Henry Read McIlwaine was born in Farmville, Virginia on July 12, 1864.

[1] McIlwaine graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1885 and earned a Ph.D. from 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 Richmond on March 16, 1934.

[2][3] He was a prolific editor of historical volumes relating to the early governance of the Commonwealth including:[4]

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