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From James Barbour, 23 June 1812
requests permission from the national government to raise troops for defense of eastern Virginia
To Matthew Cheatham, David Bullock, William McKim, William Wirt, AB Venable, Nathaniel Selden, and Robert Greenhow, 23 February 1811
acquisition of a house for the residence of the governor
To William B Giles and Richard Brent, 8 February 1811
bounty land for Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War
Annual Message (to Edmund Harrison and Francis Brooke), 6 December 1802
annual message: operation of armory; operation of penitentiary; legal reform; distribution of arms to the militia; determination of state boundaries; river improvement; road construction; state of the militia; urges improved communication with the…
To Thomas Newton, 6 September 1802
quarantine at Norfolk; deportation of slaves held in the penitentiary; French ships carrying slaves from St Domingo must not be allowed to unload in Virginia
To Thomas Newton, 7 August 1802
Newton has authority to appoint physician to inspect ships entering port of Norfolk for contagious disease
To Thomas Mathews, 17 June 1802
praises his vigilance in response to rumor of slave revolt in North Carolina
To Thomas Jefferson, 11 June 1802
opposed to sending deported slaves to Sierra Leone-they would be granted freedom and would avoid punishment; suggests that freed slaves be required to work for a period of time to defray cost of transportation to colony
To John Cowper, 25 May 1802
sentence against Jeremiah, a slave convicted of conspiracy, is to be carried out; reprieve granted to slave named Ned
To John Cowper, 12 May 1802
has issued reprieve for slaves convicted at Norfolk of conspiring to revolt until investigation is complete
To John Nivison, 12 May 1802
Nivison was justified in calling out the militia to protect Norfolk from reported slave revolt
To Martin Mims, 8 May 1802
confinement in the penitentiary of slaves accused of conspiring to revolt
To Gervas Storrs and Joseph Seldon, 3 May 1802
asks them to investigate reports of planned slave insurrection
To Alexander Quarrier, 27 April 1802
instructs him to restrain members of the guard from engaging in improper conduct
To County Courts, 16 April 1802
instructions to send proceedings of trials at which slaves are condemned to death so that the executive may consider commuting the sentence to transportationcircular letter