Biographical Sources

Biographical Sources:

1. Mears, James Egbert, comp. Scrapbooks of Material Relating to the History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 31 vols. Eastern Shore Public Library. Microfilm 917.551 Me

2. Ross, Samuel T. "Recollections of Bench and Bar of Accomack." In Scrapbooks of Material Relating to the History of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, vol. 1:18-21. Compiled by James Egbert Mears. 31 vols. Eastern Shore Public Library. Microfilm 917.551 Me

3a. Ames, Susie M., ed. County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton, Virginia, 1632-1640. American Legal Records, vol. 7. Washington: American Historical Association, 1954. 975.51 Am

3b. Ames, Susie M, ed. County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton, Virginia, 1640-1645. Virginia Historical Society Documents, vol. 10. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1973. 975.51 Am

4. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1971. R "28.73 Bi

5. Gaines, William H., Jr. Biographical Register of Members Virginia State_ Convention of 1861. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1969. R 975.5 Ga

6. Dodson, E. Griffith, comp. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919-1939. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1939. R 328.755 Do

7. Dodson, E. Griffith, comp. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth, of Virginia. 1940-1960. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1961. R 328.755 Do

8. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1945. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1945. CC Library

9. Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1956. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1956. CC Library

10. Crater, Flora; Brickey, Carolyn; and Williams, Meg. The Almanac of Virginia .Politics, 1977. Charlottesville: The Woman Activist, 1977. R 353.9755 Al

11. Political Pamphlet Collection. Eastern Shore Public Library. R 975.51 Po (B)

12. Dodson, E. Griffith. Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-1955. Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1956. R 353.9 Do

13. Luther, Roslyn, and Luther, Edwin C., III. Governors of Virginia, 1776-1974. Accomac: Eastern Shore News, 1974. 975.5 Lu

14. Dictionary of American Biography, edited by Allen Johnson et al. 25 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1977. R 920 Di

15. Morris, Dan, and Morris, Inez. Who Was Who in American Politics. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974. R 920 Mo

16. Library of Southern Literature, edited by Edwin Anderson Alderman t al. 17 vols. Atlanta: Martin & Hoyt Company, 1907-1923. 810.8 Li

17. Brock, Robert Alonzo. Virginia and Virginians. 2 vols. Richmond: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. R 920 Br

18. Peninsula Enterprise, 30 June 1881-24 December 1964. Microfilm

19. Whitelaw, Ralph T. Virginia's Eastern Shore. 2 vols. Richmond: Virginia Historical Society, 1951. 975.51 Wh

20. Turman, Nora Miller. The Eastern Shore of Virginia. 1603-1964. Onancock: Eastern Shore News, 1964. 975.51 Tu

21. Nock, L. Floyd, III. Drummondtown, "A One Horse Town," Accomae Court House, Virginia. Verona: McClure Press, 1976. 975.51 No

22. Turman, Nora Miller. "The Eastern Shore, 1775-1783." Eastern Shore News, 10 July 1975-1 July 1976. 975.51 Tu

23. Wakelyn, Jon L. Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1977. R 973.713 Wa

24. Bragg, George P., Jr. Heroes of the Eastern Shore. Baltimore: By the Author, 1939. R 920 Br (B)

25. Jackson, Luther Porter. Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865-1895. Norfolk: Guide Quality Press, 1945. R 975.5 Ja (B)

26. Stitt, Susan. "The Will of Stephen Charlton and Hungers Parish Glebe." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 77 (1969): 259-276. Microfilm

27. Hale, Nathaniel G. Virginia Venturer; A Historical Biography of William Glaiborne, 1600-1677. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1951. R B Claiborne (B)

28. Turlington, S. Bayly. "General John Cropper and 'Bowman's Folly.' Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 44 (1936):97-101. Microfilm

29. Buckley, Thomas E. Church and State in Revolutionary Virginia, 1776-1787. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1977. 975.5 Bu

30. Wise, Barton Haxall. "Memoir of General John Cropper of Accomack County, Virginia." Virginia Historical Society, Collections, new series, 11 (1892):273-315. 975.51 Wi

31. Crowson, E. T. "Colonel John Custis of Arlington." Virginia Cavalcade 20 (Summer, 1970):14-19. R 975.5 Vi

32. Swem, E. G., ed. Brothers of the Spade; Correspondence of Peter Collinson of London, and of John Custis, of Williamsburg, Virginia, 1734-1746. Barre, Mass.: Barre Gazette, 1957. R 925.8 Co (B)

33. Barnes, Brooks Miles. "Severn Eyre, 1735-1773." Master's thesis, Department of History, University of Virginia, 1973. R 975.51 Ba (fi)

34. Joynes, Levin S. A Sketch of the Life of Thomas R. Joynes, of Accomack, Virginia; With & Brief Notice of his Father, Col. Levin Joynes. n.p., 18?6. R 975.51 Jo (B)

35. Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Captain Thomas Graves and Some of His Descendants." William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd ser., 15 (1935)085-394. R 929.2 Sw (B)

36. Turman, Nora Miller, and Lewis, Mark C., eds. "The Will of Ann Littleton of Northampton County, Virginia, 1656." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 75 (1967).-11-21. Microfilm

37. Ames, Susie M. "A Typical Virginia Business Man of the Revolutionary Era: Nathaniel Littleton Savage and His Account Book." Journal of Economic and Business History 3 (1930-193l):407-423. R 975.51 Am (B)

38. Ames, Susie. "Colonel Edmund Scarborough." Alumnae Bulletin of Randolph-Macon Woman's College 26 (November, 1932):1o-23. R 975.51 Am

39. Hall, Claude H. Abel Parker Upshur; Conservative Virginian. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963. B Upshur

40. Hall, Claude H. "Abel Parker Upshur: An Eastern Shoreman Reforms the United States Navy." Virginia Cavalcade 23 (Spring): 29-37. -R 975.5 Vi

41. Hambleton, James P. A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise, with a History of the Political Campaign in Virginia in 1855.Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1856. R 975.503 Ha (B)

42. Savage, John. "Henry A. Wise, of Virginia." In Our Living Representative Men, pp. 473-492. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1360. R 920 Sa (B)

43. Wise, Barton Haxall. The Life of Henry A. Wise of Virginia, 1806-1876. New York: Kacmillan Co., 1o99. H B Wise

44. Wise, Henry A. Over on the Eastern Shore. Onancock: Eastern Shore News, 1962. 917.551 vtt.

45. Davis, Curtis Carroll. "A Brief for John Sergeant Wise." In John Sergeant Wise, The End of an Era, pp. xvii-lxiii. Edited by Curtis Carroll Davis. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1965. R 973.7 Wi (B)

46. Davis, Curtis Carroll. "Very Well-Hounded Republican: The Several Lives of John S. Wise." Virginia Magazine of History and Biogrephy 71 (1963) :46l-487. Microfilm

47. Davis, Curtis Carroll. "Wise Words from Virginia: The Published Writings of John S, Wise, of the Eastern Shore and New York City." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 54 (1960):273-235.R 013.97551 Da (fl)

48. Wise, John S. The 2nd of an Era. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1899. 973.7 Wi

49. Wise, John Sergeant. The End of an Ere. Edited by Curtis Carroll Davis. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1965. R 973.7 Wi (B)

50. Turman, Nora Miller, and Lewis, Mark C., eds. "Inventory of the Estate of Argoll Yeardley of Northampton County, Virginia, in 1655." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 70 (1962):410-419. Microfilm

51. Virginia Record 100 (January, 1978). Periodical

52. Crater, Flora; Brickey, Carolyn; and Williams, Meg. The Almanac of Virginia Politics. 1978 Supplement. Falls Church: The Woman Activist, 1978. R 353.9755 Al

53. Shibley, Ronald E. "G. Walter Mapp: Politics and Prohibition in Virginia, 1873-1941." Master's thesis, Department of History, University of Virginia, 1966. R 975.51 Sh (B)