Richard L. Morton: History of Virginia, Volume 3, Parts 1–2(ca. 1924)
- MS 1993.9
- 406 pp.
A 20th-century manuscript documenting historical research conducted by Dr. Richard L. Morton of the College of William and Mary. Presumably the third volume in a series on the history of Virginia, it covers the course of Virginia’s history between the Civil War and World War I. Dr. Morton’s Colonial Virginia, a two-volume work published for the Virginia Historical Society in 1960, is a standard reference text on the settlement and westward expansion of Virginia between 1607 and 1763. The manuscript may be part of a third volume intended to be a continuation of this work.
Inventory
| Contents | Page Number |
|---|---|
| Folder 1 | |
| Vol. 3, Part 1 | |
| Chap. 1: The War of Seccession | 1 |
| Chap. 2: The Wheeling Government and the Formation of West Virginia | 51 |
| Chap. 3: The “Restored Government” at Alexandria and the beginning of Reconstruction | 62 |
| Chap. 4: The Campaign of 1867 | 90 |
| Folder 2 | |
| Chap. 5: The Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868 | 111 |
| Chap. 6: The Committee of Nine | 123 |
| Chap. 7: The Campaign of 1869 and the Restoration of Virginia | 133 |
| Chap. 8: The Elimination of the Carpetbaggers, 1869–79 | 147 |
| Chap. 9: The Readjuster Period, 1879 to 1883 | 164 |
| Folder 3 | |
| Vol. 3, Part 2 | |
| Chap. 10: The Foundation of the Public School System | 205 |
| Chap. 11: The Beginnings of the Public School System and the Growth of Higher Education | 221 |
| Chap. 12: Educational Expansion after 1886 | 258 |
| Chap. 13: Politics, 1885–1901 | 277 |
| Folder 4 | |
| Chap. 14: Convention of 1901–1902, and Later Political Developments | 298 |
| Chap. 15: Prohibition and Other Issues | 313 |
| Chap. 16: Some Social and Economic Factors in the Rebuilding of the Old Dominion | 325 |
| Chap. 17: Some Social and Economic Factors | 347 |
| Chap. 18: Literature and Education | 391 |
| Chap. 19: World War and Its Influences | 400 |
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