THE

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER,

AND

LITERARY COMPANION.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM MAXWELL.

VOL. V.

FOR THE YEAR 1852.

RICHMOND:
PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,
BY MACFARLANE & FERGUSSON.

1852.

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Gray Furnel-

CONTENTS OF VOLUME V.

NO. I.

4. John Lewis and His Descendants,

1. Royal Infractions of the Chartered Limits of Va.

2. An Excursion into the Territory afterwards called

North Carolina, in 1654.

3. The Shawnee Expedition in 1756.

1

17

20

24

5. Burnaby's Travels in Virginia, în 1759.

27

6. A Loyal Parson.

38

7. The Late Doctor Alexander.

39

8. A Reminiscence of the Late Dr. Alexander,

43

9. Virginians in Georgia,

46

10. Thoughts on Old Age,

49

50

11. The Shadows of the Past,

12. Various Intelligence :-The Virginia Historical

Society-The Coup D'Etat-Kossuth-The Gen-

eral Assembly-Oil Well and Oil Spring-Wind

and Current Charts.

13. Scrapiana :-Pride-Moderation.

NO. II.

1. The Expedition Against the Shawnee Indians in
17576.

2. Colonel Read's Letters.-Two Letters from Col.

Clement Read, of Lunenburg, to Colonel John

Buchanan, of Augusta.

3. Melancholy.

4. Burnaby's Travels in Virginia, in 1759. (Continued.) 81

5. A Ghost Story.

93

7. The Late Commodore Warrington.

6. Original Letter: From Gen. Washington to Geo.

Mason, Esq.

96

100

8. Old English Playwrights.

103

9. The Frejudice against Knowledge Derived from

Books.

105

107

10. Mr. Washington's Discourse.

11. Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution. 110

12. Various Intelligence:-Gold Mines in Virginia-

The Medical College-Thomas Moore-The Athe-

næum-The Writings of Washington-Wine-.

Making at Cette-London and New York.

111