Imprint Records

New theatre, on Saturday evening, Oct. 31, will be acted the celebrated tragedy Bertram, or The castle of St. Aldobrand (written by Maturin) ... to which will be added the laughable farce of the Romp ... in preparation with appropriate scenery, Sheridan's celebrated tragic play of Pizarro …

Lailson's circus. Near the former circus-----Petersburg. The performances on this evening, October 28, will commence with a grand display of horsemanship, by Messrs. Joseph, Herman, Lailson, Miss Vanice, Miss Lailson, and clown Mr. Sully. Feats on one horse, by Mr. Herman, ... Miss Vanice (the first equestrian female in America) will perform standing upon the horse in several pleasing attitudes, ... Miss Lailson, a child of six years of age, will perform several feats, upon one horse, ... Comic tricks and feats. ... Days of performance this week--every day. Tickets to be had at Mr. Humphrey Richards's, at the printing office, and at the ticket-office at the circus--Box 6s.--Pitt 4s. 6d.--No money to be received at the door. The doors to be opened at three, and the performance to begin at half past three o'clock. Children admitted for half price.

Intelligencer Extra, Petersburg, Saturday, Dec. 28, 1811. We have been obligingly favored with a handbill containing what follows which we lose no time in laying before our readers: Richmond, December 27. Most dreadful calamity! ...

To the honorable the general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia. A memorial and remonstrance. We the subscribers, citizens of said commonwealth, having taken into serious consideration, a hill printed by order of the last session of the general assembly, entitled, “A bill establishing a provision for teachers of the Christian religion,” and conceiving that the same, if finally armed with that sanction of law will be a dangerous abuse of power, are bound as faithful members of a free state, to remonstrate against it; and to declare the reasons by which we are determined. We remonstrate against the said bill, because… [fifteen objections follow].

To the honorable the general assembly of the commonwealth of Virginia. A memorial and remonstrance. We the subscribers, citizens of said commonwealth, having taken into serious consideration, a hill printed by order of the last session of the general assembly, entitled, “A bill establishing a provision for teachers of the Christian religion,” and conceiving that the same, if finally armed with that sanction of law will be a dangerous abuse of power, are bound as faithful members of a free state, to remonstrate against it; and to declare the reasons by which we are determined. We remonstrate against the said bill, because… [fifteen objections follow].

To the legislature of Virginia. Your petitioners beg leave to represent to your honorable body, that the existing tobacco law, without promoting the public good, deprives them of a profit in this article ... Your petitioners.

To the Senate and House of Representatives ... inhabitants of [blank] ... sheweth ... the dreadful effects of drunkenness ...

To the honorable the speaker and members of the House of Delegates of Virginia : the petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of Loudoun and Fairfax ... pray that [you] ... will pass a law, altering the boundary lines of the said counties ...

To the honorable the General Assembly ... petition of the subscribers, stockholders in the Bank of the Valley in Virginia ...

To the honorable the Legislative [sic] of Virginia. The petition of ... inhabitants of the county of [blank] ...

[To] the General Assembly of Virginia : ... inhabitants of the county of [blank] ... submit that they labour under great inconvenience ...

To the honourable ... House of Representatives ... of Virginia ... : your petitioners residing in the district composed of the counties of Fauquier, Prince-William, Loudoun & Fairfax ...

To the General Assembly of Virginia : the petition of ... inhabitants of the counties of Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun and Fauquier ...

To the honorable the speakers and members of the Senate and House of Delegates of the commonwealth of Virginia. The memorial and petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the county of [blank] respectfully represent:--That your memorialists have viewed ... the commencement of a plan, by the legislature, reforming the judiciary of this state ... that the legislature will make such a division of the chancery courts that justice may be brought home to the people as convenient to all parts of the state as the nature of chancery courts will permit …

To the honorable ... House of Delegates of Virginia : petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of [blank] ... represent ... [that] flour has become our most important staple ...

To the honourable ... General Assembly ... inhabitants of the town of Martinsburgh ... pray, that the said town shall be encorporated ...

To the Speaker and Members of the House of Delegates ... inhabitants of the borough of Norfolk ...

To the honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia the petition of the subscribers ... are incapable of acquiring a knowledge of the laws ... printed in the English language ...

To the honorable the representatives of the state of Virginia, in General Assembly met. The petition of the inhabitants of the county of [blank] respectfully sheweth: That the court for the district in which they live, is held in the town of Petersburg, some considerable distance from the center of the district ...

To the honorable the General Assembly ... the petition of ... inhabitants of the county of [blank] ...

To the honorable the Speakers and Members of ... the General Assembly ... sundry inhabitants of the county of [blank] ... pray for ...

Petition to the honourable the General Assembly ... inhabitants of the counties of Monongalia, Ohio, Harrison, Randolph and Wood ...

To the General Assembly ... remonstrance ... stockholders of the Farmers’ Bank of Virginia ...

Office of the Centinel and Winchester Gazette—printed by William Heiskell ... Memorial to ... the two Houses ...

To the honorable the speaker and members of the House of Delegates of the commonwealth of Virginia. The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Petersburg, and the adjacent counties, respectfully represents: That from a firm conviction ... they solicit your attention and interference on the following subject ... pray your honorable body to pass an act for opening the navigation of Appomattox River to the toll-bridge, which is on the head of navigation, and for discontinuing the bridge at Pocohontas

To the honourable the Legislature ... the petition of sundry inhabitants of [clank] county …

To the honorable, the General Assembly of Virginia, the petition of sundry freeholders of the county of [blank] ... pray, a part of the surplus fund of the duty ... on inspected tobacco ...

[Petition concerning Turnpike to Ashby's Gap].

Petition in favour of a division of Berkeley County: to the General Assembly of Virginia ... inhabitants of the County of Berkeley ...

To the Honorable the General Assembly--the memorial of the subscribers respectfully sheweth: That your memorialists have long viewed with regret and concern, the many difficulties, embarrassments, and very great expence, the agricultural interest in the whole south western district of Virginia labors under, for the want of a water communication with tide water, in order to transport their produce with ease and convenience to a market. ... They therefore pray that your honorable would … pass a law for incorporating a company for cutting a canal from Roanoke to tide water at Petersburg.

To the honourable the General Assembly … petition of the …citizens for the most part of the county of Berkeley …

To the honorable speaker, and the rest of the honorable members of the House of Delegates of Virginia. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of [blank] sheweth: That your petitioners are of opinion, the opening a road from Norman's Ford, upon Rappahannock River, to the town of Alexandria ... will be productive of a very beneficial effect, as a new market will be opened ...

To the honorable speaker, and the rest of the honorable members of the House of Delegates of Virginia ... petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of [blank] ... [asking for a road from Norman’s Ford to Alexandria]

The honorable ... General Assembly: the petition of sundry inhabitants of the state of Virginia ... inhabit a country remote from the two large rivers ... [ask for a road from Staunton to Alexandria and Washington]

To the honorable speaker and members of the General Assembly of Virginia: the petition of the subscribers, citizens of this Commonwealth ... your petitioners ... pray ... [ask for a road from Thornton’s Gap to Fauquier C.H. and Alexandria].

To the honorable the General Assembly of Virginia : the petition of sundry merchants and others, in the town of Lynchburg ...

To the honorable the Speaker and Members of ... Assembly. The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Lynchburg ...

To the honorable the speaker and members of the House of Delegates. The petition of sundry inhabitants of the counties of [blank] humbly represents--That the law incorporating a company for the purpose of clearing and improving the navigation of James River ...

To the honorable the speaker and members of the General Assembly of Virginia ... inhabitants of part of Amherst, Campbell, and Bedford Counties ... [ask establishment of district court in this area of the state].

To the honourable the General Assembly of Virginia: the petition of ... the inhabitants of ... Berkeley and Hampshire ... state, that a respectable county may be laid off and taken from the said two counties ... and that the town of Bath may be declared by law, to be the place for holding courts ...

To the Legislature ... inhabitants of certain portions of Wood, Harrison, & Lewis counties …

To the honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia : the petition of the citizen freeholders of the county of Isle of Wight ...

To the General Assembly of Virginia: the petition of a number of the inhabitants of the counties of Berkeley, and Hampshire ... [ask for a road from Old Town to Key’s or Harper’s Ferry]

To the honorable the speakers of the two houses of the General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the honorable members thereof, now sitting. The humble petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the County of Fairfax, most humbly sheweth: that your petitioners conceive themselves, as well as many other citizens of the Commonwealth, much injured by the great decay of trade, we therefore wish to call the attention of the Legislature to its deplorable situation, because we apprehend the welfare of our country depends, in a great measure, on a flourishing commerce. …

To the speaker and members of the General Assembly ... the petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton ...

To the speaker and members of the General Assembly, the petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Hardy and Hampshire ...

To the honorable the Speaker and Members of both Houses of the General Assembly ... petition of George Cabell, Senr.

Staunton, September 3d, 1793. Considering it the duty of the people of this district, to declare their principles and opinions ... a respectable number having met for that purpose, appointed Alexander St. Clair, Esquire, to the chair. Archibald Stuart, Esquire, presented a number of resolutions, which after a discussion, were unanimously adopted, as the sense of the present meeting. …

To the honorable speaker, and members of both houses of the General Assembly of Virginia : the petition of James Martin, a resident and freeholder in the County of Campbell, near the town of Lynchburg ...

To the honorable Legislature ... petition of James Martin ...