The Present State of Virginia

INTRODUCTION.i^M^lM;Edications and Prefaces, which are prc-flx'd to mod Books, being regarded r W-WS - Headers, I think it belt for my ^Wtxa.^ prefent Purpofe briefly to mention in an Introduction, what I would have known concerning the Occafion, Nature, and Ufc of this Treatife, before I enter upon the main Work it felf.When I confidcrcd the great Benefit that arifes to the Publick, from the large Colony of J'irginia, I obferved, that tho' it be thus advantageous, yet it is capable of great Improvements (till, and requires feveral Alterations, both with Regard to its own Welfare, and the Intereft of Great Britain. Obferving moreover, that few People in England (even many concerned in publick Affairs of this kind) have correct Notions of the true State of the Plantations; and having been eagerly applied to frequently, by PeTfons of the greateft Fi-A gure,Table of Contents THE; CONTENTS; THE INTRODUCTION Page i; PART I Chap I; Of the Original of the Indians, Europeans, and Negroes; Chap