The Widow Ranter

Robert Beverly Jr. (ca. 1667–1722), “An Account of Bacon’s Rebellion.” The History of Virginia, in Four Parts. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1855.

Beverly was a Virginia planter and clerk of the Governor’s Council, a political body comprised of the Virginia colony’s wealthiest and most powerful men. His father, Robert Beverly senior (bap. 1635–1687), was a stout defender of Governor William Berkeley during Bacon’s Rebellion (1676). Beverly Jr. began writing The History and Present State of Virginia (London, 1705) while in England appealing a lawsuit he lost before the General Court...

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