colonial records of Virginia

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archival resource historical document collection primary source material

The colonial records of Virginia are historical documents that detail the governance, legal proceedings, and significant events of the Virginia colony, including uprisings such as Bacon's Rebellion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Virginia Company records 1
Virginia colonial records 1
colonial records of Virginia canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archival resource ⓘ
historical document collection ⓘ
primary source material ⓘ
archivedAt Virginia State Archives ⓘ
surface form: Library of Virginia

Virginia State Archives ⓘ
various historical societies in Virginia ⓘ
country Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
coversEvent Powhatan Wars ⓘ
surface form: Anglo–Powhatan conflicts

Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
establishment of the House of Burgesses ⓘ
expansion of English settlement in Virginia ⓘ
documentType correspondence ⓘ
court records ⓘ
governor's proclamations ⓘ
land patents ⓘ
legislative acts ⓘ
minutes of council meetings ⓘ
petitions ⓘ
jurisdiction British Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Virginia ⓘ
region Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
subject Bacon's Rebellion ⓘ
House of Burgesses ⓘ
Native American relations ⓘ
church establishment ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
colonial economy ⓘ
colonial governance ⓘ
colonial legislation ⓘ
governor's council ⓘ
indentured servitude ⓘ
land grants ⓘ
legal proceedings ⓘ
local courts ⓘ
militia organization ⓘ
property disputes ⓘ
slavery regulation ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
tobacco trade ⓘ
trade regulation ⓘ
uprisings and rebellions ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
usedFor genealogical research ⓘ
historical research ⓘ
legal history research ⓘ
study of colonial administration ⓘ

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Subject: colonial records of Virginia
Description of subject: The colonial records of Virginia are historical documents that detail the governance, legal proceedings, and significant events of the Virginia colony, including uprisings such as Bacon's Rebellion.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bacon's Rebellion → isDocumentedIn → colonial records of Virginia ⓘ
Starving Time (1609–1610) → describedIn → colonial records of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia Company records
Burwell family of Virginia → documentedIn → colonial records of Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colonial records