Henry Read McIlwaine
Published: 2016-12-21
Total Pages: 610
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Excerpt from 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 A few notes then follow from what Mr. Robinfon calls General Court Orders N o. 2 (fee middle Of page The book probably began in january, 1642 (new ftyle). Other notes made from it are printed on pages 498-503, the laft being dated in 1646. The next order book from which Mr. Robin/on made notes was one covering the period from 1654 to 1659 - to which he gives no number, calling it merely General Court Orders, etc., 1654 to His notes are printed in this book on pages 503-506. Whether the order books for the period between 1646 and 16 54 were in exiftence when M'. Robin/on was at work, there is now no means Of knowing, but the probability is that they had been loft or deftroyed. The book defcribed by M. Robin/on as General Court Book no. 2, 1660 to notes from which are printed on pages 507 and 508, muft alfo have been an order book, for the laft entry made by Mr. Robin fon in reference to it (bottom Of page 508) is, Laft order in this book 5th Oc'tober, 1664. Adjournment then to 2oth Of November. It was probably marked no. 2 by a clerk in the Office when the other no. 2 referred to above was hopeleffly out Of place, as were other books in the feries Of order books, only to come to light again later. This book Mr. Robinfon made notes from at two different periods, as a comparifon Of pages 492 and 493 and pages 507-508 Of this volume will fhow. M'. Robin/on's notes from General Court Judgments and Orders, 1664 to are printed from bottom Of page 508 through firft part Of page 511 and concluded on page 513. His notes from General Court Judgments and Orders, 1670-1677 appear on pages 516-518. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
