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Primary Sources: Virginia History

A guide to finding and using primary sources.

Historic Newspapers

Virginia's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window

Richmond Daily Dispatch
November 1860-December 1865. There are currently 1384 issues of the paper available online,
Chronicling America

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window

Images

Photographs from the Library of Virginia
Archival photos from the Library of Virginia's Flickr account.

Virginia Specific

Voices of Freedom
Virginia Memory
VCU Libraries Digital Collections
Papers of the War Department
Martha Washington: a Life
Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810
Brown: Before and After
Unknown No Longer: Names of Enslaved Virginians

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Last Updated: Jan 24, 2022 3:30 PM
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