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- “A true description of the people, of their cullour,...
- A True Relation of the state of Virginia Lefte...
- A True relation of such occurrences and accidents of...
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- U. D. C. Catechism for Children (1904)
- U.S. Senate Resolution 39 (June 13, 2005)
- “Uncle Gabriel”
- “Uncle Henry: Bell-Ringer, A Dramatic Monologue,” Corks and Curls...
- Underwood v. McVeigh (April 23, 1873)
- Union Occupation of the University of Virginia; an excerpt...
- “The United States Bond”; an excerpt from Isaac T....
- University of Virginia Board of Visitors Minutes (July 4–7,...
- University of Virginia Board of Visitors Minutes (July 5–6,...
- University of Virginia Board of Visitors Minutes (October 4–5,...
- University of Virginia Faculty Minutes (March 1, 1865)
- University of Virginia Faculty Minutes (March 6, 1865)
- “Upon Sejanus” by William Strachey (1604)
- "Viewed by a Thousand People," Roanoke Times ...
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights, First Draft (1776)
- Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser (September 28, 1791)
- Excerpt from the Virginia Gazette (December 14, 1769)
- Virginia Mob, New-York Spectator (August 20, 1835)
- Virginia Ordinance of Secession (April 17, 1861)
- "Virginia Republican Convention: Full Report of Proceedings" from the...
- Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act (1765)
- Virginia State Hospitals for Mental Patients (1934)
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- VIRGINIA: In the High Court of Chancery, MARCH 16,...
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- Voyage of Anthony Chester (1707)
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- Diary of George Washington (April 22, 1785)
- Diary of George Washington (March 1, 1788)
- Diary of George Washington (September 1, 1784)
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- Letter from George Washington to Anthony Whitting (December 23,...
- Letter from George Washington to Anthony Whitting (January 20,...
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- Letter from George Washington to Burwell Bassett Jr. (August...
- George Washington to Charles Carter (1787)
- Letter from George Washington to Clement Biddle (July 28,...
- Letter from George Washington to David Humphreys (July 25,...
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- Letter from George Washington to Frederick Kitt (January 29,...
- Letter from George Washington to John Augustine Washington (July...
- Letter from George Washington to John Augustine Washington (May...
- Letter from George Washington to John Francis Mercer (September...
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- Letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (April 12,...
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- Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (December 18,...
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- George Washington’s Last Will and Testament (July 9, 1799)
- “Washington’s Runaway Slave,” The Liberator (August 22, 1845)
- “What tyme Indians serve” (1670)
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- Will of Ambrose Madison (July 31, 1732)
- Will of Bathurst Skelton
- Will of Dolley Madison (February 1, 1841)
- Will of Martha Jefferson Randolph (April 18, 1834)
- Will of Mary Willing Byrd (December 1813)
- Will of Richard Hakluyt (the elder) (September 13, 1587)
- Will of Richard Hakluyt (the younger) (August 20, 1612)
- Will of George Washington Parke Custis (March 26, 1855)
- “Will you kill me?”; an excerpt from Prisoners of...
- Willey, Waitman, Speech of at the Constitutional Convention of...
- William Breedlove Application for Pardon (December 18, 1863)
- “William G. Bozeman, Edith Turner v. TRST(S) OF Nottoway...
- William Nester Obituary (April 19, 1901)
- Williams, Narrative of Isaac (1856)
- Letter to Mr. Winkfield, Virginia Gazette (November 30, 1775)
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- Wm. Christian & Sons Advertisement (December 4, 1896)
- “Women Causing Scandalous Suites to be Ducked” (1662)
- “Women servants gott with child by their masters after...
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- “World of Books” (1899)
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- George Wythe’s Will and Three Codicils (June 11, 1806)
- “The Yankees in Charlottesville” (March 15, 1865)
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