Sunday, August 25, 2024

Journals of the House of Burgesses

The Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1776 are the official minutes of the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature. Throughout the colonial period, the legislature met frequently but irregularly, with sessions lasting from a few days to several weeks; in some years, the legislature did not meet at all. " -- section of book, pg. _ or v. _

Contents: v. 1. 1619-1658/59 (1915) -- v. 2. 1659/60-1693 (1914) -- v. 3. 1695-1696, 1696-1697, 1698, 1699, 1700-1702 (1913) -- v. 4. 1702/03-1705, 1705-1706, 1710-1712 (1912) -- v. 5. 1712-1714, 1715, 1718, 1720-1722, 1723-1726 (1912) -- v. 6. 1727-1734, 1736-1740 (1910) -- v. 7. 1742-1747, 1748-1749 (1909) -- v. 8. 1752-1755, 1756-1758 (1909) -- v. 9. 1758-1761 (1908) -- v. 10. 1761-1765 (1907) -- v. 11. 1766-1769 (1906) -- v. 12. 1770-1772 (1906) -- v. 13. 1773-1776, including the records of the Committee of Correspondence (1905).

Edited and published by authority of the Library Board, Virginia State Library(1).

this description is from FamilySearch - that page has a link list for each volume

Archive.org (I think all the volumes are here?)

The online books page - convenient list includes year (unlike FamilySearch list that only includes volume #)

available for purchase at Amazon if you know which volume you want

1. Note that the current Library of Virginia was formerly known as the Virginia State Library and as the Virginia State Library and Archives.


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