This document is a charge against Jamie, an African American slave belonging to John Jones. Jamie was accused of having stolen two shirts of a checkered material from Elizabeth Hardie. The attorney, William Young, dated the document using the regnal year, or by the year of the present monarch's reign. In this case, the event happened in the first full year of George III's reign. King George III… cont'd »
Governor Robert McDonnell's executive order on January 16, 2010, created the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, which he charged with streamlining state government and making it more efficient. Previous Virginia governors have also explored government effectiveness and efficiency. In the late 1920s Governor Harry F. Byrd Sr. carried out changes that set the state's modern templa… more »
The Watkins family papers, ca. 1910-2000, include certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, programs and yearbooks, documenting a prominent African American family in New Kent County, Virginia. While the bulk of the collection consists of Jones and Watkins family photographs from Richmond and New Kent County, the collection is significant due to the connection of the George W. …more »