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• How Newport's News got its name. [By] B. W. Green. (Richmond, W. E. Jones, book and job printer, 1907), by Bennett Wood Green (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Investigation into Crown Savings Bank failure; staff report on hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance of the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 2d session. (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1966), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Domestic Finance. Investigation into Crown Savings Bank failure (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of First Baptist Church -- : Newport News, Virginia, June 1933-June 1958. (Newport News, Va. : Franklin Printing Co., 1958), by S. N. Shaull (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of Trinity evangelical Lutheran church of Newport News, Virginia, (Newport News, Va., The Church cabinet by order of the council, 1923), by Va.) Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Newport News (page images at HathiTrust)

• The History of Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1853), by T. S. Arthur and W. H. Carpenter
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• Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical (2 volumes; 1850-1855), by William Henry Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Virginia, Historical and Biographical (second series, second edition; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1856), by William Henry Foote (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Virginia Leads (1916), by United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division, contrib. by Mrs. W. C. N. Merchant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory (1906), by David E. Johnston (HTML at kinyon.com)
• The Bowmans: A Pioneering Family in Virginia, Kentucky and the Northwest Territory (Staunton, VA: Press of the McClure Co., 1943), by John Walter Wayland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated Standard Guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth; and Historical Events of Virginia, 1607 to 1907 (Norfolk, VA: Standard Lithographing and Publishing Co., c1907) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Virginia leads. ([n. p.] The Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1916), by United Daughters of the Confederacy Virginia Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Virginia in the making of Illinois, by H. J. Eckenrode. <Printed by authority of the state of Illinois.> ([Springfield, Illinois State Journal Co., state printers, 1919]), by H. J. Eckenrode (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870. (Richmond, Va., J. L. Hill printing company, 1903), by Lewis Preston Summers (page images at HathiTrust)
• School history of Virginia, by Edgar Sydenstricker and Ammen L. Burger. (Lynchburg, Va., Dulaney-Boatwright company, 1914), by Edgar Sydenstricker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and adventures of Wilburn Waters, the famous hunter and traper of White Top Mountain; (Richmond, G. W. Gray & co., printers, 1878), by Charles B. Coale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia first [by] Dr. Lyon G. Tyler. ([Richmond] The Colonial dames of America in the state of Virginia, [1921]), by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated standard guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth and historical events of Virginia 1607 to 1907. (Norfolk, Va., Standard lithographing and publishing co., [c1907]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• School history of Virginia. By Edgar Sydenstricker and Ammen L. Burger. (Lynchburg, Va., Dulaney-Boatwright Company, 1914), by Edgar Sydenstricker (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Virginia in words of one syllable, (Chicago, New York [etc.] Belford, Clarke & co., [1889]), by Emily R. MacNamara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of Virginia; containing a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes &c. relating to its history and antiquities, together with geographical and statistical descriptions. To which is appended, an historical and descriptive sketch of the District of Columbia. Illus. by over 100 engravings ... By Henry Howe. (Charleston, S.C., Babcock & co., 1846), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of Virginia; (Charleston, S.C., W. R. Babcock, 1852), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The case of Mainwaring, Hawes, Payne, and others, concerning a depredation made by the Spanish-West-India fleete upon the ship Elizabeth.: Restitution sought in Spayne, justice denied, and thereupon, according to lawe, iustice petitioned of the Honorable Houses of Parliament. In which is prayed that (out of 50000 l. deposited in the Parliaments hands, in lieu of plate and merchandize by them formerly arrested) satisfaction may bee made. ([London : s.n.], Printed anno 1646), by Randall Mainwaring, Nathaniel Hawes, George Payne, and England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Notes on the state of Virginia. By Thomas Jefferson. (Philadelphia: : Printed for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., November 12, 1794), by Thomas Jefferson and James Smither, illust. by Samuel Lewis (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The Rending of Virginia: A History (with new introduction; Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c2000), by Granville Davisson Hall, contrib. by John E. Stealey (PDF at Tennessee)
• The Confessions of Nat Turner (Richmond: T. R. Gray, 1832), by Nat Turner, ed. by Thomas R. Gray
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  • transcription of main section: HTML with commentary in the Netherlands
• The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Va. (Baltimore: T. R. Gray, 1831), by Nat Turner, ed. by Thomas R. Gray
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  • HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • PDF with commentary at unl.edu
  • Gutenberg text
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• A Virginia Chronology, 1585-1783: "To Pass Away the Time" (Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet #2; Williamsburg: Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957), by W. W. Abbot (page images at HathiTrust)

• Message from the Executive of the Commonwealth: With Accompanying Documents, Showing the Military and Naval Preparations for the Defence of the State of Virginia (1861), by Virginia (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The conspiracy unveiled. (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co., 1863), by James W. Hunnicutt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter of Governor Pierpont to His Excellency the President and the honorable Congress of the United States, (Washington, D.C., McGill & Witherow, printers, 1864), by Francis Harrison Pierpont (page images at HathiTrust)
• The end of an era, (Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1902), by John Sergeant Wise (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ceremonies attending the dedication of the Virginia memorial on the battlefield of Gettysburg, ([Richmond, Va., E. Waddey co., 1917]), by Virginia. Gettysburg monument commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Brigadier-General Henry M. Naglee of his command of the district of Virginia : with an appendix containing the correspondence between Gen. Naglee and the mayor and common council of the city of Portsmouth, referred to in the report. (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1863), by United States. Army. Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circular : Department Northern Virginia, Inspector General's Office, Dabb's House, June 12th, 1862. ([Virginia : s.n., 1862]), by Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Inspector General's Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Attention conscripts! : now is the time to enlist. ([Virginia : s.n., 1862]), by Robert C. Trigg (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Circular to county clerks requesting information regarding slaves called for work on public defences] / State of Virginia, Executive Department, Richmond, January 5, 1865. ([Richmond : s.n., 1865]), by Virginia. Secretary of the Commonwealth (page images at HathiTrust)
• A proclamation to the good people of the counties of Alexandria, Loudoun, Fairfax & Prince William. A reckless and unprincipled tyrant has invaded your soil. Abraham Lincoln ... ([Alexandria? Va., 1861]), by G. T. Beauregard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Toast to Virginia. ([Confederate States of America : s.n., between 1861 and 1865]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Coast [i.e. Toast] to Virginia. ([Confederate States of America : s.n., between 1861 and 1865]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Regulations for the Commissary's Department of the State of Virginia. (Richmond, Va., Chas. H. Wynne, Printer, 1861), by Virginia. Adjutant General's Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resolutions adopted by the Staunton Artillery, February 1st, 1865 ([Richmond : C. S. A., 1865]), by Confederate States of America. Army. Staunton Artillery (page images at HathiTrust)
• An act for the relief of families of soldiers and sailors from Virginia, within the lines of the enemy, and regulations for the government of agents in distributing the fund. ([Richmond], 1864), by Virginia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Ninth Virginia Infantry --January 25, 1865. ([Richmond : C. S. A., 1865]), by 9th Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resolutions adopted by Company "H", "I", and "K" Thirteenth Virginia infantry, January 28, 1865. ([Richmond : C. S. A., 1865]), by 13th Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Fourteenth Regiment of Virginia Infantry, in relation to the condition of the country and the conduct of the war. ([Richmond : s.n.], 1865), by 14th Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, June 4th, 1863. ([n. p., 1863?]), by Baptist General Association of Virginia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peirpoint's pamphlet. ([Norfolk?, 1864]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campaign for Petersburg, by Richard Wayne Lykes (Gutenberg ebook)

• Virginia before and during the war. (Henderson, Ky., The author, 1892), by H. H. Farmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pierpont's pamphlet. ([Norfolk?, 1864]) (page images at HathiTrust)

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