Samuel Wiseman's Book of record
Subtitle: the official account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677
By: edited by Michael Oberg.
Contributors: Oberg, Michael Leroy.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 -- Sources; Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 -- Personal narratives
Genres: Sources.; Personal narratives.
Other titles: Book of record
Description: "In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led a well-known colonial uprising against the authority of King Charles II, in the person of Virginia's governor, Sir William Berkeley. Bacon's revolt dramatically altered relations between Chesapeake colonists and Native Americans, and also induced late Stuart imperialists to crack down on colonial autonomy. Michael Leroy Oberg has transcribed, edited, and introduced the official record left by Samuel Wiseman, King Charles II's scribe assigned to this uprising's investigation - making this history widely available for the first time in book form."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preliminaries; title: The commissioners and Sir William Berkeley; title: The Treaty of Middle Plantation, 1677; title: The commissioners' narrative; title: The commissioners' resolve; title: The counties' grievances; title: The price of loyalty : personal grievances.