wit, Capt.,
sets up iron works in Virginia, dies, 181.

Board of Trade,
arrears of quit rents reported to, 51;
_Nicholson_ writes to concerning rent roll, 52;
says servants not slaves, 60;
_Berkeley_ protests to, 95, 119;
asks reasons for emigration of _Virginia_ whites, 140;
seeks to limit size of land grants, 143;
again alarmed at emigration from Virginia, 145, 147, 157.

Bolling, Mrs. Mary,
has 51 slaves, 158.

Brent, Giles,
deals in servants, 48; 109; 113.

Bridger, Joseph,
deals in servants, 48; 109.

Briggs, Gray,
has 43 slaves, 158.

British Empire,
beginnings of misunderstood, 14;
begun, 19;
important role of tobacco in, 27.

Broadnat, John, 128.

Broadside,
in 1610 calls for settlers for Virginia, 28.

Browne, Robert,
landowning freedman, 74.

Browne, William,
nine tithables, 57.

Bruce, Philip Alexander,
describes small planters, 54.

Brunswick,
land patents in small, 145.

Bullock, William,
denies that servants are slaves, 60.

Burgesses, 54,
petition King, 65;
complain of high freight rates, 72;
freedmen among, 73-75;
_Navigation Acts_ and, 94-95;
represent interest of small planters, 109;
defy the king, 110;
petition of, 110;
rule Virginia, 1652-1660, 112;
growing influence of, 109.

Burwell, Francis,
patents land in _James City_, 77.

Burwell, John,
has 42 slaves, 158.

Burwell, Lewis,
deals in servants, 48; 109.

Burcher, William,
patents land, 79.

Bushood, John,
sells land, 49.

Butt, Thomas,
deals in servants, 48.

Button, Robert,
receives estate, 49.

Button, Thomas,
owner of _Button's Ridge_, 49.

Byrd, William I,
says rent rolls inaccurate, 52; 109;
uses slaves, 130.

Byrd, William II,
gives reasons for emigration to _Carolina_, 146.

Carter, John, 109.

Carter, Robert,
has 126 slaves, 153.

Carleill, Capt. Christopher,
urges trade with America, 11.

Carolina,
emigration to from Virginia, 99-100; 139-146.

Cattle,
plentiful in Virginia, 101.

Chambers, William,
servants and slaves of, 59.

Chandler, John,
landowning freedman, 74.

Charles I,
considers smoking harmful, 26;
tries to limit tobacco planting in Virginia, 27;
tries to limit English tobacco crop, 63;