V

Van Cortlandt manor, 37, 38–39

Vane, Henry, 189

Van Meter, John, 78

Van Rensselaer manor, 37, 38, 40, 41

Vaughan, William, 226

Vermont, 33, 41

Vetch, Samuel, 238

Virginia, 54, 118, 154, 235, 243, 248;

Assembly, 76, 77, 87, 89, 236;

Council, 76, 87, 154, 229, 231;

General Court, 164;

land system, 77–79, 227–230, 234;

militia, 87, 88, 231, 236;

money in, 128, 129, 133, 134, 138;

newspapers in, 154;

postal service in, 143;

proprietors in, 76;

religion in, 76, 156, 163, 164, 165, 166, 187;

slavery in, 76, 80, 83, 86–88, 97, 175, 178;

tobacco crop, 83–85, 86, 97, 134

vote, right to, 27, 76, 87, 266

voting: freehold property qualification for, 27, 35, 39, 95, 204;

religious test for, 20;

secret ballot, 38, 81