OF VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS AND OTHER MANUSCRIPTS FROM JANUARY 1, 1799, TO DECEMBER 31, 1807; Preserved in the Capitol, at Richmond. ARRANGED, EDITED, AND PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION OF H. W. FLOURNOY, Secretary of the Commonwealth and State Librarian. VOLUME IX. RICHMOND: 1890. us 18315.10 12361.15 COLLEGE HARVARD LIBRARY. Bright fund. Entered according to an Act of Congress, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, JAMES E. GOODE, PRINTER. SIMONS BLANK BOOK CO., BINDERS. 89-211 30 PREFACE. The student of Virginia history will find in the perusal of this, the ninth volume of the Calendar, much of a general nature that is interesting and instructive. Among other subjects will be found the following: Numerous reports of Major John Clarke, the State's superintendent of the building of the Penitentiary, the Manufactory of Arms, and the Public Warehouse-all at Richmond; Clarke's efforts to procure artificers for Armory in the Northern States, and his superintendency of the operations thereof; the State's contract with Swan for the purchase of arms in Europe, and the result; contracts with sundry parties in the United States for manufacturing arms; organization of the Militia; the murder of the De Teubeuf family; the Gabriel insurrection; the trials and execution of his coadjutors, and accounts of other insurrections; measures taken for establishing the boundary lines with Maryland, North Carolina, and Kentucky; impressment of American seamen by the British naval commanders; conduct of the British Government-firing upon the United States frigate Chesapeake (Captain Barron) by the British ship Leopard (Captain Humphries), off the Capes of Virginia, in 1807; feeling excited throughout Virginia thereby; conduct of Mayor and citizens of Norfolk; President Jefferson's proclamation on the occasion; correspondence between the Governor and other officers of Virginia; the Secretary of State of the United States and commanders of the British squadron, concerning communication with the British Consul at Norfolk; the surrender of impressed seamen and runaway slaves harbored on board their ships; general anticipation of war with England, and preparations therefor. Galendar of State Papers. WM. DAVIES TO THE GOVERNOR. Recommending Major De Klauman as Major Commandant of Arsenals contemplated to be established by the State. 1799. Jan. 1, Petersburg Official Bond of William Berkeley for One Million of Dollars as Treasurer of Virginia for one year from the time of his appointment, and from thence until the end of the session of the General Assembly next after the expiration of that period. Jan. 4 The General Assembly elects John B. Scott, Esq., Brigadier-General of the 11th Brigade of Militia, in the room of George Carrington, Esq., resigned. Jan. 5 IN THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, Resolved, That the Executive be requested to state to this House the total amount of arms distributed by them in the various parts of this Commonwealth from the Arsenal at the Point of Fork, specifying in such statement the places to which the said arms have been sent and the number of arms to each place. Jan. 5 Attest: JOHN STEWART, C. H. D. SAMUEL COLEMAN TO THE GOVERNOR. I have the honor to enclose a statement of the public arms issued to the Militia in pursuance of the orders of the Executive, and beg leave to refer you (as the best report which can now be made of their present situation) to sundry letters received from the commandants of Regiments Jan. 9, Council office |