Here you go, Velma: You can read this book for free. http://books.google.com/books?id=wOQ0AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+Virginia+by+William+Stith&as_brr=1 Or if you prefer, you can buy a first edition at Abebooks. Ha. My first ten cars together did not cost this much. 13. THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA: BEING AN ESSAY TOWARDS A GENERAL HISTORY OF THIS COLONY. Stith, William: Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana (New Haven, CT, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 15000.00 [Convert Currency] Quantity: 1 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 4.00 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Williamsburg: William Parks, ., 1747. viii,331,[1],v,[1],34pp. Antique paneled calf, gilt morocco label. Signatures X, Cc, and Dd tanned (as usual in this issue), else very clean. A very good copy. The first edition, second issue, of Stith's book, one of the first American histories to be written and printed in the British colonies, and the first such in Virginia. Stith, who was well connected in the colony, had access to numerous important sources, including the library of William Byrd of Westover, the personal recollections of Sir John Randolph, county court books, the official records of the London Company, and John Smith's seminal GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA. Printing began in Virginia when William Parks established his press at Williamsburg in 1730. This is one of the earliest accessible Virginia imprints, and one of the most interesting. BERG, WILLIAMSBURG IMPRINTS 58. EVANS 6071. SABIN 91860. SWEM 5325. HOWES S1014, "b." CHURCH 963. Bookseller Inventory # WRCAM 36642 Seriously, you can buy a paperback for probably $140.00. I'm just pointing out what a "priceless" resource Google books are. Absolutely free. Now, I've read that Microsoft wants in on the act of digitizing old books, and have offered $41 billion for Yahoo to get started. Ain't the internet grand? We, as researchers, can only benefit. Edwin