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PapersTer-CentenaryVolume VI—Octavo, pp. 4/3-iv-xxiii.Contains the following general list of principal Contents: The Acadians in Virginia;Letters to Thomas Adams Journal of John Barnwell ; Vindication of Sir William Berkeley;Will of Mrs. Mary Willing Byrd Inventory of Robert Carter; Virginia Society of;;the Cincinnati ; Epitaphs at Brandon ; Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College ;Jacobitism inVirginia ; Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents ; Letters of Lafayette ;A New Clue to theLee Ancestry; Letters of General Henry Lee; Sir Thomas Smythe's Reply to Bargrave;Virginia in 1623, 1623-4, and 1771; Virginia Borrowing from Spain ; The Virginia Companyand the House of Commons ; Virginia Militia in the Revolution ; Washington's Capitulationat Fort Necessity; Election of Washington (Poll List), 1758; Burning of Williamand Mary College, 1705; Reminiscences of Western Virginia, 1770-90, &c, &c, &c, withfull index.5 O OVolume VII—Octavo, pp. 476-iv-xix.Contains the following general list of principal Contents : AnAdditional Chapter toWaddell's History of Augusta County; Augusta County Marriage Licenses, 1749-73; Inventoryof Estate of Hon. Robert Carter: Extracts from Register of Farnham Parish,Richmond County, Va.; Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College; Indians of Southern Virginia,1650-1711 ;John Paul Jones, as a Citizen of Virginia ; Abstracts of Virginia LandPatents; The Case of Captain John Martin; Papers Relating to the Administration ofGovernor Nicholson and to the Founding of William and Mary College; Richmond Duringthe War of 1812 ;Virginia Census of 1624-5: Virginia in 1624-30—Abstracts and Copiesrom the English Public Records; Virginia Game and Field Sports, 1739; Virginia Militiain the Revolution ;Unpublished Letters of Washington;Wills, Genealogies, Notes andQueries, &c, with a full index. 5.00Volume VIII—Octavo, pp. 481-iv-xxvii.Contains the following general list of principal Contents : The Indians of Southern Virginia;The Virginia and North Carolina Boundary Line, 1711 ; Inventory of Lord Fairfax ;Letters from Mrs. Ralph Izard to Mrs. Wm. Lee ; Virginia in 1631-35, from English PublicRecords ; Relating to the Administration of Governor Nicholson and to the Foundingof William and Mary College ;Notes from the Council and General Court Records, 1641-77; Unpublished Letters of Jefferson ;Extracts from Virginia County Records ; Letters ofHarrison Gray and Harrison Gray, Jr.; Members of the House of Burgesses, Lists ; MilitiaCompanies of Augusta county, 1742; Petitions of Virginia Towns for Establishment ofBranches of the United States Bank, 1791 ;Virginia Newspapers in Public Libraries ;' Lifeof General Joseph Martin;Register of St. Paul's Parish, King George county; Proceedingsof the House of Burgesses, 1652-1661 ; Delegates from Kanawha; of Jamestown;Virginia Militia in the Revolution ;Wills, Epitaphs, Genealogies, Notes and Queries,Book Reviews, &c, with a full index. 5.00Discount allowed to booksellers.Complimentary Notices of the Magazine.The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography has established itself in the front rank ofsimilar periodicals of this country.NEW YORK NATION.I regard the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography as a most valuable publication. Thefirst seven numbers contained documents which compelled me to alter my lecture notes in severalimportant particulars—especially as to education in Virginia and as to Bacon's Rebellion. A scholarlyand useful publication.Prof. EDWARD CHANNING, Harvard University.The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography now ranks in importance and interest withthe issue of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. I regard these two Quarterlies as the most valuablecontributions to American history at the present day, and indispensable to students of Americanhistory. WORTHINGTON C. FOkD, Editor of " Washington's Writings."The purpose which the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography sets forth in the interestof American history is a highly commendable one. and thus far I have found it carried out with scholarlytaste and discrimination JAMES SCHOULER, Author of "History of United States."It gives me the greatest pleasure to speak in most cordial terms of the excellent work done bythe Virginia Historical Society in its Magazine. I only wish there were more Historical Societiesin the country willing to follow and capable of following your example.THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Author of " Winning of the West," etc.