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Life in old Virginia : a description of Virginia more particularly the Tidewater section, Narrating many incidents relating to the manners and customs of old Virginia so fast disappearing as a result of the war between the states, together with many humorous stories ...

James Joseph McDonald (Author), J. A. C. Chandler (Editor)
Print Book, English, 1907
The Old Virginia Publishing Co., Norfolk, Va., 1907
History
vii, 374 pages : frontispiece (portrait) 15 plates ; 21 cm
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The domain of Virginia
The peninsulas of tidewater Virginia
The Indians of Virginia
The lost colony of Roanoke
The founding of an English nation in America
Captain John Smith
The place of Smith's rescue
Virginia firmly planted
Old Williamsburg
Marrying in old Virginia
The growth of Virginia in colonial days
Some observations on tidewater people
The Commonwealth of Virginia, 1776-1860
The negro slave in Virginia
Secession and Civil War
The negro and his former master
County courts in tidewater Virginia
Country roads in tidewater Virginia
Lands and products
Life and customs
Miscellaneous
Appendix: List of Governors of Virginia with short biographical sketches