The

Virginia Historical Register

Edited by

William Maxwell

Volumes 3-4
1850-1851

The Reprint Company
Spartanburg, South Carolina

These volumes were reproduced from 1850 and 1851 editions in the Virginia
State Library, Richmond, Virginia.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-763

Manufactured in the United States of America on long-life paper.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Main entry under title:

The Virginia historical register.

Reprint of the 1848-53 ed.

CONTENTS: v. 1-2. 1848-49.-v. 3-4. 1850-51.-v. 5-6. 1852-53.
1. Virginia-History-Periodicals. I. Maxwell, William, 1784-1857,
ed.

F221.V812

1973

ISBN 0-87152-118-0 (v. 1-2)

975.5'005

73-763

THE

VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER,

AND

LITERARY NOTE BOOK.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM MAXWELL.

VOL. III.

FOR THE YEAR 1850.

RICHMOND:

PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETOR,

BY MACFARLANE & FERGUSSON

1850.