According to the Virginia Public Access Project, twenty-eight members of the Virginia General Assembly (10 Senators and 18 Delegates) have announced they will not seek…
Roger ChristmanApril 12, 2023
In June 1919 Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing women’s right to vote (with only one vote in favor…
Mari JulienneSeptember 4, 2019
The first meeting of the General Assembly of Virginia took place at the church building in Jamestown on 30 July 1619. The session lasted for…
Brent TarterJuly 30, 2019
During the night of 23 April 1829, six African American men made a daring escape from the Norfolk County jail. One of them was William…
Brent TarterMarch 6, 2019
In this age of no-fault divorce, it is hard to imagine that from 1776 to 1826 the only means of divorce in Virginia was by…
Bill BynumAugust 29, 2018
With the Virginia House of Delegates almost evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats when it convenes on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, Out of the Box…
Roger ChristmanJanuary 8, 2018
Have you ever been curious about the birds who call Virginia home? Or wanted to explore the history of Richmond? Or maybe take a closer…
Paige NealOctober 11, 2017
One of the hallmarks of the age of Prohibition is a certain level of contradiction. After all, the country was supposed to be entirely dry;…
Claire RadcliffeJuly 26, 2017
On 28 November 1818, John McCarty of Loudoun County wrote a short letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, declining the…
Claire RadcliffeJune 29, 2016
September 2015 marks the ten year anniversary of web archiving at the Library of Virginia. In the fall of 2005, the Library partnered with the…
Roger ChristmanSeptember 23, 2015
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I was called to a meeting in the Library’s Special Collections reading room on a busy day in…
Gregg KimballApril 20, 2015
The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that the final batch of digital images of legislative petitions to the Virginia General Assembly, 1776-1865, is now…
Greg CrawfordJune 11, 2014
Digital images of Legislative Petitions to the Virginia General Assembly, 1776 to 1865, from Bath County through Essex County are now available on Virginia Memory, the Library…
Bari HelmsOctober 18, 2013
Public improvements, military claims, divorce, manumission of slaves, division of counties, incorporation of towns, religious freedom, and taxation are just some of the concerns expressed…
Craig MooreMay 1, 2013
