Project Gutenberg 2009-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 98 Jones, Hugh 1669 1760 rc01002788 The Present State of Virginia Reading ease score: 42.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Julia Miller, Asad Razzaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Present State of Virginia" by Hugh Jones is a historical account written in the early 18th century. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the inhabitants of Virginia, including the indigenous peoples, Europeans, and enslaved Africans, detailing their religions, customs, governance, economy, and way of life, along with geographical descriptions of the colony. Additionally, it includes propositions aimed at enhancing learning, trade, and advancements in various fields within the region. The opening of the text introduces the author's motivation for writing—addressing the lack of accurate information about Virginia among people in England and the potential for improvement within the colony. It outlines the significant changes that have occurred under notable governors, particularly Colonel Spotswood, highlighting the advancements in trade, arts, and sciences. Jones aims to reflect a more factual portrayal of Virginia, countering misconceptions and advocating for its prosperity while setting the context for the detailed examination of the state's inhabitants and their circumstances that follows in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of North America -- Virginia -- Early works to 1800 Slavery -- Virginia -- Early works to 1800 African Americans -- Virginia -- Early works to 1800 Virginia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 F206 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 338857 338332 2024-10-12T12:56:08.197028 2023-09-13T04:26:07.169840 text/html text/html 334817 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 750409 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 827960 2024-10-12T12:56:19.731016 application/epub+zip 829822 2024-10-12T12:56:12.704030 application/epub+zip 190028 2024-10-12T12:56:10.564015 application/epub+zip 1114003 2024-10-12T12:56:24.288955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1060850 2024-10-12T12:56:18.028999 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317986 2022-09-13T12:51:37.180435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287042 286818 2024-10-12T12:56:06.802066 2023-09-13T04:26:06.056843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 286824 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105558 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 286824 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105536 2021-01-05T04:41:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22194 2024-10-12T12:56:24.749940 application/rdf+xml 15352 2024-10-12T12:56:11.169023 image/jpeg 3782 2024-10-12T12:56:10.882058 image/jpeg 819936 2024-10-12T12:56:08.301054 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog