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Give Me Liberty: The Struggle for Self-Government in Virginia

Chapter 34: Transcriber's Corrections
By Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
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The narrative traces Virginia's political evolution from the early colonial settlement through the Revolutionary era, showing how local assemblies gradually asserted authority, curtailed royal prerogative, and transformed governors' roles. It examines critical crises and reforms—rebellion, the effects of imperial upheavals, institutional experiments, and debates over rights—that shaped legislative bodies, courts, and social order, and it follows how economic growth and political conflict widened the divide with Britain. The book combines chronological chapters with source commentary to explain how decades of local self-government prepared the colony for independence.

Transcriber's Corrections

Following is a list of significant typographical errors that have been corrected.

  • Page 7, missing close quote added according to original source text by Brown (of the Court.").
  • Page 23, missing close quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation (King in Council.").
  • Page 47, "Harvery" changed to "Harvey" (forced Harvey to deliver).
  • Page 90, "hubub" changed to "hubbub" (hearing the hubbub).
  • Page 123, "aproved" changed to "approved" (he approved of it).
  • Page 126, missing open quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation ("but he hath not estate).
  • Page 128, close quote removed based on transcriber assumption because open quote is missing and original source text was not found for confirmation (he dissolved them.).
  • Page 128, missing close quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation (the King's "goodness").
  • Page 143, missing close quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation (to live here.").
  • Page 148, "perscution" changed to "persecution" (persecution and injustice).
  • Page 170, missing open quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation ("extraordinary emergency").
  • Page 171, missing close quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation (the people of Virginia?").
  • Page 187, missing close quote added according to original source text by Lipscomb (of a whole country.").
  • Page 189, missing close quote added based on transcriber assumption because original source text was not found for confirmation (reports of merchants").
  • Page 192, "againt" changed to "against" (expedition against New Granada).
  • Page 235, "disappointmnt" changed to "disappointment" (because of their disappointment).
  • Page 237, "spirt" changed to "spirit" (the spirit of resistance).
  • Page 246, "mazagine" changed to "magazine" (entered the magazine).
  • Page 255, "distingiushed" changed to "distinguished" (each distinguished member).
  • Page 284, "beseiged" changed to "besieged" (fort besieged, 85;).
  • Page 286, "democacy" changed to "democracy" (aids democracy, 184).