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.

Cheeked

May 1913

THE

NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIUPARY

6090

Aster. Lencs and Tica

Foundations.

1855

NO. I.

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.

4. John Lewis and His Descendants,

24

5. Burnaby's Travels in Virginia, in 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

1757.

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

Clement Read, of Lunenburg, to Colonel John

Buchanan, of Augusta.

3. Melancholy.

51

60

61

76

80

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

5. A Ghost Story.

93

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

Mason, Esq.

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.

11t

13. Miscellany:-The Letter H.; a Riddle-Confor-

mity to the World-Stanzas: "I would not live

alway"-Lines to a Lady.

118

4. The Capture of the Redoubts before Yorktown, in
1781,

157

170

8. Mr. Mayer's Discourse,

9. Stanzas. By the Hon. St. George Tucker,

10. Various Intelligence:-Virginia Agricultural Sta-

tistics The Late Mr. Clay-The Day at Old

Point-Galt's Psyche The Late Sir Grey Skip-

with, Bart,

171

11. Miscellany:-A Charade-The Light from Within

-Good and Evil-Enough-A Loquacious Lady

-Advice-Little Things-Impromptu-Epigram, 178

NO. IV.

1. The Battle of Point Pleasant,-Col. Stuart's Ac-

count-The Original Report,

181

2. Captain Stobo,

194

3. An Old Song,

207

4. Original Letters-From General Washington to

229

230

231

232

6. The Oyster,

8. The British Bombs at York,

9. Janney's Life of William Penn,

10. Evidences of Christianity,

11 Poetry-Ruth to Naomi.

12. Various Intelligence :-Industrial Resources of

Virginia-Death of the Duke of Wellington-

The New Postage Law-The World at Rest-

Rothermel's Picture of Patrick Henry-Sully's

Portrait of Pocahontas,

13. Miscellany:-The Essence of Poetry-A Popular

Verse-The Praise of Darkness-On Sully's Por-

trait of Pocahontas.

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