nhabitants
in the several Counties within the Collony of Virginia, in
1634, 91

V. A letter from Charles II., acknowledging the receipt of a
present of Virginia Silk, 1668, 97

VI. A list of the Parishes in Virginia, 1680, 103

VII. Addenda, 105

ERRATA.

Page 13--Note 50.--For McDowell read McDonald.

Page 14.--In last line of notes insert comma after Bancroft.

Page 23.--Omit the whole of note 263.

Page 24.--Note, 287, should read: committees, McDonald.

Page 35.--In second line from bottom for Stith read Smith.

Page 41 and 50.--For I, in notes, read we.

Page 61.--In Editor's Note, for Neil read Neill.

Page iii.--In Preface to Brief Declaration, lines fourteen and
seventeen, for Smythe read Smith.

Page iii.--_Ib._, line 29, for Kieth read Keith.

Page iv.--Line twenty-one, for Forcer read Force's.

Page 89.--Preface, line eight, omit "the" before massacre.

THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA,

_Held July 30th, 1619._

INTRODUCTION.

The documents herewith presented are printed from copies obtained from
the Public Record Office of Great Britain. When the question of the
boundary line between Maryland and Virginia was before the Legislature
of the latter State, in 1860, Colonel Angus W. McDonald was sent to
England to obtain the papers necessary to protect the interests of
Virginia. He brought back "nine volumes of manuscripts and one book
containing forty-eight maps" (see his report, Virginia Legislative
Documents, No. 39, 1861,). The volumes of manuscripts contained, upon an
average, 425 pages each, and were filled with valuable historical
documents, of many of which no copies had ever been seen on this
continent since the originals were sent from the Colony of Virginia. In
a conversation with the writer, held soon after his return from England,
in March, 1861, Colonel McDonald stated that having obtained copies of
all the documents relating to the question of the boundary line which
could be found, and having more money left of the appropriation made
than was needed to pay the expenses of his return home, he decided to
devote the surplus to obtaining copies of papers relating to the early
history of the State, without reference to th