Henry Read McIlwaine

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Nationality American		Died 1934
Occupation former State Librarian of Virginia Books The Struggle of Protestant Dissenters for Religious Toleration in Virginia

Henry Read McIlwaine (1864 - 1934) was the third State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was also a prolific editor of historical volumes relating to the early governance of the Commonwealth including:

Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia

Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia

Legislative journals of the Council of colonial Virginia

Official letters of the governors of the State of Virginia

The struggle of Protestant dissenters for religious toleration in Virginia

McIlwaine graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1885 and earned a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1893. He returned to Hampden–Sydney in 1893 to serve as professor of English and history until 1907, when he was appointed State Librarian for Virginia, a position he held until his death in 1934.

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Henry Read McIlwaine Wikipedia

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