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Virginia Colonial Records Project

Over 14,000 survey reports that describe documents held by overseas libraries and archives that relate to Virginia colonial history

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Andrews, Charles McLean. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, In the Public Record Office of Great Britain. 2 vols. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington,1912–1914.

Andrews, Charles McLean, and Frances G. Davenport, comps. Guide to the Manuscript Materials for the History of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in Minor London Archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington,1908.

Bell, Herbert C. and David W. Parker, et al. Guide to British West Indian Archive Materials, in London and in the Islands, for the History of the United States. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1926.

Crick, Bernard R. and Miriam Alman, eds. A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to America in Great Britain and Ireland. London: Oxford University Press, 1961. CD1048.U5 C9

"Guide to the Items Relating to American History in the Reports of the English Historical Manuscripts Commission and Their Appendixes," Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1898. Washington, DC, U.S. GPO, 1899.

Lester, Robert, comp., and Randolph Boehm, ed. A Guide to British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files: Part 5: The American Revolution, 1772–1784. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1984. JV1016.G75

“List of Commissions, Instructions, and Additional Instructions Issued to the Royal Governors and Others in America." Vol.1 of Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1911. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1913.

"List of Reports and Representations of the Plantation Councils, 1660-1674, the Lords of Trade, 1675–1696, and the Board of Trade, 1696–1782, in the Public Record Office." Vol. 1 of Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1913. Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, 1915.

"List of the Journals and Acts of the Councils and Assemblies of the Thirteen Original Colonies, and the Floridas, in America, Preserved in the Public Record Office." Vol. 1 of Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1908. Washington, DC, U.S. GPO, 1909.

Neville, John Davenport, comp. Bacon's Rebellion: Abstracts of Materials in the Colonial Records Project. Jamestown, VA: Jamestown Foundation, 1976. F229.N52

Raimo, John W., and Bernard R. Crick, eds. A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to America in Great Britain and Ireland: A Revision of the "Guide" Edited in 1961 by B. R. Crick and Miriam Alman. Westport, CT: Meckler Books,1979. CD1048.U5 C9 1979

Reese, George H., comp. The Cornwallis Papers: Abstracts of Americana. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia,1970. Z6616.C82 R42

Reese, George H., William Neville, and William Van Schreeven. The British Public Record Office: History, Description, Record Groups, Finding Aids, and Materials for American History, With Special Reference to Virginia. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1960. Z881.V81 P8 no.12

Sainsbury, W. Noel, and J. Fortescue, et al., eds. Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies. London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1860–. E187.G7

Walne, Peter, and George H. Reese. English Wills: Probate Records in England and Wales With a Brief Note on Scottish and Irish Wills. 2d. ed. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1981. KD1509.W35 1981