"An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia," 1697.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

"An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia", Manuscript MS 37.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Henry Hartwell. Edward Chilton. James Blair, 1656-1743.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

"An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia", Manuscript MS 37.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

This report, sent to the Board of Trade by Henry Hartwell, James Blair and Edward Chilton, discusses contemporary social, political, economic, and religious conditions in Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Hartwell was a member of the Council of Virginia. James Blair was president of the College of William and Mary. Edward Chilton, served as attorney general of Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1937.
Physical description:
1 v. (59 p.)