The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677.(Book review)

Journal of Southern History | November 1, 2008| | Copyright

The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677. Edited by Warren M. Billings with the assistance of Maria Kimberly. (Richmond: Library of Virginia, c. 2007. Pp. [1], 682. $59.95, ISBN 978-0-88490-207-2.)

Sir William Berkeley is among the most oft-quoted of early Americans. Few quotations from the seventeenth century seem to appear in textbooks as frequently as his desperate comment made as governor of Virginia amid the chaos of Bacon's Rebellion in July 1676: "How miserable that man is that Governes a People wher six parts of seaven at least are Poore Endebted ...

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