Overviews
*Brenaman, Jacob Neff. A History of Virginia Conventions (1902) Table of contents includes the Revolutionary Conventions of August 1774, March 1775, July 1775 and December 1775, then the Constitutional Conventions of 1776, 1788, 1829-1830, 1850-1851, 1861-Richmond, 1864, 1867-1868, 1901-1901, with biographical sketches for the Convention of 1901-1902.
*Chandler, Julian Alvin Carroll. The History of Suffrage in Virginia (1901)
*Dinan, John. The Virginia State Constitution: a reference guide (2006) very abbreviated, references Pulliam.
*Green, Fletcher Melvin. Constitutional Development in the South Atlantic States, 1776-1860 (1930)
* Pulliam, David Loyd. The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the Foundation of the commonwealth to the Present Time (1901) Table of contents includes Conventions of 1776, 1788, 1829-1830, 1850-1851,1867-1868, 1901, with biographical sketches of first four convention, conservatives only for 1867-1868, and no sketches for 1901.
*Van Schreeven, William J. The Conventions and Constitutions of Virginia, 1776-1966. The Virginia State Library, 1967. Stapled pages of 11”x 8.5” paper, available in some libraries.
Virginia Convention of 1776
*Green, Fletcher Melvin. Constitutional Development in the South Atlantic States, 1776-1860. (1930)
*Grigsby, Hugh Blair. The Virginia Convention of 1776: A Discourse… (1855, )
*Gutzman, Kevin R.C. Virginia’s Revolution: from Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 (2007)
*Mapp, Alf. The Virginia Experiment: The Old Dominion’s Role in the Making of America 1607-1781. (1985)
*Sutton, Robert P. Revolution to Secession: Constitution making in the Old Dominion. (1989)
Virginia Convention of 1788
*Grigsby, Hugh Blair. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 (1891)
*Maier, Pauline. Ratification: the People debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 (2010) Two chapters devoted to the Virginia Convention.
Virginia Convention of 1829-1830 and 1850-1851
*Green, Fletcher Melvin. Constitutional Development in the South Atlantic States, 1776-1860. (1930)
*Grigsby, Hugh Blair. The Virginia Convention of 1829-1830: A Discourse… (-)
*Gutzman, Kevin R.C. Virginia’s Revolution: from Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840 (2007)
*Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote: the contested history of democracy in the United States. Basic Books, 2000.
*Shade, William G. Democratizing the Old Dominion: Virginia and the Second Party System, 1824-1861. University Press of Virginia, 1996.
*Sutton, Robert P. Revolution to Secession: Constitution making in the Old Dominion. (1989)
Virginia Convention of 1861 – Richmond
*Freehling, William W. and Craig M. Simpson. Showdown in Virginia: the 1861 Convention and the Fate of the Union. University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Virginia Convention of 1861 – Wheeling
*Ordinances of the Convention assembled at Wheeling on the 11th of June, 1861
*How West Virginia was Made: Proceedings of the First Convention of the People of Northwestern Virginia at Wheeling, May 13, 14 and 15, 1861, and the Journal of the Second Convention at Wheeling
Virginia Convention of 1864
*Lowe, Richard. Republicans and Reconstruction in Virginia, 1856-70 (1991)
*Journal of the Constitutional Convention which convened at Alexandria on the 13th Day of February, 1864.
* Constitution of the State of Virginia and the Ordinances adopted by the Convention which assembled at Alexandria on the 13th day of February, 1864
Virginia Convention of 1868-1869
*Lowe, Richard. Republicans and Reconstruction in Virginia, 1856-70. University Press of Virginia, 1991.
Virginia Convention of 1902