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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
encement at William and Mary College......1700 Williamsburg made the capital......1700 Edward Nott appointed lieutenant-governor......Aug. 13, 1704 Governor Nicholson recalled......1705 George Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, appointed governor of Virginia......1705 [From this time the office became a pensionary sinecure, the governor residing in England, and out of a salary of £ 2,000 paid his deputy, the actual governor, £ 800.] Affairs of the colony managed by the council, Edward Jennings president......1705-10 Edward Nott dies in office......August, 1706 Robert Hunter appointed lieutenantgovernor, but is captured on the voyage by the French......1708 Col. Alexander Spotswood arrives in Virginia as lieutenant-governor......June, 1710 Governor Spotswood explores the country west as far as the Shenandoah Valley, crossing the Blue Ridge; the expedition occupies six weeks......August–September, 1716 Governor Spotswood sends Lieutenant Maynard of the British na