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• 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)
• Travels of a Frenchman in Maryland and Virginia, with a description of Philadelphia and Baltimore, in 1791; or, Travels in the Interior of the United States, to Bath, Winchester, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, etc., etc., During the Summer of 1791 (Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros., 1950), by Ferdinand Bayard de La Vingtrie, ed. by Ben C. McCary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The History of Virginia, in Four Parts (second edition; London: Printed for B. and S. Tooke et al., 1722), by Robert Beverley
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• Nova Britannia: Offering Most Excellent Fruites By Planting In Virginia, Exciting All Such As Be Well Affected To Further The Same. London, Printed for S. Macham, 1609. (#6 of American Colonial Tracts reprints; Rochester, NY: G. P. Humphrey, 1897), by Robert Johnson
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• A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (Frankfort: imprinted by John Wechel, at Theodore de Bry, 1590), by Thomas Harriot (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, by Thomas Harriot, ed. by Paul Royster (PDF at unl.edu)
• A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (based on the 1590 edition, with modernized spelling), by Thomas Harriot (HTML at nps.gov)
• A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia, by Thomas Harriot
  • illustrated HTML and TEI with commentary at UNC
  • Gutenberg text
• Journal of an exploration in the spring of the year 1750 (Little, Brown, and company, 1888), by Thomas Walker and William Cabell Rives (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Virginia, in four parts. (J. W. Randolph, 1855), by Robert Beverley and Charles Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of my journey over the mountains (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), by George Washington and Joseph M. Toner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The present state of Virginia (Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865), by Hugh Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discoveries of John Lederer, in three several marches from Virginia to the west of Carolina, and other parts of the continent: begun in March, 1669, and ended in September, 1670, together with a general map of the whole territory which he traversed. (Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1891), by John Lederer and William Talbot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Christopher Gist's journals : with historical, geographical and ethnological notes and biographies of his contemporaries (J.R. Weldin & Co., 1893), by Christopher Gist and William M. Darlington (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the dividing line and other tracts (University of Chicago Library, 1866), by William Byrd and Thos. H. Wynne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia: more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued : viz. The fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31. to 37. degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the adventurers and planters. The 2d ed., with addition of the Discovery of silkworms, with their benefit. And implanting of mulberry trees. Also the dressing of vines, for the rich trade of making wines in Virginia. Together with the making of the saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia, for cutting of timber and clapbord to build withall, and its conversion to many as profitable uses (W.Q. Force, 1844), by Edward Williams and John Ferrar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Discoveries of John Lederer: In three several Marches from Virginia to the East of Carolina, and other parts of the Continent, by John Lederer, trans. by William Talbot (Gutenberg ebook)
• Journal of my journey over the mountains: while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8., by George Washington, ed. by Joseph M. Toner (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Virginia, in Four Parts, by Robert Beverley (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Present State of Virginia, by Hugh Jones (Gutenberg ebook)
• A briefe and true relation of the discouerie of the north part of Virginia being a most pleasant, fruitfull and commodious soile: made this present yeere 1602, by Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, Captaine Bartholowmew [sic] Gilbert, and diuers other gentlemen their associats, by the permission of the honourable knight, Sir Walter Ralegh, &c. Written by M. Iohn Brereton one of the voyage. Whereunto is annexed a treatise, of M. Edward Hayes, conteining important inducements for the planting in those parts, and finding a passage that way to the South sea, and China. (Londini : [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] impensis Geor. Bishop, 1602), by John Brereton and Edward Hayes (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning. an⁰: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England. (London : Printed by I[ohn] D[awson] and I[ohn] H[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, 1624), by John Smith and John Barra (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A map of Virginia VVith a description of the countrey, the commodities, people, government and religion. VVritten by Captaine Smith, sometimes governour of the countrey. Whereunto is annexed the proceedings of those colonies, since their first departure from England, with the discourses, orations, and relations of the salvages, and the accidents that befell them in all their iournies and discoveries. Taken faithfully as they were written out of the writings of Doctor Russell. Tho. Studley. Anas Todkill. Ieffra Abot. Richard Wiefin. Will. Phettiplace. Nathaniel Povvell. Richard Pots. And the relations of divers other diligent observers there present then, and now many of them in England. By VV.S. (At Oxford : Printed by Joseph Barnes, 1612), by John Smith, William Symonds, Thomas Abbay, and William Hole (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A declaration of the state of the colony and affaires in Virginia With a relation of the barbarous massacre in the time of peace and league, treacherously executed by the natiue infidels vpon the English, the 22 of March last. Together with the names of those that were then massacred; that their lawfull heyres, by this notice giuen, may take order for the inheriting of their lands and estates in Virginia. And a treatise annexed, written by that learned mathematician Mr. Henry Briggs, of the Northwest passage to the South Sea through the continent of Virginia, and by Fretum Hudson. Also a commemoration of such worthy benefactors as haue contributed their Christian charitie towards the aduancement of the colony. And a note of the charges of necessary prouisions fit for euery man that intends to goe to Virginia. Published by authoritie. (Imprinted at London : By G. Eld, for Robert Mylbourne, and are to be sold at his shop, at the great south doore of Pauls, 1622), by Edward Waterhouse, Henry Briggs, and without provisions necessary to sustaine themselves Virginia Company of London. Inconveniencies that have happened to some persons which have transported themselves from England to Virginia (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Good nevves from Virginia Sent to the Counsell and Company of Virginia, resident in England. From Alexander Whitaker, the minister of Henrico in Virginia. Wherein also is a narration of the present state of that countrey, and our colonies there. Perused and published by direction from that Counsell. And a preface prefixed of some matters touching that plantation, very requisite to be made knowne. (At London : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for William Welby, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Swanne, 1613), by Alexander Whitaker, William Crashaw, Virginia Company of London, and Counseil for Virginia (England and Wales) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Virgo triumphans, or, Virginia in generall, but the south part therof in particular including the fertile Carolana, and the no lesse excellent island of Roanoak, richly and experimentally valued : humbly presented as the auspice of a beginning yeare, to the Parliament of England, and councell of state / by Edward Williams, Gent. (London : Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Stephenson, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1650), by Edward Williams and John Ferrar (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Nevves from Virginia The lost flocke triumphant. With the happy arriuall of that famous and worthy knight Sr. Thomas Gates: and the well reputed & valiant captaine Mr. Christopher Newporte, and others, into England. With the maner of their distresse in the Iland of Deuils (otherwise called Bermoothawes) where they remayned 42. weekes, & builded two pynaces, in which they returned into Virginia. By R. Rich, Gent. one of the voyage. (London : Printed by Edw: Allde, and are to be solde by Iohn Wright at Christ-Church dore, 1610), by Richard Rich (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A perfect description of Virginia: being, a full and true relation of the present state of the plantation, their health, peace, and plenty: the number of people, with their abundance of cattell, fowl, fish, &c. with severall sorts of rich and good commodities, which may there be had, either naturally, or by art and labour. Which we are fain to procure from Spain, France, Denmark, Swedeland, Germany, Poland, yea, from the East-Indies. There having been nothing related of the true estate of this plantation these 25 years. Being sent from Virginia, at the request of a gentleman of worthy note, who desired to know the true state of Virginia as it now stands. Also, a narration of the countrey, within a few dayes journey of Virginia, west and by south, where people come to trade: being related to the governour, Sir William Berckley, who is to go himselfe to discover it with 30 horse, and 50 foot, and other things needfull for his enterprize. With the manner how the Emperor Nichotawance came to Sir William Berckley, attended with five petty Kings, to doe homage, and bring tribute to King Charles. With his solemne protestation, that the sun and moon should lose their lights before he (or his people in that country) should prove disloyall, but ever to keepe faith and allegiance to King Charles. (London : Prind [sic] for Richard Wodenoth, at the Star under Peters Church in Cornhill, 1649 [i.e. 1648]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Publick good without private interest, or, A compendious remonstrance of the present sad state and condition of the English colonie of Virginea [sic] with a modest declaration of the severall causes ... why it hath not prospered better hitherto ... / humbly presented to His Highness the Lord Protectour, by a person zealously devoted, to the more effectual propagating of the Gospel in that nation ... (London : Printed for Henry Marsh, and are to be sold at the Crown ..., 1657), by Lionel Gatford (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Travels of a Frenchman in Maryland and Virginia, with a description of Philadelphia and Baltimore, in 1791; or, Travels in the Interior of the United States, to Bath, Winchester, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, etc., etc., During the Summer of 1791 (Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros., 1950), by Ferdinand Bayard de La Vingtrie, ed. by Ben C. McCary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of my journey over the mountains (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1892), by George Washington and Joseph M. Toner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of my journey over the mountains: while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8., by George Washington, ed. by Joseph M. Toner (Gutenberg ebook)

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• On Horseback, by Charles Dudley Warner (Gutenberg text)
• Physical Survey of Virginia, by Matthew Fontaine Maury (page images at MOA)
• Travels in Virginia in Revolutionary Times (c1922), ed. by Alfred J. Morrison (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Virginia Tourist, by Edward A. Pollard (page images at MOA)
• Rambles in the Path of the Steam-Horse, by Eli Bowen (page images at MOA)
• The Tidewater Cities of Hampton Roads, Virginia: Your Host for 1907, by Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Virginia After the War: An Account of Three Years' Experience in Reorganizing the Methodist Episcopal Church in Virginia at the Close of the Civil War (Indianapolis: Baker-Randolph Litho. and Eng. Co., 1891), by S. L. M. Conser (at memory.loc.gov)
• Documents Connected With the History of South Carolina (London, 1856), ed. by Plowden C. J. Weston (multiple formats at Google)
• Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity, Including Portsmouth and the Adjacent Counties, During a Period of Two Hundred Years (Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1853), by William S. Forrest
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina (Boston: J. Norman, 1787), by Thomas Hutchins
  • PDF at ohiomemory.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • HTML at Evans TCP
• Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River and Kanawha Canal, by George William Bagby (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• Proceedings of the Convention of Southern Governors, Held in the City of Richmond, Virginia, on April 12th and 13th, 1893: With Papers Prepared by the Governors of Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina and Virginia, in Regard to the Physical Resources of Their Respective States (Richmond: C. N. Williams, 1893) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Scenes in My Native Land (Boston: J. Munroe and company, 1845), by L. H. Sigourney (illustrated HTML with commentary at merrycoz.org)
• Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville. (W. Bromwell and W. W. Smith;, 1855), by Eli Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Washington and the West; being George Washington's diary of September, 1784, kept during his journey into the Ohio basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great Lakes and the Potomac River (The Century co., 1905), by George Washington and Archer Butler Hulbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Convention of southern governors, held in the city of Richmond, Virginia, on April 12th and 13th, 1893. (C. N. Williams, printer., 1893), by Convention of southern governors (1893 : Richmond) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage dans l'intérieur des États-Unis, à Bath, Winchester, dans la vallée de Shenandoha [!] etc. etc. etc. pendant l'été de 1791. (Cocheris, 1797), by Ferdinand Bayard de La Vingtrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia in black and white. (Passenger Dept. Chesapeake & Ohio R'y, 1893), by Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peninsula pilgrimage (The press of Whittet & Shepperson, 1941), by Elizabeth Valentine Huntley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia beautiful (Pub. in coöperation with Old America company by the Garden City Publishing company, inc., 1935), by Wallace Nutting (page images at HathiTrust)
• The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles : with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning, anô: 1584. to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes (Printed by I. D. and I. H. for Michael Sparkes, 1966), by John Smith, Robert O. Dougan, and A. L. Rowse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters descriptive of the Virginia springs; the roads leading thereto, and the doings thereat. (H. S. Tanner, 1837), by Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia after the war. An account of three year's experience in reorganizing the Methodist Episcopal Church in Virginia at the close of the Civil War. (Baker-Randolph Litho. & Eng. Co., 1891), by S. L. M. Conser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Walter Raleigh and his colony in America (Boston : Published by the Prince Society, 1884., 1884), by Increase N. Tarbox, John White, Thomas Harriot, Ralph Lane, Richard Grenville, Arthur Barlowe, and Walter Raleigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Virginia homes and churches (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915), by Robert Alexander Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The end of an era (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1902), by John S. Wise (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the South, written during an excursion in the summer of 1816. (Published by James Eastburn & co., at the Literary rooms, Broadway, corner of Pine-street. Abraham Paul, printer, 1817), by James Kirke Paulding (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first explorations of the trans-Allegheny region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 (The A. H. Clark company, 1912), by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Lee Bidgood (page images at HathiTrust)
• On horseback : A tour in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. With notes of travel in Mexico and California (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888), by Charles Dudley Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia tradition. (Public Affairs Press, 1956), by Marshall William Fishwick (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 : illustrated by over 100 engravings, giving views of the principal towns, seats of eminent men, public buildings, relics of antiquity, historic localities, natural scenery, etc., etc. (Babcock & Co., 1845), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse and view of Virginia ([s.n.], 1663), by William Berkeley and Thomas R. Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr" (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901), by William Byrd, John Spencer Bassett, and De Vinne Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Frenchman in Virginia; being the memoirs of a Huguenot refugee in 1686 (Priv. Print., 1923), by of Dauphiné Durand and Fairfax Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the first English plantation of Virginia (B. Quaritch, 1893), by Thomas Harriot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer isles together with The true travels, adventures and observations, and A sea grammar (J. MacLehose, 1907), by John Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The western country in 1793; reports on Kentucky and Virginia. (San Marino, Calif., 1948), by Harry Toulmin, Godfrey Davies, Marion Tinling, and Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper & brothers, 1841), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia. (Division of purchase and printing, 1931), by Virginia. Department of Agriculture and Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia at mid-century (H. Holt, 1955), by Jean Gottmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Chesapeake Bay country (Thomsen-Ellis company, 1924), by Swepson Earle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia tourist. Sketches of the springs and mountains of Virginia: containing an eexposition of fields for the tourist in Virginia natural beauties and wonders of the state; also accounts of its mineral springs: and a medical guide to the use of the waters. etc., etc. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1870), by Edward A. Pollard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia: of the commodities, and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. (Photolithographed for the Holbein society by A. Brothers, 1888), by Thomas Harriot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first explorations of the trans-Allegheny region by the Virginians, 1650-1674 (A.H. Clark, 1963), by Clarence Walworth Alvord and Lee Bidgood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discovery of New Britain, London, 1651. (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, 1954), by Edward Bland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discoveries of John Lederer : in three several marches from Virginia, to the west of Carolina, and other parts of the continent : begun in March 1669, and ended in September 1670. Together with a general map of the whole territory which he traversed. (Reprinted for G.P. Humphrey, 1902), by John Lederer and William Talbot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the state of Virginia (H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1825), by Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia (Macmillan, 1902), by J. A. C. Chandler and William Linwood Foushee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The present state of Virginia : giving a particulor and short account. (Joseph Sabin, 1865), by Hugh Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of one hundred and thirty-three historic Virginia landmarks from Cape Henry to Richmond (Garrett & Massie, 1929), by James Luther Kibler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper, 1836), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Chesapeake bay country (Thomsen-Ellis company, 1923), by Swepson Earle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia (The History Book Club, 1951), by Thomas Harriot (page images at HathiTrust)
• We discover the Old Dominion (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916), by Louise Closser Hale and Walter Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of southern scenes. (J. W. Pratt & son, 1885), by Louise Smith Squier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The central traveller; or, Tourist's guide through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and parts of New York. Containing accounts of their early settlement, natural features, progress of improvement, form of government, civil divisions, and internal improvements. (T.R. Tanner, 1844), by Henry Schenck Tanner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1903), by Thomas Hariot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway (Printed by G. H. Ramey & Son, 1902), by William H. Snowden (page images at HathiTrust)
• With the border ruffians : memories of the Far West, 1852-1868 (E.P. Dutton, 1907), by R. H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia (Clements Library Associates, 1951), by Thomas Hariot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westover manuscripts: containing the history of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A progress to the mines. (Printed by E. and J.C. Ruffin, 1841), by William Byrd and Edmund Ruffin (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 ... (W. R. Babcock, 1852), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. : together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. (University Microfilms, 1974), by John Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mount Rogers scenic byway : Jefferson National Forest, Virginia. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service Southern Region, 1990), by United States. Forest Service. Southern Region (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)
• On the war path; a journey over the historic grounds of the late Civil War (Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1890), by J. O. Kerbey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir of the pilgrimage to Virginia of the Knights templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, May, 1859. (A. Williams and company, 1859), by Mass.) Knights Templar (Masonic order). De Molay commandery (Boston and Edwin Curtis Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Virginia homes and churches (Lippincott, 1915), by Robert A. Lancaster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia, a hand-book : giving its history, climate, and mineral wealth, its educational, agricultural, and industrial advantages (Everett Waddey Co., 1893), by Thomas Whitehead, Virginia. Board of Agriculture, and Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia; information for the homeseeker and investor. (J. B. Bell Company, inc., 1906), by Virginia. Dept. of Argiculture and Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia. (D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1928), by Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia. (Division of purchase and printing, 1937), by Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration and Charlotte Allen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Westover manuscripts, containing the History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A progress to the mines. (Printed by E. and J. C. Ruffin, 1841), by William Byrd and Edmund Ruffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical and descriptive sketches of Norfolk and vicinity : including Portsmouth and the adjacent counties, during a period of two hundred years ; also sketches of Williamsburg, Hampton, Suffolk, Smithfield, and other places, with descriptions of some of the principal objects of interest in eastern Virginia (Lindsay and Blakiston, 1853), by William S. Forrest (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical survey of Virginia : her geographical position; its commercial advantages and national importance. Preliminary report (W.A.R. Nye, Book and Job Printer, Whig Building, 1868), by Matthew Fontaine Maury (page images at HathiTrust)
• With the border ruffians; memories of the far West, 1852-1868 (John Murray, 1907), by R. H. Williams and E. W. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new Virginians (Blackwood, 1880), by Mary Allan-Olney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the state of Virginia. (Wells and Lilly, 1829), by Thomas Jefferson and James Logan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Comprehensive description of Virginia and the District of Columbia : containing a copious collection of geographical, statistical, political, commercial, religious, moral, and miscellaneous information, chiefly from original sources (J. W. Randolph, 1830), by Joseph Martin and William Henry Brockenbrough (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia tourist. Sketches of the springs and mountains of Virginia: containing an eexposition of fields for the touist la Virginia; natural beauties and wonders of the state; also accounts of its mineral springs: and a medical guide to the use of the waters. etc., etc. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1870), by Edward A. Pollard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the Alleghany Mountains (Geo. Putnam, 1849), by Charles Lanman (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)
• The letters of the British spy. (Sharpe and Hailes, 1812), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley : an inquiry into the causes of the rapid growth and wonderful development of southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley, with a history of the Norfolk and western and Shenandoah Valley railroads ... (Hill Pub. Co., 1891), by Thomas Bruce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in Virginia in revolutionary times (J. P. Bell company, inc., 1922), by Alfred J. Morrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rambles in the path of the steam-horse : an off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville (Wm. Bromwell and Wm. W. Smith, 1855), by Eli Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper, 1859), by William Wirt (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)
• My ride to the barbecue; or, Revolutionary reminiscences of the Old Dominion. (S. A. Rollo, 1860) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27, Anno Dom. 1650. (Reprinted by J. Sabin and sons, 1873), by Edward Bland, Elias Pennant, Sackford Brewster, and Abraham Woode (page images at HathiTrust)
• The end of an era (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1902), by John Sergeant Wise (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Washington and Ohio Railroad. A glance at the country through which it passes, between Washington, D. C., and the Ohio River, a distance of 325 miles. (Collins, Printer, 1873), by Washington and Ohio Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highways & byways of the Virginia peninsula; a book of information, designed as a handbook for the use of tourists and all others interested in the history, soil and topography of the penisula[!] (The author, 1907), by E Beale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginias, past and present. (Poole bros.], 1900), by Chesapeake and Ohio railway company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead; with a sketch of his life (A.H. Caughey, 1882), by Isaac Moorhead and Andrew H. Caughey (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 ... (Babcock & co., 1846), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• ...Guide to Baltimore & Ohio railroad. ([Baltimore, 1873), by John T. King (page images at HathiTrust)
• On to Richmond! (J. L. Murphy, printer, 1881), by no. 23 Grand army of the republic. Dept. of New Jersey. Aaron Wilkes post and Bishop W. Mains (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tourists' guide for pleasure trips to the summer resorts, sea bathing and watering places convenient to Baltimore and its vicinity. (Hagadorn Bros., 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia tourist. (Gatling Print. Co., 1892), by William Rowe Boutwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Excursion guide of the Virginia midland railway ... (The Aldine press, 1882), by Virginia midland railway (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Virginia tourist. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1870), by Edward Alfred Pollard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to the Virginia springs: giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs, and also of the natural curiosities of the state. (R. Cowan;, 1851), by J. J. Moorman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia: a brief memoir for the information of Europeans desirous of emigrating to the New World (W. A. R. Nye, book and job printer, 1868), by Virginia. Office of the European Agent of Immigration and Gaspar Tochman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia; its climate, soil, productions, manufacturing industries, and mineral wealth. (Press of Record printing house, 1890), by M. B. Hillyard and Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westover manuscripts: containing the history of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A progress to the mines. (Printed by E. and J.C. Ruffin, 1841), by William Byrd and Edmund Ruffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters descriptive of the Virginia springs (H. S. Tanner, 1837), by Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical survey of Virginia. Her resources, climate and productions. (N. V. Randolph, 1878), by Matthew Fontaine Maury, Richard L. Maury, and Virginia. Dept. of Immigration (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)
• Old Dominion line. ([New York?], 1902), by Old Dominion steamship company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to the Potomac river, Chesapeake bay and James river, and an ocean voyage to northern ports. A series of interesting and instructive excursions by water from Washington. (By the Compiler, 1881), by De B. Randolph Keim (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of rambles at the South. (Carlton & Phillips, 1854), by father William (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geography of Virginia. (B. F. Johnson Pub. Co., 1894), by Julia Ryon Henning (page images at HathiTrust)
• To the Shenandoah and beyond: the chronicle of a leisurely journey through the uplands of Virginia and Tennessee, sketching their scenery (Leve & Alden printing company, 1885), by Ernest Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the state of Virginia. (Lilly and Wait, 1832), by Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters descriptive of the Virginia springs; the roads leading thereto, and the doings thereat. (H.S. Tanner, 1835), by Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)
• Rambles about the country (Harper & brothers, 1854), by E. F. Ellet (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hand-book of Virginia. (R.F. Walker, superintendent public printing, 1881), by Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Thomas Pollard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hand book of Virginia. (D. Bottom, Superintendent of Public Print., 1913), by Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration and George W. Koiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels of Captaine John Smith (J. MacLehose ;, 1907), by John Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of Virginia : its scituation, temperature, productions, inhabitants and their manner of planting and ordering tobacco &c. (Reprinted from the Philosophical transactions of the^^^^ Royal society, June 20, 1676, by H. Hard, printer to the University, and sold^^^by B. H. Hart, printer to the University and sold by B. H. Blackwell, 1904), by Thomas Glover and Royal Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse and view of Virginia. (Yale University Library, 1914), by William Berkeley and Tom Stewart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Christopher Gist's journals : with historical, geographical and ethnological notes and biographies of his contemporaries (J.R. Weldin & Co., 1893), by Christopher Gist and William M. Darlington (page images at HathiTrust)
• A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, Sir Walter Raleigh's colony of MDLXXXV. (Privately print, 1900), by Thomas Harriot and Henry Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical collections of Virginia (W. R. Babcock, 1852), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Washington and the West; being George Washington's diary of September, 1784 (Cleveland, 1911), by George Washington and Archer Butler Hulbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nova Britannia. ([s.n.], 1969), by Robert Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Route, resorts, and resources of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, of Virginia and West Virginia. (Baughman Bros., Book and Job Printers, 1879), by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A journey to the land of Eden, Anno 1773 [i.e. 1733] (s.n., 1876), by William Byrd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the state of Virginia (J.W. Randolph, 1853), by Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the South (Harper, 1835), by James Kirke Paulding and Emily Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laurie Todd's Notes on Virginia: with a chapter on Puritans, witches, and Friends. (Printed and published for the author, by D. Fanshaw, 1848), by Grant Thorburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canal reminiscences: recollections of travel in the old days on the James River & Kanawha Canal. (West, Johnston & Co., 1879), by George William Bagby (page images at HathiTrust)
• With the border ruffians : memories of the Far West, 1852-1868 (Musson Book Co., 1919), by R. H. Williams and E. W. Williams (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)
• A discourse and view of Virginia (W.H. Smith, 1914), by William Berkeley and Tom Stewart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia: the Old Dominion, as seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time. (Boston, 1921), by Frank Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ : nvper admodvm ab Anglis, qvi à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D. LXXXV. dedvcti svnt inventæ, svmtus faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinarṽ stanni præfecto ex avctoritate serenissimæ reginæ Angliæ (Typis Ioannis Wecheli, svmtibvs vero Theodori de Bry, ;, 1590), by Thomas Harriot, Carolus Clusius, John White, and Theodor de Bry (page images at HathiTrust)
• With the border ruffians memories of the far West, 1852-1868 (Musson, 1910), by R. H. Williams and E. W. Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway (Printed by G. H. Ramey & Son, 1902), by W. H. Snowden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geography of Virginia ([New York?, 1907), by George Thomas Surface (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. (W. R. Babcock, 1849), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• The letters of the British spy. (Harper & brothers, 1875), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Perfect description of Virginia being, a full and true relation of the present state of the plantation, their health, peace, and plenty ... Being sent from Virginia, at the request of a gentleman of worthy note, who desired to know the true state of Virginia as it now stands. Also, a narration of the countrey, within a few days journey of Virginia, west and by south ... being related to the governeur, Sir William Berckley ... With the manner how the Emperor Nichotawance came to Sir William Berckley, atteneded with five petty kings, to doe homage, and bring tribute to King Charles ... (P. Force, 1837) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical survey of Virginia. Her geographical position; its commercial advantages and national importance. (D. Van Mostrand, 1869), by Matthew Fontaine Maury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Washington and the West; being George Washington's diary of September, 1784, kept during his journey into the Ohio basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great Lakes and the Potomac River (The Century co.], 1911), by George Washington and Archer Butler Hulbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The occasional writings of Isaac Moorhead (A. H. Caughey, 1882), by Isaac Moorhead and Andrew Harvey Caughey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The travels of Ego and Alter, an epistolary narrative of a tramp through the Old Dominion. (West, Johnson & Co., 1879), by Peyton Harrison Hoge and Howard Randolph Bayne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater. (Hastings House, 1954), by A. Aubrey Bodine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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. (W. R. Babcock, 1847), by Henry Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Virginia ; its agricultural and industrial resources. (Department of Agriculture and Immigration, 1914), by George W. Koiner and Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Chesapeake bay country (Thomsen-Ellis Co., 1934), by Swepson Earle (page images at HathiTrust)
• On horseback : a tour in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee with notes of travel in Mexico and California (Houghton, Mifflin, 1899), by Charles Dudley Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of Virginia (Richmond., in the 19th century), by Virginia. Department of Agriculture and Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Viginia. (Division of purchase and printing, 1937), by Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration and Charlotte Allen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Norfolk and Western guide: Virginia, the land of sunshine (Roanoke, Va., 1909), by Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Agricultural and Industrial Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the South : Written during an excursion in the summer of 1816 (Published by James Eastburn & co., at the Literary rooms, Broadway, corner of Pine-street. Abraham Paul, printer, 1817), by James Kirke Paulding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Virginia : a volume of estates reminiscent of old and historic Virginia in photographs, combined with other pertinent and useful information for those who love the Old Dominion and its environs. (Dietz Press, 1949), by Va.) Roy Wheeler Realty Company (Charlottesville (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Chesapeake Bay country (Thomsen-Ellis company, 1929), by Swepson Earle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chesapeake pilot : Baltimore--Old Point Comfort--Norfolk, Baltimore--Richmond : steamships de luxe. (Chesapeake Steamship Co., 1925), by Chesapeake Steamship Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Miscellaneous document. (Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, 1924), by Virginia State Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Explorers in the wilderness. ([Richmond, 1941), by Virginia Writers' Project and Anne Heaton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiae (Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, svmtibus vero Theodori de Bry, venales reperiuntur in officina Sigismundi Feirabendii, 1590., 1590), by Thomas Harriot, Johann Wechel, Theodor de Bry, John White, and Carolus Clusius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical survey of Virginia. Geographical position of its commercial advantages and national importance. (W.A.R. Nye, printer, 1868), by Matthew Fontaine Maury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chesapeake Line, York River Line : text : Baltimore, Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Baltimore, Westpoint, Richmond : steamships de luxe. ([Chesapeake Steamship Co.], 1914), by Chesapeake Steamship Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industrial Virginia: a brief industrial sketch and fact sheet. (Richmond, 1930), by Elmer Otterbein Fippin and Virginia Conservation Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The letters of the British spy. (Fielding Lucas, Jr., 1831), by William Wirt (page images at HathiTrust)
• C. and D. booklet. (Virginia Commission on Conservation and Development, 1928), by Virginia Conservation Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Facsimile reprint of Hariot's Virginia (Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1903), by Thomas Harriot and Luther S. Livingston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The foreshore of old Virginia. ([Printed by E.L. Graves], 1931), by Ernest M. Eller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jefferson's notes, on the state of Virginia : with the appendixes - complete : to which is subjoined, A sublime and argumentative dissertation, on Mr. Jefferson's religious principles. (Baltimore : W. Pechin, 1800., 1800), by Thomas Jefferson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in Virginia in Revolutionary Times, ed. by Alfred J. Morrison (Gutenberg ebook)
• Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River & Kanawha Canal, by George William Bagby (Gutenberg ebook)
• Letters from the Alleghany Mountains, by Charles Lanman (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Guide to the Virginia Springs: Giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs and also of the natural curiosities of the state, by J. J. Moorman (Gutenberg ebook)
• Virginia, more especially the south part thereof, richly and truly valued viz. the fertile Carolana, and no lesse excellent Isle of Roanoak, of latitude from 31 to 37 degr. relating the meanes of raysing infinite profits to the adventurers and planters. (London : Printed by T.H. for John Stephenson ..., 1650), by Edward Williams, John Ferrar, and John Goddard (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Nova Britannia offering most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia : exciting all such as be well affected to further the same. (London : Printed for Samuel Macham, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls church-yard, at the signe of the bul-head, 1609), by Robert Johnson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The discovery of Nevv Brittaine began August 27, Anno Dom. 1650 / by Edward Bland, merchant, Abraham Woode, captaine, Sackford Brewster, Elias Pennant, gentlemen from Fort Henry, at the head of Appamattuck River in Virginia, to the fals of Blandina, first river in New Brittaine, which runneth west, being 120. mile south-west, between 35. & 37. degrees (a pleasant country) of temperate ayre and fertile soyle. (London : Printed by Thomas Harper for John Stephenson ..., 1651), by Edward Bland, Abraham Woode, Sackford Brewster, and Elias Pennant (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view, to be considered by all iudicious and honest men under which title is comprehended the degrees from 34 to 39, wherein lyes the rich and healthfull countries of Roanock, the now plantations of Virginia and Mary-land ... / by William Bullock, Gent. (London : Printed by John Hammond ..., 1649), by William Bullock (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A true and faithful account of the four chiefest plantations of the English in America to wit, of Virginia, New-England, Bermudus, Barbados : with the temperature of the air, the nature of the soil, the rivers, mountains, beasts, fowls, birds, fishes, trees, plants, fruits, &c. : as also, of the natives of Virginia, and New-England, their religion, customs, fishing, hunting, &c. / collected by Samuel Clarke ... (London : Printed for Robert Clavel, Thomas Passenger, William Cadman, William Whitwood, Thomas Sawbridge, and William Birch, 1670), by Samuel Clarke (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The discoveries of John Lederer in three several marches from Virginia to the west of Carolina and other parts of the continent begun in March, 1669 and ended in September, 1670 : together with a general map of the whole territory which he traversed / collected and translated out of Latine from his discourse and writings, by Sir William Talbot, Baronet. (London : Printed by J.C. for Samuel Heyrick ..., 1672), by John Lederer and William Talbot (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A true relation of Virginia and Mary-land with the commodities therein, which in part the author saw, the rest he had from knowing and credible persons in the moneths of February, March, April and May / by Nathaniel Shrigley. (London : Printed by Tho. Milbourn for Thomas Hodson ..., [1669]), by Nathaniel Shrigley (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)

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