The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: Being an Essay Towards a General History of This Colony. [with] An Appendix to the First Part of the History of Virginia: Containing a Collection of Such Ancient Charters or Letters Patent, a…

viii, 331, iv, [2], 34, 152 pp. 1965 reissue of 1747 original, with original appendix and 1912 index by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson. Originally written by William Stith, the third president of the College of William & Mary. Stith's work was considered significant because he based his history on original records instead of relying on earlier writers. It established him as a serious historian and served as a source for early Virginia history for over a century.