[1] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 12.
[2] Nar. of Early Va., p. 125.
[3] Ibid., pp. 140-141.
[4] Ibid., pp. 159-160.
[5] Ibid., p. 192.
[6] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. I, p. 154. The facts here
presented form a complete refutation of the assertion, so frequently
repeated by Northern historians, that the Virginia aristocracy had its
origin in this immigration of dissipated and worthless gentlemen. The
settlers of 1607, 1608 and 1609 were almost entirely swept out of
existence, and not one in fifty of these "gallants" survived to found
families. Most of the leading planters of Virginia came from later
immigrants, men of humbler rank, but of far more sterling qualities
than the adventurers of Smith's day.
[7] Nar. of Early Va., p. 415.
[8] Neill, Va. Carolorum.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Ibid.
[12] Ibid.
[13] Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 317.
[14] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 182.
[15] Ibid., Vol. II, p. 179.
[16] Ibid., Vol. II, p. 170.
[17] As late as the year 1775 we find Dr. Samuel Johnson, with his
usual dislike of America, repeating the old error. In speaking of the
rebellious colonists, he says: "Sir, they are a race of convicts, and
ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging."
Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, Temple Classics, Vol. III, p. 174.
[18] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, pp. 380, 366.
[19] Ibid., Vol. II, p. 377.
[20] Neill, Va. Carolorum.
[21] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, pp. 372, 377, 574.
[22] Bruce, Soc. Hist. of Va., p. 164; Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, p.
531.
[23] Wm. and Mary Quar., Vol. IV, p. 39.
[24] Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 153.
[25] Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 366.
[26] Bruce, Soc. Hist. of Va., p. 91.
[27] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 16.
[28] Bruce, Soc. Hist. of Va., pp. 18 and 19.
[29] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. I, p. 215.
[30] Ibid., Vol. I, p. 217.
[31] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 187.
[32] Bruce, Soc. Hist. of Va., p. 83.
[33] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. IV, p. 29; Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 173; Bruce,
Soc. Life of Va., p. 85; Jones' Virginia.
[34] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. VIII, p. 243.
[35] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, pp. 359, 366, 453; Vol.
XII, pp. 170, 173; Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. IV, pp. 27, 39; Bruce, Soc.
Life of Va.
[36] Jones' Virginia.
[37] Thinking Virginians of today cannot but be gratified that the old
erroneous belief concerning the origin of the aristocracy is being
swept away. Why it should ever have been a matter of pride with old
families to point to the English nobility of the 17th century as the
class from which they sprang is not easy to understand. The lords of
that day were usually corrupt, unscrupulous and quite unfit to found
vigorous families in the "wilderness of America." How much better it
is to know that the aristocracy of the colony was a product of
Virginia itself! The self-respect, the power of command, the
hospitality, the chivalry of the Virginians were not borrowed from
England, but sprang into life on the soil of the Old Dominion. Amid
the universal admiration and respect for Washington, Jefferson,
Madison and Marshall, with what pride can the Virginian point to them
as the products of his native state!
[38] Bassett, Writings of Wm. Byrd, lxxxiii.
[39] Fithian, Journal and Letters, p. 128.
[40] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. I, p. 17.
[41] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 221.
[42] Force, Hist. Tracts, Vol. III.
[43] The proofs of this statement are here omitted, as they are given
at much length on pages 96 to 98 of this volume.
[44] Virginia's Cure.
[45] Abst. Proceedings Va. Co. of London, Vol. I, p. 154.
[46] Abst. Proceedings Va. Co. of London, Vol. I, p. 160.
[47] The word seating is used here in the sense of occupying.
[48] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. V, p. 285.
[49] An account of Virginia in 1676 written by Mrs. Thomas Slover
says, "The planters' houses are built all along the sides of the
rivers for the conveniency of shipping."
[50] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. IV, p. 261.
[51] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 56.
[52] Hening's Statutes, Vol. II, p. 172.
[53] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. II, p. 387.
[54] McDonald Papers, Vol. VI, p. 213.
[55] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 398.
[56] Journal of Council, McDonald Papers, Vol. VII, pp. 457-566.
[57] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. IV, p. 255.
[58] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 56.
[59] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. IV, p. 267.
[60] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. IX, p. 277.
[61] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VI, p. 367.
[62] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VI, p. 3.
[63] Jones' Virginia, p. 36.
[64] Rowland, Life of Geo. Mason, Vol. I, pp. 101, 102; compare
Fithian, Journal and Letters, pp. 67, 104, 130, 131, 138, 217, 259;
Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. XI, p. 62; Fiske, Old Va. and Her
Neighbors, Vol. II, pp. 208, 214, 217; Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va. Vol.
II, pp. 411, 418.
[65] Force Hist. Tracts, Vol. II, Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol.
VI, p. 267.
[66] Jones' Va., p. 49.
[67] Fiske, Old Va. and Her Neighbors, Vol. II, p. 215.
[68] Bruce, Soc. Life of Va., p. 133.
[69] Jour. of Burg. 1688, pp. 81, 82; Sainsbury, Calendar of State
Pap., Vol. IV, p. 252; McDonald Papers, Vol. VII, pp. 437-441.
[70] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VIII, p. 56.
[71] Compare Voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, Vol. II, p. 136.
"On n'en pourra pas douter, si l'on considere qu'une autre cause agit
encore en concurrence avec la premiere (heredity): je veux parler de
l'esclavage; ... parce que l'empire qu'on exerce fur eux, entretient
la vanité & la paresse."
[72] Page, The Old South, p. 157.
[73] Compare Jour. of Coun. 1748, pp. 17, 18, and 19.
[74] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. VI, p. 13.
[75] Anbury, p. 329.
[76] Guizot, Civ. in Europe, p. 117.
[77] Jour. of Bour. Apl. 1696.
[78] Marshall, Life of George Washington.
[79] Dinwiddie Papers, Vol. II, p. 427.
[80] Pict. Hist. of Eng., Vol. IV, p. 789.
[81] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. I, p. 216.
[82] Brown, First Rep. in America, p. 582.
[83] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VIII, p. 69.
[84] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. II, p. 96; Bruce, Soc. Life of
Va., p. 246.
[85] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. III, p. 89. Compare McDonald
Papers, Vol. V, p. 35.
[86] Guizot, Hist. of Civ. in Europe, p. 106.
[87] Hening, Statutes, Vol. II, p. 66.
[88] Hening, Statutes, Vol. III, p. 268, Vol. V, p. 528.
[89] Force, Hist. Tracts, Vol. I, Our Late Troubles, p. 8.
[90] Force, Hist. Tracts, Vol. I, Ingram's Proceedings, p. 34.
[91] Meade, Vol. II, pp. 180, 181.
[92] Bernard, Retrospections of America, p. 150.
[93] Bagby, The Old Va. Gentleman, p. 125.
[94] Hening's Statutes, Vol. I, p. 391.
[95] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. III, pp. 136, 141, 142.
[96] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. III, p. 143.
[97] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. V, pp. 334, 336; 360-2.
[98] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. V, pp. 341-5.
[99] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. V, pp. 260-2.
[100] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. V, pp. 360-2.
[101] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. V, pp. 360-2.
[102] Sainsbury, Cal. of State Pap., Vol. IX, pp. 131-2.
[103] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. IX, p. 194.
[104] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. VI, p. 184.
[105] Page, The Old South, p. 158.
[106] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va. Vol. II, p. 145-158.
[107] Ibid., Vol. II, pp. 160-161.
[108] Ibid., Vol. II, pp. 163-166.
[109] Ibid., Vol. II, pp. 177-179.
[110] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va., Vol. II, pp. 165-175.
[111] Fithian, Journal and Letters, pp. 127-131.
[112] Voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, Tome II, p. 128.
[113] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VI, p. 347.
[114] Meade, Vol. II, p. 331.
[115] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. IX, p. 82.
[116] Fithian, Journal and Letters, p. 251.
[117] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog., Vol. VI, p. 350.
[118] Fithian, Journal and Letters, p. 148.
[119] Wm. & Mary Quar., Vol. I, p. 123; Vol. II, p. 121.
[120] Jones' Virginia.
[121] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog. Vol. VIII, p. 334.
[122] Fithian, Journals and Letters, p. 58.
[123] Ibid., p. 75.
[124] Bruce, Soc. Life in Va., p. 164.
[125] Fithian, Journal and Letters, p. 113.
[126] Va. Maga. of Hist. and Biog. Vol. VIII.
[127] Wm. & Mary Quar. Vol. II, p. 247, 248.
[128] Wm. & Mary Quar. Vol. II, p. 172.
[129] Bruce, Econ. Hist. of Va. Vol. II, p. 175; Soc. Life of Va. p.
164.
[130] Bruce, Soc. Life of Va., pp. 181-185.
[131] Jones' Va.
[132] Fithian, Journal and Letters, p. 63.
[133] Ibid., pp. 94-97.
[134] Fithian, Journal and Letters, pp. 59 and 83.
[135] Ibid., p. 77.
[136] Ibid., pp. 83 and 90.
[137] Bassett, Writings of Wm. Byrd., Intro. XXV.
[138] Anbury, Vol. II, p. 329.