everal letters from Bacon to
Berkeley and several from Berkeley to Bacon. They show that
Berkeley went to England during the Civil War to fight for the
King, that Bacon was related to Lady Berkeley, that Lady
Berkeley was in England during most of the rebellion, and that
she corresponded with Philip Ludwell.

The Bath Papers add to the already abundant evidence that
Bacon fought partly to end misgovernment in Virginia. The
evidence comes not only from Bacon's supporters but from
Berkeley himself, Ludwell, and others.

Berkeley's letters explain why he did not hang Bacon when he
had him in his power, why he dissolved the Long Assembly and
called for a new election based on a widened franchise, why he
evacuated the almost impregnable post of Jamestown. There are
several revealing letters by Philip Ludwell.

Historians have long been acquainted with the county
grievances collected by the King's commissioners. They are to
be found in the British Public Record Office, CO5-1371, have
now been transcribed by the Library of Congress and some have
been published in the _Virginia Magazine_, Vols. II and III.
The most detailed and probably the least prejudiced account of
the rebellion is the _True Narrative of the Rise, Progress and
Cessation of the Late Rebellion in Virginia_, by the
commissioners. The only narrative we have of the transactions
of the Assembly of June, 1676, by one of the members is Thomas
Mathews' _The Beginning, Progress and Conclusion of Bacon's
Rebellion_, published in C.M. Andrews' _Narratives of
Insurrections_ and elsewhere. Important also are _Bacon's
Proceedings_ and _Ingram's Proceedings_, attributed to Mrs.
Ann Cotton. Bacon's expedition to the Roanoke river, the
defeat of the Susquehannocks, and the battle on Occaneechee
Island are described in a document entitled "A Description of
the Fight between the English and the Indians in May, 1676,"
published in the _William and Mary Quarterly_, Series 1, Vol.
IX, pp. 1-4. The account given by the Council is in the Bath
Papers.

W.W. Hening's _Virginia Statutes at Large_ is a storehouse of
information. It includes not only the laws of the Restoration
period, but many official reports, among them "The
Proclamation of Pardon of October 10, 1676," "Bacon's
Submission", and the proceedings of some of the
courts-martial. The details of the Susquehannock war in
Maryland may