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VIRGINIA Continued. 



State claims [for] Northwest Territory, address by William E. Chilton in 

 Senate, Apr. 10, 1912, and address of Claude A. Swanson on Virginia day 

 delivered tit Jamestown Exposition, June 12, 1907. 30 pages. (62d Cong. 

 2d sess., S. Doc. No. 948.) Paper, 5c. 



At the time of the founding of the Federal Government Virginia handed over 

 her claims to large tracts of country west of the mountains, including parts of 

 Ohio, Kentucky and other States. Mr. Chilton claims that Virginia did so with 

 the understanding that she would share with the Federal Union any money ob- 

 tained through the sale of land, and so far she has never received her share. 



See also Archives, 4th report Civil War Federal Convention Historical 

 societies, 3d report Pierpont, Francis H. Reconstruction Slavery. 



VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON. 



Comparison of Virginia Company with other English trading companies of 

 16th and 17th centuries [with list of trading companies chartered in 16th 

 and 17th centuries] ; by S. M. Kingsbury. (In American Historical Asso- 

 ciation Report, 1906, vol. 1, pages 159 to 176.) Paper, 60c; cloth, 75c. 



SI 4.1 : 906 1 



London Company records; by L. G. Tyler. (In American Historical Asso- 

 ciation Report, 1901, vol. 1, pages 543 to 550.) Cloth, 50c. SI 4.1 : 901 1 



Records of Virginia Company of London, Court book, from manuscript in 

 Library of Congress ; edited, with introduction and bibliography, by S. M. 

 Kingsbury. 1906. 2 vols., 631+611 pages, 4 Cloth, the set, $4.00. 



LC 1.11 : 1, 2 



One of the very earliest authentic records of the English settlement in America. 

 The period covered is the six years, 1619-1624. The history and business affairs 

 of the Virginia plantations and the doings of Capt. Argoll, are all given in this 

 literal reprint, for which special type was ordered, and for which a special quality 

 of rag paper was used. Facsimiles of the difficult handwritings of the original 

 are given. 



WAGER, CHARLES. See Vernon, Edward. 



WALLACE, LEW, Proceedings upon acceptance from Indiana of statue of. 

 1910. 109 pages, illus., large 8 Cloth, 50c. Y 7.2 : W 15 



Soldier in Mexican and Civil Wars, author of Ben Hur, Governor of New Mexico, 

 and diplomat in Turkey, the volume describes him in each character. 



WAR OF 1812. 



All the acts of Congress relating to the carrying on of the War of 1812, 

 as well as the thanks of Congress to the heroes, are found in Laws of 

 United States, vol. 4, Bioren edition. Sheep, $1.40. S 7.8 : 4 



Commemoration of Battle of Plattsburgh, report to accompany S. 3662. 

 1914. 26 pages. (63d Cong. 2d sess. S. Rept. 471.) Paper, 5c. 



A history of the battle prepared in view of the centennial celebration of the 

 last naval engagement between English-speaking peoples, Sept. 11, 1814. 



Insurgents of 1811; by D. R. Anderson. (In American Historical Associa- 

 tion Report, 1911, vol. 1, pages 165 to 176. ) Cloth, 75c. SI 4.1 : 911 1 

 The insurgents were those in favor of war with Great Britain. 



Lake Erie. One hundredth anniversary of Battle of Lake Erie. Address 

 on War of 1812, by S. D. Fess at Freemont, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1913. (In 

 Congressional Record of Sept. 10, 1913, vol. 50, no. 110, pages 5082 to 

 5085.) Paper, 9c. 



An eloquent address on American wars delivered on the site of old Fort 

 Stephenson. 



Perry's Flagship Niagara. Address on Perry's Victory centennial celebra- 

 tion, delivered at Erie, Pa., June 7, 1913, by Milton W. Shreve, on occa- 

 sion of 2d launching of Perry's flagship. (In Congressional Record of 

 July 2, 1913, vol. 50, no. 54, pages 2615 to 2617.) Paper, 4c. 



Refers to Perry's life, his fleet, his victory and the memorial at Sandusky ; 

 Capt. Dobbins, and a sketch of each of the commissioners of the Treaty of Ghent. 



Perry's Victory centennial. Speech of I. R. Sherwood of Ohio in House, 

 Mar. 2, 1911. (In Congressional Record of Mar. 3, vol. 46, no. 70, pages 

 4173 to 4175.) Paper, 24c. 



Gen. Sherwood describes the battle of Sept. 10, 1813, from a military and 

 historic standpoint, and Put-in-Bay from a tourist's standpoint. 



