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Throughout the early years of the 20th century, Virginia was viewed
as a Republican state. Citizens in the Commonwealth had not voted
for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. In 2000, the
GOP had just won the governor's race, held both U.S. Senate seats,
and had majorities in both the House of Delegates and the State
Senate. By 2020, all of that had been reversed. During that period,
Democrats won four of five governors contests, elected two US
senators, and voted for Democratic presidential candidates in every
year since 2008. In 2019, the House of Delegates, where Republicans
maintained a 68-32 supermajority in 2011, flipped to Democratic
control. With it, the state became a Democratic trifecta, where the
party controlled all of the state's levers of power. Bellwether
tells the story of how this happened from someone who was "in the
room at the time." David Toscano began his service in the House in
2006 and became the Democratic Leader of the body in 2011. He
examines the special nature of Virginia politics, the demographic
changes that underpin much of its shifting political fortunes, and
the policies and personalities at the center of the state's
dynamics for the last two decades.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia
and covers the years 1732-35. It provides background on the
settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and
the conditions that they found. Volume 27, spanning the years
1754-56, contains the papers of Georgia's first governor, John
Reynolds, as well as the correspondence of various inhabitants.
Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors John Reynolds,
Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763. Volume 28, Part II
includes the papers of Governor James Wright, acting governor James
Habersham, and others. Volume 29 contains the Trustees' Letter
Book, 1732-1738. Volume 30 contains the Trustees' Letter Book,
1738-1745 Volume 31 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1745-1752
Volume 32 includes entry books of commissions, powers,
instructions, leases, grants of land, and other documents by the
Trustees.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia document the colony
through its first twenty-five years and includes correspondence
between Georgia founder James Oglethorpe and the Trustees for
Establishing the Colony, as well as records pertaining to land
grants; agreements and interactions with Indigenous peoples; the
settlement of a small Jewish community and the Salzburgers,
German-speaking Protestant refugees; and the removal on
restrictions of land tenure, rum, and slavery in the colony. Most
of the local records of colonial Georgia were destroyed during the
Revolution. Under Governor James Wright's direction, merchant John
Graham loaded much of the official records on his vessel in the
Savannah River. During the Battle of the Rice Boats in March 1776,
the Inverness was burned while it lay at anchor. The destructive
civil war that occurred in the latter phases of the Revolution
resulted in further destruction. The Colonial Records of the State
of Georgia, drawn from archival material in Great Britain, remain a
unique source. Volume 20 concerns the actual founding of Georgia
and covers the years 1732-35. It provides background on the
settlement and a great deal about the arrival of the colonists and
the conditions that they found. Volume 27, spanning the years
1754-56, contains the papers of Georgia's first governor, John
Reynolds, as well as the correspondence of various inhabitants.
Volume 28, Part I, contains the papers of governors John Reynolds,
Henry Ellis, and James Wright from 1757 to 1763. Volume 28, Part II
includes the papers of Governor James Wright, acting governor James
Habersham, and others. Volume 29 contains the Trustees' Letter
Book, 1732-1738. Volume 30 contains the Trustees' Letter Book,
1738-1745 Volume 31 contains the Trustees' Letter Book, 1745-1752
Volume 32 includes entry books of commissions, powers,
instructions, leases, grants of land, and other documents by the
Trustees.
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