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• Journal of the House of Delegates, by Virginia House of Delegates (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Senate, by Virginia Senate (partial serial archives)

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• Civil Government of Virginia: A Text-Book for Schools, Based upon the Constitution of 1902, and Conforming to the Laws Enacted in Accordance Therewith, by William Fayette Fox (Gutenberg text)
• Constitution of the State of Virginia, and the Ordinances Adopted by the Convention Which Assembled at Alexandria, on the 13th day of February, 1864 (bound in with Virginia constitutional materials from 1851 and 1870), by Virginia Constitutional Convention (1864), Virginia Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and Virginia Constitutional Convention (1867-1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The End of an Era, by John S. Wise (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (first edition; Williamsburg: Printed by C. Rind, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
  • page images and HTML with commentary at monticello.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (Philadelphia: Reprinted by J. Dunlap, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson
  • HTML at Evans TCP
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Summary View of the Rights of British America: Set Forth in Some Resolutions Intended for the Inspection of the Present Delegates of the People of Virginia, Now in Convention (with an added preface by "Tribunus", attributed to Lee; second edition; London: Reprinted for G. Kearsly, 1774), by Thomas Jefferson, contrib. by Arthur Lee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Philadelphia: J. Webster, 1817), by William Wirt
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A History of the Political Campaign in Virginia, in 1855; With a Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise (Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1856), by James P. Hambleton
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Rights, the Constitution of This Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britain and the United States of America (Richmond, VA: Printed by Dixon and Holt, ca. 1784), ed. by Virginia General Assembly, contrib. by United States and Virginia
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at Evans TCP
• A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise, With A History of the Political Campaign in Virginia in 1855, by James P. Hambleton (page images at MOA)
• When Virginia Joined the Union: A Backward Look at the Powerful Prophecy of Men Who Foresaw in 1788 the Trend of Events in 1963 (Richmond: Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, 1963), by James Jackson Kilpatrick
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Documents Submitted to the Convention of 1861 (53 documents (no document #39); ca. 1861), ed. by Va.) Virginia State Convention of 1861 (Richmond (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Journal of the Acts and Proceedings of a General Convention of the State of Virginia: Assembled at Richmond, on Wednesday, the Thirteenth Day of February, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One (Richmond: W. M. Elliott, 1861), by Va.) Virginia State Convention of 1861 (Richmond
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Journal of the Constitutional Convention, Which Convened at Alexandria on the 13th day of February 1864 (Alexandria: B. Turner, 1864), by Virginia Constitutional Convention (1864)
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google
• Memorial Day Annual, 1912: The Causes and Outbreak of the War Between the States, 1861-1865, For Use as a Source Book of Contemporary Authorities (Richmond: Virginia Department of Public Instruction, 1912) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Passed in 1861, in the Eighty-Fifth Year of the Commonwealth (includes ordinances of the Va. State Convention; Richmond: W. F. Ritchie, 1861), by Virginia and Va.) Virginia State Convention of 1861 (Richmond (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Passed at Adjourned Session, 1863, in the Eighty-Seventh Year of the Commonwealth, by Virginia (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Passed at Called Session, 1862, in the Eighty-Seventh Year of the Commonwealth, by Virginia (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2020), by Nicole Myers Turner (HTML with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, series 46, #3; 1928), by Ralph Clipman McDanel (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 (dissertation accepted in 1926), by Ralph Clipman McDanel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Reminiscences (New York and Washington: Neale Pub. Co., 1909), by William Lawrence Royall
  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Notes on the State of Virginia (multiple editions, annotated; 2014), by Thomas Jefferson, ed. by John O'Brien and Brad Pasanek (multimedia at jefferson-notes.org)

• Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia (6 volumes; Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1925-1966), by Virginia Council, ed. by H. R. McIlwaine, Wilmer L. Hall, and Benjamin J. Hillman
  • Volume I (1680-1699): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (1699-1705): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (1705-1721): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (1721-1739): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V (1739-1754): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume VI (1754-1775): page images at HathiTrust
• The Government of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #16; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, c1957), by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia Under Charles I and Cromwell, 1625-1660 (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #7; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, c1957), by Wilcomb E. Washburn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Struggle Against Tyranny, and the Beginning of a New Era: Virginia, 1677-1699 (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #9; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, c1957), by Richard L. Morton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676; With Notes and Excerpts From Original Council and General Court Records, into 1683, Now Lost (Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1924), by Virginia Council and Virginia General Court, ed. by H. R. McIlwaine
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• How Justice Grew: Virginia Counties, An Abstract of Their Formation (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #19; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, c1957), by Martha W. Hiden
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Mother Jones (partial serial archives)
• Congressional Record, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (partial serial archives)
• Slate (full serial archives)
• The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research (full serial archives)
• I. F. Stone's Weekly, by I. F. Stone (partial serial archives)
• U.S. News and World Report (partial serial archives)
• The Freeman (libertarian magazine, 1952-2016) (partial serial archives)
• The United States News (full serial archives)
• Democratic Left, by Democratic Socialists of America and Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (U.S.), contrib. by Michael Harrington (full serial archives)
• Plain Talk (1927-1938) (partial serial archives)
• Congressional Digest (partial serial archives)
• National Review (partial serial archives)
• The American Mercury (partial serial archives)
• The Nation (US political magazine) (partial serial archives)
• Tom Watson's Magazine, ed. by Thomas E. Watson (full serial archives)
• The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (partial serial archives)
• Watson's Magazine, ed. by Thomas E. Watson (partial serial archives)
• The New Republic (partial serial archives)
• The American Journal of Politics (full serial archives)
• American Standard (American Party newspaper, 1888-1891) (partial serial archives)
• Congressional Globe, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, by United States House of Representatives (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, by United States Senate (partial serial archives)
• The National Register (7 of 10 volumes online of this Washington weekly paper, covering 1816 to late 1819) (partial serial archives)
• Original Rights Magazine, ed. by Charles Lenz (partial serial archives)
• The Public Eye (partial serial archives)
• Register of Debates in Congress, by United States Congress (full serial archives)
• Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior (partial serial archives)
• The American Magazine of Civics (partial serial archives)
• Macmillan's Magazine, ed. by Alexander Macmillan, William Barnes, George Grove, John Morley, and Mowbray Morris (partial serial archives)
• The Old Guard (full serial archives)
• Brownson's Quarterly Review, ed. by Orestes Augustus Brownson (full serial archives)
• The Occidental Quarterly (issues before the most recent 4 freely readable) (partial serial archives)

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