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December 2016 912/236-8097 Become a Facebook Fan at “Davenport House Museum” Davenport House Museum Volunteer Newsletter December 2016 www.davenporthousemuseum.org 912/236-8097 Become a Facebook fan at “Davenport House Museum” P. RAMSBOTTOM of the gymnasium have become quite Note: Polly Cooper and Laura Lawton Has removed his QUILL and popular and the wise and the simple, the will sign their book Savannah’s Preserva- WAFER Establishment to the great and the small, resort to these schools tion Story for you during the party. Monday, December 5 from 11 a.m. corner of Bay and Drayton-sts of discipline. The epidemic has broken and 3:30 p.m. – FAM tours from where he has also opened a out in our metropolitan cities and has Music School. disturbed the gravity of their national VisitSavannah Savannah Republican. December 4, 1826. inhabitants. The powerful statesmen and Tuesday, December 6 from 6 to 8 proud lawyer climb ladders and dangle p.m. - JI Special Program The Weather. – Fahrenheit’s thermome- by ropes; the orators and speculators ride (Holiday lights and dancing) ter stood in this city last night at 9 o’clock, wooden hobby horses; and all classes find Thursday, December 8 at 1 to 3 p.m. at 23; this morning at 6 o’clock, it ranged their appropriate level and occupations – DAR group in KP between 14 and 15. A piece of ice, the suited to their respective tastes. The ma- - 5:30 p.m. at The Marshall thickness of four and a half inches, has just nia has extended to the females of our House – Savannah Square by been shown to us; 12 o’clock noon. country and we soon shall hear of young Square presentation by Michael Savannah Republican. December 23, 1826. ladies on their high ropes enacting all of Jordan et al and book signing lofty and extravagant gambols. Nat. Ae- Friday, December 9 all day – KP use GYMNASIA -- The following hit at one of gis. Monday, December 12 at 6:30pm – the passions of the day, is taken from the Savannah Republican. December 14, 1826. Harvest Lecture-Slavery in a Ro- National Aegis, printed at Worcester, mantic Age: Mary Telfair’s Sa- Massachusetts, who appears not to ap- Indemnity for Captured Slaves, &c. vannah by Jeffrey Robert Young, prove this resuscitation of the ancient From an authentic source at Washington PhD., Georgia State University gymnastic exercises. st (says the Baltimore American of the 21 Tuesday, December 13 from 6:30 to Gymnasia—A neat little triangular en- ins.) we learn the Convention recently 8 p.m. – DH JI Holiday Celebra- closure in the neighborhood of the vener- arranged at London by our Minister, Mr. tion able seal of New England’s piety and Gallatin, fixes the total amount of com- Wednesday, December 14 at noon – learning at Cambridge, where formerly pensation to be paid by the British Gov- KP use the successive generations of students ernment for slaves, tobacco, &c carried - 3 p.m. in the DH 2nd floor train- urged their sport in an honest pilgrim- off by the British officers subsequent to ing room – DH/KP Evolution like way, is or lately was, degenerate with the treaty of Ghent, at one million two (Exhibits Committee) quaint looking apparatus of much cord- hundred thousand dollars. The amount - 5 p.m. – Dance Rehearsal age, posts, rails, bars, and blocks and the claimed by our citizens exceeds visitors might perceive the ingenious $1,500,000, viz. by those of Maryland, Thursday, December 15 at 5 p.m. - youth of the future generations flaying $580,000; Virginia, $520,000; Louisiana, Planning session of Holiday Even- thereon all sort of fantastic tricks between $150,000; Georgia, $480,000; Alexan- ing Tours by Candlelight heaven and earth. It seems this is the dria [?], $113,000; Maine, $18,000; Missis- Saturday, December 24 – last tour at method prescribed by German Professors, sippi, $6,000; and Delaware, $7,000. 12:30 p.m. and practiced in German Universities, to Savannah Republican. December 29, 1826. Sunday, December 25 – Museum give muscular strength, activity and agil- ____________________________ Closed—Merry Christmas ity, to the frames of Monday, December 26 to Friday, DAVENPORT HOUSE CALENDAR those who approach the December 30 – Holiday Even- December 2016 ostentations and proud ing Tours by Candlelight December 1 through 15 – Staff, Volun- sources of all human teers, Friends received 25% off on DH Saturday, December 31 - last tour at science, knowledge and Shop purchases 12:30 p.m. information. Like all Thursday, December 1 at 10 a.m. – Sunday, January 1, 2017 - Happy New other imported fashions, Create DH Wreaths (need helpers) Year—DH Closed! whether salutary or Saturday, December 3 from 5 to pestiferous the exercises 7pm – DH Annual Holiday Party HOLLY JOLLY TROLLEY TOURS: your partner and/or family to see the vannah symposium and wrote a chap- Every night from Friday, November house in its holiday dress. ter in the publication on a similar top- 25 through Thursday, December If you can bring something to add ic, he offers “Historians tend to ap- 25 the DH will be a part of Old to the table (appetizer, dessert or liquid proach larger questions and revisit Town Trolley’s family holiday refreshment) all the better. Know it is them from slightly different angles in lights and seasonal fun trolley tour. your party in beautiful Savannah! numerous talks and essays and books Tickets may be purchased through over multiple years.” So what you will OTT online or by calling 912-233- hear on December 12 will be fresh 0083. insights from a scholar who spends his Many staff members and volunteers time studying the time period we inter- will make the 28 day series work at pret at the Davenport House. the DH. See the schedule on the FOR DH PEOPLE: If you plan to kitchen door. There are a few attend, call to reserve a place – spots which need filling. 912/236-8097. The program is free Thank you to all who are helping with of charge but we need to know how this program. many chairs to set up. HARVEST LECTURE: SPEAKER YOUNG A reception and an opportunity to GROUP TOURS RESERVATIONS: TO DISCUSS SLAVERY AND THE meet the speaker will follow the pro- Friday, December 2 at 3 p.m. – 24p SLAVEHOLDERS’ MIND! gram. Monday, December 5 at 10:15 a.m. DATE: Monday, December 12 at - Thank you to our friends at the - 12p 6:30 p.m. Kehoe Inn for providing lodging for - 10:30 a.m. – 30p (hospitality SPEAKER: Jeffrey Robert Young, our speaker! and tour) Senior Lecturer, Georgia State - 11 a.m. – FAM /German—11p University SHOP NEWS: - 3:30 to 5 p.m. – FAM American PROGRAM: Slavery in a Romantic - Shop local this holiday season. Tour Guide Association/Holiday Age: Mary Telfair’s Savannah. The Davenport House Museum Gift with Dancing DESCRPTION: The presentation Shop is ready for the holidays and has Wednesday, December 7 at 10 a.m. will explore the elaborate Romantic lovely gifts for every taste. No problem – 40p fantasies used by slaveholders in Sa- with parking and no crowds. Our fra- Monday, December 26 at 3 p.m. – vannah to justify their power, even as grant scented wax bowls are a favorite Road Scholars/Holidays with re- their slaves struggled for freedom. gift for family or friends. You do not need to light these or worry about ception – 30 to 40p SPEAKER’S EXPERTISE: His research Friday, December 30 at 10 a.m. – focuses on American slavery and leaving a flame burning. We have new 38p (White Star) Southern politics and merchandise including canapé plates, At 2:30 p.m. – 31p (White Star) culture. He has writ- Parisian footed plates, Parisian vases, Saturday, December 31 at 10 a.m. – ten Domesticating Slav- teapots, tea, coffee and gifts for wine 37p (White Star) ery: The Master Class in lovers. Ask a staff person for help with __________ Georgia and South Caro- creating the “perfect” gift for that spe- cial person on your list. DON’T BE TARDY, IT’S YOUR lina (University of - Don’t forget that volunteers, PARTY! DH ANNUAL HOLI- North Carolina Press, 1999) and Pro- slavery and Sectional Thought in the Early friends and staff get 25% off most DAY CELEBRATION! merchandise in the store from De- Saturday, December 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. South: An Anthology (University of cember 1-15. Come “pass a good time” with your South Carolina Press, 2004). - Book signing: Hugh Osborne at DH friends and family. DH folks – FROM THE DIRECTOR: Young was The Marshall House made it possible volunteers, staff, Friends of the Dav- asked to speak on slavery in Savannah for us to have a book signing of Sa- enport House, colleagues and special during the 1820s and he chose a topic vannah Square by Square with a good people will gather for mutual con- which encompasses his research. presentation by Michael Jordan on gratulations and good cheer. Please bring While he gave a presentation for the Telfair’s Slavery and Freedom in Sa- Thursday, December 8 from 5:30 to 7:30. Light refreshments will be taining all the interpretive materials served. This is an outstanding coffee put together over the years on topics table book that can be autographed such as punch, dancing, music, sylla- and personalized by the authors. Take bub and jellies, home fires, festive ap- a stroll down Broughton Street to The parel and the Scottish traditions famil- Marshall House! Buy a book and sup- iar in the early 19th century. You are port the DH. welcome to copies of these to further enliven your tour during the month.
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