What does VSP mean in the book The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783? In the book ''The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783'' by David Dobson, published in Baltimore by the Genealogical Publishing Co. in 1984, I find on page 349 it lists an entry for James Wood that reads: > 7086. Wood, James, Jacobite, tr. 29 June 1716, fr. Liverpool to Jamaica or Va, in _Elizabeth & Anne_, arr. York Va. (SPC.1716.310)(CTB.31.208)(VSP.1.185) > According to what I did find in the list of abbreviations: * `SPC`: Calendar of State Papers, America and the West Indies. London, 1880. _Series_ * `CTB`: Calendar of Treasury Books. London, 1904. _Series_ However, it does not include `VSP`. What does this abbreviation mean in this book?

The book ' _The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783_ '' by David Dobson is also available on archive.org. Abbreviations are listed at the beginning of the book, but as you observed, VSP is not there.

However, all those I checked whose entry included a 'VSP' reference arrived in Virginia, so I decided to check whether VSP might stand for Virginia State Papers.

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Volume 1 of the Calendar of Virginia state papers and other manuscripts is also available on archive.org. James Wood appears on page 185 in the:

> List of Rebel Prisoners Imported by Capt: Edw'd TrafFord, in the Elizabeth & Anne, from Liverpole -

![List of rebel prisoners from Virginia State Papers volume 1](

As you can see, James Wood was listed as one of the 83 prisoners not indented (the list continues onto the next page).

So, **VSP.1.185** would appear to be _**Calendar of Virginia state papers. Volume 1. Page 185**_.