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• The story of a church; a history of Washington street church (Methodist Episcopal church, South) at Petersburg, Virginia, 1773-1923 (Plummer printing co., inc., 1923), by Patrick H. Drewry (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Seventy-five years in old Virginia; with some account of the life of the author and some history of the people amongst whom his lot was cast,--their character, their condition, and their conduct before the war, during the war and after the war (The Neale publishing company, 1904), by John Herbert Claiborne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument presented to the Secretary of the Navy for the establishment of the government armor plant in the vicinity of Petersburg, Virginia (National Capital Press, 1916), by Petersburg Petersburg Armor Plant Committee, LeRoy Hodges, and Inc Petersburg (Va.). Chamber of Commerce of Petersburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical and industrial guide to Petersburg, Virginia (T. S. Beckwith & Co., 1884), by Edward Pollock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg, Virginia, the Cockade city of the Union, declared by President Madison in bidding farewell and Godspeed to the company of Petersburgers known as "Canada volunteers", on their return home after giving valiant service in the War of 1812. (Virginia Print. and Manufacturing Co., 1909), by William B. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• "The Cockade city of the union." Petersburg, Virginia. ([Petersburg, Va.], 1907), by Carter Richard Bishop and Petersburg (Va.). Common Council (page images at HathiTrust)
• Argument presented to the Secretary of the Navy for the establishment of the government armor plant in the vicinity of Petersburg, Virginia. (The Norris Peters Co., 1916), by Petersburg (Va.). Armor Plant Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the Second Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Virginia. 1851-1951. (Presses of Owen Printing Co., 1951), by Rebecca Buckius Brockwell Moran (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Sermon Delivered in the Market Street, M. E. Church, Petersburg, Va.: Before the Confederate Cadets, on the Occasion of Their Departure for the Seat of War, Sunday, Sept. 22d, 1861. (Petersburg: A.F. Crutchfield, 1861), by R. N. Sledd (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Petersburg directory (T.S. Beckwith, in the 19th century), by J. H. Chataigne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hill's Petersburg city directory (Hill Directory Co., in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg, Va., city directory (Hill Directory Co., 1921) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg directory (T.S. Beckwith, in the 19th century), by J. H. Chataigne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Petersburg, Virginia, economic and municipal (Issued by the Chamber of commerce of Petersburg, inc., 1917), by LeRoy Hodges (page images at HathiTrust)

• A guide to the fortifications and battlefields around Petersburg. With a splendid map, from actual surveys made by the U. S. Engineer Dep'mt. (Daily Index Job Print, 1866), by Va.) Jarratt's Hotel (Petersburg (page images at HathiTrust)

• Three centuries of an old Virginia town; the story of Petersburg, its history and memorials. (W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1923), by Arthur Kyle Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of old Petersburg and southside Virginia ([Petersburg, Va., 1940), by Petersburg J.T. Morriss & son (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The General Military Hospital for the North Carolina Troops in Petersburg, Virginia. (Strother & Marcom, 1861), by Strother & Marcom (page images at HathiTrust)

• Letters from a Pennsylvania chaplain at the Siege of Petersburg, 1865. ([Kent? Ohio, 1961), by Hallock Armstrong, Mary M. Bronson Armstrong, and Hallock Floyd Raup (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campaign for Petersburg. (U. S. National Park Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1970), by Richard Wayne Lykes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Campaign for Petersburg (Petersburg National Battlefield ;, 1985), by Richard Wayne Lykes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A guide to the fortifications and battlefields around Petersburg. With a splendid map, from actual surveys made by the U. S. Engineer Dep'mt. (Daily Index Job Print, 1866), by Va.) Jarratt's Hotel (Petersburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The defence of Petersburg : address of Capt. W. Gordon McCabe ... before the Virginia division of the Army of Northern Virginia, at their annual meeting, held in the Capitol at Richmond, Va., November 1st, 1876. (G.W. Gary, printer, 1876), by W. Gordon McCabe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Second Rhode Island volunteers at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia (The Society, 1915), by Elisha Hunt Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg ... (The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1906), by Military Historical Society of Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• National Military Park near Petersburg, Va. : Hearings before the Committee on Military Affiars, House of Representatives, Sixty-Ninth Congress, first session, on H.R. 7817, Monday, February 8, 1926 (Govt. Print. Off, 1926), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and Patrick Henry Drewry (page images at HathiTrust)
• A true story [by] Mary Curtis Burgess. ([Lincoln? Neb., 1907), by Mary Curtis Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to the fortifications and battlefields around Petersburg : with a splendid map from actual surveys made by the U.S. Engineer Department (J.B. Ege's Printing House, 1869), by Va.) Jarratt's Hotel (Petersburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia. ([Washington] : [U.S. Govt. Print. Off], [1942], 1942), by United States National Park Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia, by Richard Wayne Lykes (Gutenberg ebook)
• Campaign for Petersburg, by Richard Wayne Lykes (Gutenberg ebook)

• Life of Charles B.W. Gordon, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Petersburg, Virginia : and history of the church (John B. Ege, steam printer and book binder, 1885), by William Henry Sherwood (page images at HathiTrust)

• History of the Second Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Virginia. 1851-1951. (Presses of Owen Printing Co., 1951), by Rebecca Buckius Brockwell Moran (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reply of R. H. Glass, editor of the Petersburg post, to the malicious pamphlet of William E. Hinton, jr., the "Huckleberry" statesman of Nottoway, and mud-turtle politician of the upper Appomattox. (W. B. Harrison, steam printers, booksellers, 1878), by Robert Henry Glass (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. ([Petersburg?, 1923), by Petersburg (Va.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia. ([U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1956), by Richard Wayne Lykes (page images at HathiTrust)

• Don't forget the souls of the heroes who are defending your homes and altars ([Petersburg, Va. : Evangelical Tract Society, 1862), by Va.) Evangelical Tract Society (Petersburg (page images at HathiTrust)

• The General Military Hospital for the North Carolina Troops in Petersburg, Virginia. (Strother & Marcom, 1861), by Strother & Marcom (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manual for the members of the Presbyterian Church in Petersburg, Virginia. (Printed by Yancey & Wilson, 1833), by William S. Plumer (page images at HathiTrust)

• 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)
• Who's who in public administration research in Virginia. (Division of publications of the Bureau of public administration, University, Virginia, 1940), by University of Virginia. Institute of Government (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia Convention of 1776 : a discourse delivered before the Virginia Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, in the chapel of William and Mary College, in the city of Williamsburg, on the afternoon of July the 3rd, 1855 (J.W. Randolph, 1855), by Hugh Blair Grigsby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginian portraits; essays in biography (McClure Company, 1924), by Armistead C. Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper & brothers, 1841), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Capitol of the commonwealth of Virginia at Richmond : portraits, statuary, inscriptions, & biographical sketches, complimenting His Excellency Governor James Hubert Price (Richmond, Va., 1938), by E. Griffith Dodson and Virginia General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the Virginia federal convention of 1788, with some account of eminent Virginians of that era who were members of the body ([Virginia historical] society, 1890), by Hugh Blair Grigsby and R. A. Brock (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Virginia from its discovery till the year 1781. With biographical sketches of all the most distinguished characters that occur in the colonial, revolutionary, or subsequent period of our history. (J. W. Campbell, 1813), by John Wilson Campbell and Moses Hoge (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper, 1836), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Page family in Virginia (Jenkins & Thomas, printers, 1883), by Richard Channing Moore Page (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketch of Carter Burwell, 1716-1756 (Burwell, 1961), by George Harrison Burwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1885-1918. Index of entries mostly in the House journals and partly in the Senate journals, including: resolutions, documents, reports, communications, addresses, etc., elections of judges, State officers, House officials, electoral boards, confirmations of boards and school superintendents, and other items of historical interest, and supplemental to the General Assembly of Virginia 1919-1939, register and index, as to State officers, judges and boards. (State Publication, 1960), by E. Griffith Dodson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The General Assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia 1919-1939. Register including members of 1933 convention. Members, arranged by sessions, by districts, and alphabetically: biographical references; lists of sessions, governors, presiding officers and clerks of Senate and House, 1776-1938; references to constitutional amendments; topical outlines of governors' addresses; resolutions, etc.; and grouped photographs of members (State publication, 1939), by E. Griffith Dodson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1940-1960. Register and biographies of members of the General Assembly and 1945 and 1956 State Constitutional Conventions. Index of resolutions, documents, elections, or confirmations of judges, State officers and board members. (State Publication, 1961), by E. Griffith Dodson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War : McAllister's data (McAllister Pub. Co., 1913), by J. T. McAllister (page images at HathiTrust)
• A surprising account of the captivity & escape of Philip M'Donald & Alexander M'Leod of Virginia from the Chikkemogga Indians & of their great discoveries in the Western World, from June, 1779, to January, 1786, when they returned in health to their friends, after an absence of six years and a half. (Ye Galleon Press, 1973), by Philip M'Donald and Alexander M'Leod (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (J. & J. Harper, 1832), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper, 1856), by William Wirt and Peter Hoffman Cruse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Press reference book of prominent Virginians, dedicated to the Fourth estate. (Virgnia newspaper writers association, 1916), by Allyn B. Tunis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Virginia : historical and biographical (J.B. Lippincott, 1856), by William Henry Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Printed by Samuel Pleasants, jun., 1805), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Published by Fielding Lucas, jun. William Fry, printer, 1813), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (F. Lucas, jun., 1820), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of Virginia biography : (Lewis historical publishing company, 1915), by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men of mark in Virginia : ideals of American life; a collection of biographies of the leading men in the state (Men of Mark Pub. Co., 1906), by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Sharpe and Hailes, 1812), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia Convention of 1829-30. A discourse delivered before the Virginia Historical Society, at their annual meeting, held in ... Richmond, December 15, 1853. (1854), by Hugh Blair Grigsby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia and Virginians; eminent Virginians, executives of the colony of Virginia (H.H. Hardesty, 1888), by R. A. Brock and Virgil Anson Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eminent and representative men of Virginia and the District of Columbia in the nineteenth century. With a concise historical sketch of Virginia (Brant & Fuller, 1893), by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, William Wirt Henry, and Madison Brant & Fuller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper, 1859), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colonial Virginia register. A list of governors, councillors and other higher officials, and also of members of the House of burgesses, and the revolutionary conventions of the colony of Virginia. (J. Munsell's sons, 1902), by William Glover Stanard and Mary Newton Stanard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy (Harper and Brothers, 1861), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Published by Fielding Lucas, jun. Fry and Krammerer, printers., 1811), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makers of Virginia history (Silver, Burdett and company, 1904), by J. A. C. Chandler (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Virginia from its discovery till the year 1781. With biographical sketches of all the most distinguished characters that occur in the colonial, revolutionary, or subsequent period of our history. (J. W. Campbell, 1813), by John Wilson Campbell and Moses Hoge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical account of the Washington Monument, in Capitol Square, Richmond, Va., with biographical sketches of Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Partick Henry, George Mason, Thomas Nelson, and Andrew Lewis. Also a brief notice of the Houdon statute of Washington, with the inscription on the pedestal thereof. (W. A. R. Nye, 1869), by W. A. R. Nye (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Published by F. Lucas, Jun.; J. Robinson, Printer, 1817), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Official Virginia; a composition of sketches of the public men of Virginia at the present time. (Whittet & Shepperson, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The letters of the British spy (Harper & Brothers, 1837), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy (Harper & brothers, 1844), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twentieth century edition of Sketches and portraits of the Virginia Conference. ([s.n.], 1901), by John James Lafferty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches and portraits of the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Christian Advocate Office, 1890), by John James Lafferty and D. S. Bp. Doggett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The jewels of Virginia: a lecture, delivered by invitation of the Hollywood Memorial Association in Richmond, January 18, 1867 (Gary & Clemitt, printers, 1867), by George Wythe Munford and Va.) Ladies Hollywood Memorial Association (Richmond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The John P. Branch historical papers of Randolf-Macon college. Published annually by the Department of history. (Richmond (VA), 1901), by Charles Henry Ambler, William Edward Dodd, Randolf-Macon College. Ashland (VA) Dept. of History, and Randolf-Macon College. Ashland (VA) Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Randolph-Macon historical papers (Richmond, E. Waddey Co. [etc.]), by Randolph-Macon Historical Society and Ashland Randolph-Macon College (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia convention of 1829-1830. A discourse delivered before the Virginia Historical Society, at their annual meeting, held in ... Richmond, December 15th, 1853. (Macfarland & Fergusson, 1854), by Hugh Blair Grigsby and Virginia Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Virginia, historical and biographical (William S. Martien, 1850), by William Henry Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Capt. John Smith (G.F. Cooledge, 1846), by William Gilmore Simms (page images at HathiTrust)
• British spy (Printed at the Repertory office., 1804), by William Wirt and Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The constitutional conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the commonwealth to the present time (J. T. West, 1901), by David Loyd Pulliam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia clerks. (J. P. Bell Company, printers, 1888), by Frederick Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper & brothers, 1875), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Patrick Henry of Virginia (Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1857), by Samuel Greene Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
• Love stories of famous Virginians (Press of the Dietz Printing Co.,, 1925), by Sally Nelson Robins and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia; rebirth of the Old Dominion (The Lewis publishing company, 1929), by Philip Alexander Bruce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Lower Tidewater Virginia. (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1959), by Rogers Dey Whichard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia democracy, a history of the achievements of the party and its leaders in the mother of commonwealths, the Old Dominion (Democratic historical association,inc., 1937), by Robert Camillus Glass (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The letters of the British spy. (Fielding Lucas, Jr., 1831), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of Virginians distinguished in Virginia's history (W.E. Jones, 1880), by Robert Templeman Craighill (page images at HathiTrust)

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