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Report on Violence in St. Domingo

A newsreport on the violence in St. Domingo

Report of the Committee of the Senate on the Eastern Lunatic Asylum

This article includes a detailed report by a committee of the Senate, which in 1845 was tasked with investigating the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in…

Report for loss of Slave Compensation

James Murray Mason, Senator from Virginia, on behalf of a Virginia couple, write the Senate in hopes of compensation for slaves who were taken during…

Regulation of Ferries in "Laws of Virginia", Volume VI

Volume 6 of William Waller Hening's "Laws of Virginia" show the results from the General Assembly of 1748, up to page 215. Published in 1819, the…

Red Cross Statistics Given

This newspaper article inside the Virginia Star, provides the statistical viewpoint of the Women of Virginia Red Cross contributions in the war…

Record War Bond Sales Is Goal Of Women At War Week Nov. 22

An article in the Highland Recorder newspaper, talking about the success of the Women at War Week, praised by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The…

Receipt, Martha Washington to Davy Gray

This is a receipt that describes Martha Washington paying an enslaved man, Davy Gray, $9.75 for 32 turkeys, 20 ducks, and 42 chickens that he raised…

Receipt of George Washington expenses to Christiana Campbell, the tavern-keeper in Williamsburg.

George Washington's receipt which was in payment to Christiana Campbell, the tavern-keeper, for his expenses at her tavern in 1772. It is a written…

Receipt from Williamsburg Tavern, 1772

On April 8th, 1772, George Washington paid female tavern keeper Christiana Campbell seven pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Mrs. Campbell signed…

Receipt for James (enslaved carpenter)

A receipt regarding the hire of a presumed enslaved carpenter named James. Also mentioned in the receipt is 5 yards of "Negroes Cotton"" and shoes.…