scholar, and jurist who helped devise and execute the legal strategies that sped the demise of Jim Crow segregation... Find Out More

  • Letter from Thomas R. Joynes to Levin S. Joynes...
  • Racial Integrity Laws (1924–1930)
  • William H. Ragsdale (d. October 16, 1871)
  • A Raid on the Northern Neck; an excerpt from...
  • Sir Walter Raleigh (ca. 1552–1618)
  • Ralph Lane on the Killing of Pemisapan; an excerpt...
  • “Ran away from the subscriber” (April 13, 1769)
  • Letter from Henry S. Randall to James Parton (June...
  • Letter from Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Joseph Coolidge...
  • Thomas Mann Randolph (1768–1828)
  • Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772–1836)
  • Will of Martha Jefferson Randolph (April 18, 1834)
  • Letter from Peyton Randolph to Mann Page Jr., Lewis...
  • Sketches of Slave Life: or, Illustrations of the “Peculiar...
  • Virginia Estelle Randolph (1870–1958)
  • George Wythe Randolph (1818–1867)
  • Rappahannock Tribe
  • “Re: Industrial Development in Virginia” (December 15, 1958)
  • The Readjuster Party
  • Rebel Yell
  • From Recollections by R. T. W. Duke Jr. (1899)
  • Records of the Federal Convention (August 25, 1787)
  • Recruiting Women to Come to Virginia; excerpts from the...
  • Refugees during the Civil War
  • Register of Debates, 20th Cong., 1st sess., 1789–1797 (1828)
  • Relation of Bartolomé Martínez (October 24, 1610)
  • Relation of Juan de la Carrera (March 1, 1600)
  • Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord D-La-Warre, Lord...
  • Religion during the Civil War
  • Religion in Early Virginia Indian Society
  • Religious Revivals during the Civil War
  • Remarks by William Williams (August 11, 1865)
  • Excerpt from Reminiscences of Levi Coffin (1880)
  • “Reminiscences of Events Which Were Glorious to the American...
  • Remonstrance to Congress (1781)
  • Report from the Virginia Division of the United Daughters...
  • “A Report of a Comittee from an Assembly Concerning...
  • “Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hooker” (September 1, 1864)
  • “Report of the Committee of Investigation,” Richmond Enquirer (December...
  • Report of Mrs. Sophie G. Meredith Chairman Va. State...
  • Excerpt from the Report of Philip H. Sheridan (July...
  • Report on Sterilization; an excerpt from John H. Bell’s...
  • Reports on the Death of George Wythe, Poulson’s American...
  • “Representation of the Board of Trade to the King...
  • "Republican Convention" from the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (October 1,...
  • Republican Party of Virginia
  • The Republican Party of Virginia in the Nineteenth Century
  • Requesting to Hire an Indian Servant (1711)
  • “Residents Say Fulton Bottom Can Be Saved”(January 15, 1967)
  • Resolution of the U.S. House of Representatives (January 30,...
  • Resolution to Summon a Convention in Williamsburg (May 30,...
  • Reston, Virginia
  • "Rev. Dr. Hatcher's Surprising Assertions," Richmond Planet (June 23,...
  • Revenge upon the Indians; an excerpt from “A Trewe...
  • “Reviewed Work(s): The South Old and New by Francis...
  • Reviewer, The
  • Rewarding Birkenhead (1663)
  • J. Sargeant Reynolds (1936–1971)
  • “Richard Holmquist Praises Industrial Growth in Danville” (May 27,...
  • "Richlands' Lynching," Clinch Valley News ...
  • Richmond and Danville Railroad during the Civil War
  • Richmond and Petersburg Railroad during the Civil War, The
  • Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 13, 1876, 1.
  • Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 15, 1876, 1.
  • Richmond during the Civil War
  • Richmond during the Colonial Period
  • Excerpt from the Richmond Enquirer (January 12, 1832)
  • Excerpt from the Richmond Enquirer (January 7, 1832)
  • “The Richmond Freedmen,” New-York Tribune (June 17, 1865)
  • Richmond Howitzers
  • Richmond Theatre Fire (1811)
  • Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad during the Civil War
  • “Richmonders Tour Norfolk Projects For Urban Renewal” (October 15,...
  • Harrison H. Riddleberger (1843–1890)
  • Clementina Rind (d. 1774)
  • “The Riot in Danville,” Staunton Spectator (November 6, 1883)
  • Roanoke City Council Resolution No. 12381 (May 2, 1955)
  • Roanoke Colonies, The
  • Roanoke Colonists’ Appeal to John White; an excerpt from...
  • “Roanoke News” (November 13, 1920)
  • “Roanoke Notes” (March 19, 1921)
  • Roanoke Weekly Press
  • Charles S. Robb (1939– )
  • Robert Carter III’s Deed of Gift (August 1, 1791)
  • Ruby Altizer Roberts (1907–2004)
  • A. Willis Robertson (1887–1971)
  • Letter from John Robinson to George Washington (September 15,...
  • Excerpt from From Log Cabin To the Pulpit, or,...
  • John Robinson (1705–1766)
  • John Robinson (1825 or 1826–1908)
  • John H. Robinson (1857–1932)
  • Morgan Poitiaux Robinson (1876–1943)
  • Spottswood William Robinson III (1916–1998)
  • Rockingham Rebellion
  • Letter from Juan Rogel to Francis Borgia (August 28,...
  • Letter from John Rolfe to Sir Thomas Dale (1614)
  • John Rolfe (d. 1622)
  • Rosenwald Schools
  • Royal Charter of the College of William and Mary...
  • Letter from Jacob Rubsamen to Thomas Jefferson (December 1,...
  • Edmund Ruffin (1794–1865)
  • R. D. Ruffin (1842–1916)
  • William Henry Ruffner (1824–1908)
  • Runaway Advertisement (January 28, 1768)
  • Runaway Advertisement for Charles (November 16, 1775)
  • Runaway Servants (1643)
  • Runaway Enslaved People and Indentured Servants in Colonial Virginia
  • James Solomon Russell (1857–1935)
  • Letter from William Russell to William Preston (November 12,...
  • Rye Cove Cyclone

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