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America's Historical Newspapers pieceAttempted murder by an enslaved individual on a white person
Revised Code of Law in Virginia,1819 EditionLaws updated from previous years. Laws and regulations inside the state of Virginia.
Order and Plat: Record of Survey, 1742-1856, p.215.1798 order to have the Fairfax jail and couerthouse moved from Alexandria to Fairfax City.
Virginia Revised Code of Law, 1819 Edition. Page 76.Description of jobs held inside Virginia jails and courthouses. Purpose is to show and regulate salaries of offivers of public jauls and penitentiary…
The Code of Virginia: with the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States; and the Declaration of Rights and Constitution of Virginia.The 1849 Code of Virginia, details crimes of morality.
Code of VirginiaThis source is a newspaper article with a copy of an 1849 release of Virginia government laws entitled "Code of Virginia". The codes are on a variety…
Virginia Constitution of 1851These sections outline how slaves are to be taxed
H-210, establishing George Mason University as an independent institution, April 7, 1972Legislation establishing George Mason University as an independent institution, separate from the University of Virginia, April 1972. This is taken…
An Essay on Duelling, Virginia Gazette (Purdie)The front page of the Virginia Gazette, number 849, headlined by an essay that lampoons dueling.
Report on Violence in St. DomingoA newsreport on the violence in St. Domingo