DOCSLIB.ORG

Ebook Download Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Ebook Download Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century SOCIAL LIFE OF VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY : AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE HIGHER PLANTIN PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Philip Alexander Bruce | 276 pages | 28 Feb 2009 | BiblioLife | 9781103402823 | English | Charleston SC, United States Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century : An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Higher Plantin PDF Book Some had fled the country. The bark of the board-pine was naturally good for the skin; rosin gathered on the bark was used for outward application; turpentine procured by incisions was "excellent to heal wounds and cuts. Add to Watchlist Unwatch. Drawn toward historical scholarship, Bruce left the newspaper in to become corresponding secretary and librarian of the Virginia Historical Society. Seller does not offer returns. Moody, Jr. Perhaps they thought too much of themselves by the mid 18th Century, or they were just terrible financial planners, but they overextended themselves in building their most famous structure, Rosewell Plantation. What do I not understand about the source? Telling those stories has evolved and expanded in various ways during the past years reflecting differing angles, viewpoints, and ideologies. Neither the gentlemen nor their servants would have known much about agriculture or farming. There was always the chance that a particularly brilliant display of northern lights might prove an awful forerunner, not of war and famine, but of the combustion of the earth and the crack of doom itself. Powhatan saw the unprepared colonists' disinterest in agriculture and continual begging for food, as well as the number of them who died, and he became convinced that the English were weak and could easily be pushed out of his territory. Compare Medicine in Mass. The crew selected a little old woman of suitable appearance, one Mary Lee, whom they examined "with strictest scrutiny, guilty or not guilty. George Craig, Western frontiersman and Indian fighter. The bezoar or bezar stone was a concretion taken from the intestines of wild goats and other animals. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Program terms and conditions - opens in a new window or tab. The wise King James, in his Demonology, felt bound to find another reason for the witch's floating. The Chesapeake Indians were a subsistence culture that produced only enough food to feed themselves, and they could not support hundreds of Englishmen. Upham did not know how to make a book, he did not know the subtle laws of mind, but the external facts are well given. Jared Elliot, page: 6 [View Page 6] Switch to Image Mode CLOSE Page 6 the leading colonial writer on agriculture in the middle of the eighteenth century, shows great respect to the zodiac, and the prosperity of the Pennsylvania German was attributed to his regard for the moon's phases. In Pennsylvania they were, in , pronounced "as able physicians as any in Europe. Free shipping. See the strange notions on the propagation of bees in the Insectorum of Movertus, , pp. Note 14, This precious unguent was applied, not to the wound, but to the weapon or implement that had produced it. Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Economic history of Virginia in the seventeenth century an inquiry into the material condition of the people, based upon original and contemporaneous records by Philip Alexander Bruce Book 13 editions published between and in English and Undetermined and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. They moved southward. Stafford's paper. Search "Pocahontas. Barton's Med. These laws served to put Africans and their descendants into a different social and legal category than white servants. The House of Burgesses was to meet once a year to make laws for Virginia. Bruce's own work often focused on social and economic history, seeking the origins of the New South while often marginalizing African Americans. Note II. Potable gold. For centuries strange theories had prevailed among learned and unlearned regarding the origin of those far-wandering waterfowl whose distant resting places were yet undiscovered. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. He kept some one of his horses bridled and saddled for six months. Side Signal, Nov. Her served as the magazine's first editor from until Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century : An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Higher Plantin Writer Moths originate, he says, in woolen fabrics, especially those in a moist condition. Tarter, J. Handling time. What is implied or conveyed unintentionally in the source? Bruce received honorary doctorates from the College of William and Mary in and from Washington and Lee University in , and he was a vice president of the Virginia Historical Society from to The English settlers tried to sell some of this tobacco in England, but they were unsuccessful. Essay on Witchcr. Nor will it avail much to remember that Milton was a Puritan at the same time with Cotton and Hooker and Winthrop. Of course, many of the plantation owners died, too. After Morton's death, omnivorous and marvel-loving Cotton Mather appropriated this hypothesis as a piece of flotsam, and wrote a letter to the Royal Society in which he suggested that the prodigious flights of pigeons in the colonies rendered probable the existence of an unseen, near-at-hand satellite, from which came these myriads of birds, and to which they were wont to retreat again. Meantime Dr. It would be a number of years, though, before the colony became more stable. Glover in Phil. Common terms and phrases adopted allowed amount appear appointed arms arrived Assembly authorities B. In the American colonies it was practiced by the half-taught chirurgeon, as well as by clergymen and other medical amateurs and dabblers, to whom the old almanacs pointed out the proper time of the moon for letting blood according to the age of the patient. Disease, sickness, and famine quickly set in. A recent French writer says of the seventeenth: "L'esprit d'observation et fortiori d'exprimentation, qui nous semble si natural l'homme d'tude, tait peine n. This item will be shipped through the Global Shipping Program and includes international tracking. But writers of the Paracelsian school of the sixteenth century amplified, emphasized, intricated, and mysticized the doctrine in such a way as to make it seem almost an original discovery of their own time. Reports of continental witch trials were translated for the edification of Englishmen. His last years, like his earlier life, were troubled with serious illness. After attending the Norwood School in Nelson County from to , Bruce spent the next two years at the University of Virginia and graduated from the law school of Harvard University in One relates that a pole carrying two broke, but, by holding fast to the one in front of her, the witch got safe to her destination. It was the usual practice to send out with each "plantation" or settlement a surgeon who knew some physic. But its relation to anatomical knowledge in America in the seventeenth century is small. The cost to build Rosewell overreached Page family funds in such a way that two generations after it was completed the accrued debt essentially wiped the Page family out. Deane's Sketch of Wigglesworth. The concretions of the "mountain goat" were the original bezoar, but any intestinal formation of the kind came to be considered bezoar. Andromachus, physician to Nero, changed the constitution of the remedy somewhat, adding the flesh of the viper, probably on the principle of curing like by like. Back to home page. Bibliographic information. It was only as time wore on that organic chemistry arose to deliver the afflicted from the nauseous and the noxious by dumping whole pharmacopias of vile medicament into the homogeneal sewers. This remedy of Andromachus was the famous theriac which was so much lauded by Galen and which imposed itself even on modern times. Note 2. Labadists' Journal, This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. A disciple of the New South ideal of a business and industrial revival based on values traditionally associated with the region, he initially regarded African Americans as an obstacle to progress. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. Sign in to check out Check out as guest. What opinions are related in this source? In Cornwall it was reported that swallows out of season had been "found sitting in old deepe Tynneworkes and holes in the Sea Cliffes. Sell now - Have one to sell? The now empty Lee Tomb at Stratford Hall. Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century : An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Higher Plantin Reviews If a slave committed a crime, he or she was punished more severely than a white person. Listed in category:. Economic history of Virginia in the seventeenth century : an inquiry into the material condition of the people, based upon original and contemporaneous records Author Bruce, Philip Alexander, Minor in the — academic year before establishing his own practice in Baltimore in Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Join us as we discuss the events surrounding that fateful outbreak, and discover how many things are still quite similar in how we approach these fearful situations. He is the magazine's first editor. Although tobacco was starting to become profitable, the Virginia Company had failed to make a profit for its investors. The English retaliated. Uploaded by bunna archive. Be the first one to write a review. Battle of Tippecanoe, Philip Alexander Bruce Snippet view - Resigning from the Virginia Historical Society in , Bruce made the first of several extended research trips to England.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • CINDEX Index
    Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Index to Volume 115 (2007) Bold page numbers indicate illustrations (Issue number 1: 1–160; 2: 161–368; 3: 369–484; 4: 485–630) A by Donna M. Lucey, 593–94 academic libraries, 36 architectural history, 136–38 Act of Toleration (1689), 190 Arendts, Grace, 302–3 Adams, Herbert Baxter, 35 Ariel (horse), 394, 396 Adams, Sean Patrick, 40, 46 Arlington House (Va.), 488, 491, 494, 504, 510 African American bishops, 332 Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 413–14, 422, 432 African American churches, 261–62, 284, 286, 308–9 Arnold, Benedict, 116 African American culture, 349–50 art, 503 African American ministers, 287, 299, 310 Asbury, Francis, 207 African Americans, 15, 22, 125–27, 140–42 Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, church's mission to, 187, 228, 261–64, 283–89, 20, 24 293–94, 302, 306–9, 337 Athanasian Creed, 209 education of, 348–49 Atkinson, Frank B., Virginia in the Vanguard: Political African American schools, 294, 308, 348–49 Leadership in the 400–Year–Old Cradle of American African American women, 349–50 Democracy, 1981–2006, 598–99 African Education Society of America, 522 Atwell, Joseph, 286 Akinola, Peter, 339 Autocrat (horse), 391 Alderman, Edwin, 64–65, 70, 74–76, 78–80, 91–93, Ayers, Mary Jo, 83 95 Alexandria Gazette, 109 B Allen, George, 598 Babcock, Samuel, 520, 525, 527 Allen, John, 376 The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia, by Alston, William, 383 Christopher E. Hendricks, 445–46 Ambler, John, 214 Bacon, Nathaniel, 9, 16 American Association of University Women,
    [Show full text]
  • Virginia Historical Society the CENTER for VIRGINIA HISTORY
    Virginia Historical Society THE CENTER FOR VIRGINIA HISTORY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2004 ANNUAL MEETING, 23 APRIL 2005 Annual Report for 2004 Introduction Charles F. Bryan, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer he most notable public event of 2004 for the Virginia Historical Society was undoubtedly the groundbreaking ceremony on the first of TJuly for our building expansion. On that festive afternoon, we ushered in the latest chapter of growth and development for the VHS. By turning over a few shovelsful of earth, we began a construction project that will add much-needed programming, exhibition, and storage space to our Richmond headquarters. It was a grand occasion and a delight to see such a large crowd of friends and members come out to participate. The representative individuals who donned hard hats and wielded silver shovels for the formal ritual of begin- ning construction stood in for so many others who made the event possible. Indeed, if the groundbreaking was the most important public event of the year, it represented the culmination of a vast investment behind the scenes in forward thinking, planning, and financial commitment by members, staff, trustees, and friends. That effort will bear fruit in 2006 in a magnifi- cent new facility. To make it all happen, we directed much of our energy in 2004 to the 175th Anniversary Campaign–Home for History in order to reach the ambitious goal of $55 million. That effort is on track—and for that we can be grateful—but much work remains to be done. Moreover, we also need to continue to devote resources and talent to sustain the ongoing programs and activities of the VHS.
    [Show full text]
  • Virginian Writers Fugitive Verse
    VIRGIN IAN WRITERS OF FUGITIVE VERSE VIRGINIAN WRITERS FUGITIVE VERSE we with ARMISTEAD C. GORDON, JR., M. A., PH. D, Assistant Proiesso-r of English Literature. University of Virginia I“ .‘ '. , - IV ' . \ ,- w \ . e. < ~\ ,' ’/I , . xx \ ‘1 ‘ 5:" /« .t {my | ; NC“ ‘.- ‘ '\ ’ 1 I Nor, \‘ /" . -. \\ ' ~. I -. Gil-T 'J 1’: II. D' VI. Doctor: .. _ ‘i 8 » $9793 Copyrighted 1923 by JAMES '1‘. WHITE & C0. :To MY FATHER ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL GORDON, A VIRGINIAN WRITER OF FUGITIVE VERSE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The thanks of the author are due to the following publishers, editors, and individuals for their kind permission to reprint the following selections for which they hold copyright: To Dodd, Mead and Company for “Hold Me Not False” by Katherine Pearson Woods. To The Neale Publishing Company for “1861-1865” by W. Cabell Bruce. To The Times-Dispatch Publishing Company for “The Land of Heart‘s Desire” by Thomas Lomax Hunter. To The Curtis Publishing Company for “The Lane” by Thomas Lomax Hunter (published in The Saturday Eve- ning Post, and copyrighted, 1923, by the Curtis Publishing 00.). To the Johnson Publishing Company for “Desolate” by Fanny Murdaugh Downing (cited from F. V. N. Painter’s Poets of Virginia). To Harper & Brothers for “A Mood” and “A Reed Call” by Charles Washington Coleman. To The Independent for “Life’s Silent Third”: by Charles Washington Coleman. To the Boston Evening Transcript for “Sister Mary Veronica” by Nancy Byrd Turner. To The Century for “Leaves from the Anthology” by Lewis Parke Chamberlayne and “Over the Sea Lies Spain” by Charles Washington Coleman. To Henry Holt and Company for “Mary‘s Dream” by John Lowe and “To Pocahontas” by John Rolfe.
    [Show full text]
  • African-Americans and the Construction of the University of Virginia
    African-Americans and the Construction of the University of Virginia by Allison Sims Linney HIUS 404 Independent Study Professor Peter Onuf Spring 1993 Allison Sims Linney 1 The origins of the University of Virginia have often been studied by looking at the first professors and students. However, there was a group of people at the University long before the professors and students ever arrived and classes started on March 7, 1825. This first community consisted of the people who built the University of Virginia. This community of builders has attracted the interest of a few historians. Much has been learned about the major and minor contractors, the different craftsmen, and the workmen, but very little is known about the roles played by African-American slaves and free African-Americans. Despite the scarce documentation, it is essential to look at the presence of slavery in the building of the University of Virginia for two reasons. First, any new information about black workers sheds light on the entire group of people who built Thomas Jefferson’s “Academical Village”; second, historians have a responsibility to find out more about the history of people, such as slaves, who have traditionally been ignored in historical narrative accounts. Although historians may never be able to document completely the precise capacity in which African-Americans were involved in the development of the University, it is clear that they were part of both the operation and the construction of the University. The Proctor’s Papers reveal the names of specific African-Americans present during the University’s construction.
    [Show full text]
  • Dutch Trading Networks in Early North America, 1624-1750
    COUNTRIES WITH BORDERS - MARKETS WITH OPPORTUNITIES: DUTCH TRADING NETWORKS IN EARLY NORTH AMERICA, 1624-1750 A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Kimberly Ronda Todt August 2012 © 2012 Kimberly Ronda Todt ii COUNTRIES WITH BORDERS – MARKETS WITH OPPORTUNITIES: DUTCH TRADING NETWORKS IN EARLY NORTH AMERICA, 1624-1750 Kimberly Ronda Todt, Ph. D. Cornell University 2012 Examining the Dutch in early America only through the prism of New Netherland is too limiting. The historiography inevitably follows a trajectory that leads to English takeover. This work explores how Dutch merchants fostered and nurtured trade with early American colonies at all levels and stages – from ship owners to supercargos to financiers – and over the varied geographical and political terrains in which early American commodities were grown, hunted, harvested, and traded. Chapters are organized geographically and chronologically and survey how Dutch trading networks played out in each of early America’s three major regions – New England, the Middle Colonies, and the Chesapeake and later the Lower South from 1624 through 1750. Chronicling Dutch trade also serves to emphasize that participants in early America were rooted in global – as well as in local, regional, and imperial – landscapes. Accordingly, while each of the chapters of this work is regional, they are also integrated into something larger. In the end, this is a study that thinks across the Atlantic world yet explores various commodities or individual merchants to understand markets and networks. This narrative also demonstrates how profoundly Dutch capital, merchants, and iii goods affected early America.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report for 2009
    V I R G I N I A H I S T O R I C A L S O C I E ANNUAL REPORT T Y FOR 2009 SELECTED ACCESSIONS Manuscripts 1. Ledger, 1791–93, kept by Dr. John Thompson (of Seven Oaks, Amherst County) concerning the operation of a still. 95 l.: handwritten; 12 1/2 x 8 in. Bound volume. Includes records of purchases of wheat, rye, and corn and of the sale of whiskey, brandy, and other spirits. Also, includes lists of customers. Gift of Mrs. Warren W. Watts. 2. Records, 1793–1941, concerning ownership of Cedar Park Farm, Middlesex County, by members of the Healy and Muse families. 8 items. Gift of the estate of Betty Sams Christian. 3. Papers, 1798–1881, of the Wyllie family (of Danville and Lynchburg) including correspondence, financial materials, and related items concerning Capt. John Noble, merchant and real estate investor, real estate developer Allen Love Wyllie, and tobacco manufacturer John Noble Wyllie. 117 items. Gift of Kate Wyllie James LePine. 4. Papers, 1800–1953, collected by Thornton Tayloe Perry (of Charles Town, W.Va.) primarily concerning the history of Jefferson County (now W. Va.), the life and career of lawyer and statesman Charles James Faulkner (of Martinsburg, Va. [now W. Va.]), and the history of other areas of Virginia, West Virginia, and nearby states. 39 items. Purchased through the Betty Sams Christian Fund. 5. Papers, 1810–2004, of the Taliaferro family (of Gloucester County) including correspondence of the related Catlett, Lee, Montague, and Seddon families; Civil War letters of Taliaferro family members who served as officers in the Confederate Army; correspondence of artist Harriotte Lee (Taliaferro) Montague while she was studying in Germany and France; and correspondence of her son, historian Ludwell Lee Montague.
    [Show full text]
  • Slavery, Economic Development, and Modernization on Louisiana Sugar Plantations, 1820-1860
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1997 The uS gar Masters: Slavery, Economic Development, and Modernization on Louisiana Sugar Plantations, 1820-1860. Richard J. Follett Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Follett, Richard J., "The uS gar Masters: Slavery, Economic Development, and Modernization on Louisiana Sugar Plantations, 1820-1860." (1997). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 6540. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/6540 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text direct^ from the oiigmal or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter fiice; while others may be from any type o f computer printer. The qonlityr of this reprodaction is dependent upon the qnalityr of the copy subm itted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photogr^hs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversety afifect reproductiofL In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, b^inning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing fi*om left to right in equal sections with small overiaps.
    [Show full text]
  • City Point Report.P65
    Colonial Williamsburg Archaeological Reports Cultural Overview of City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield, Hopewell, Virginia Audrey J. Horning Submitted to: Petersburg National Battlefield P. O. Box 549 Petersburg, VA 23804 Submitted by: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Department of Archaeological Research P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 (757) 220-7330 Supplemental Agreement #23 under Cooperative Agreement #CA4000-2-1017 Principal Investigator Marley R. Brown III December 2004 Cultural Overview of City Point, Petersburg National Battlefield, Hopewell, Virginia by Audrey J. Horning Submitted to: Petersburg National Battlefield P. O. Box 549 Petersburg, VA 23804 Submitted by: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Department of Archaeological Research P.O. Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 (757) 220-7330 Supplemental Agreement #23 under Cooperative Agreement #CA4000-2-1017 Audrey J. Horning Project Archaeologist Marley R. Brown III Principal Investigator December 2004 Management Summary n August 2001, the National Park Service and the Colonial Williamsburg Founda- tion initiated a cultural overview of the City Point Unit of the Petersburg National IBattlefield in Hopewell, Virginia under Supplementary Agreement #CA4000-2- 1017. The scope of work included the compilation and presentation of “a cultural overview of the City Point area that includes the placement of prehistoric and historic resources in the context of James River and Chesapeake archaeology.” The following report presents this cultural overview of City Point,
    [Show full text]
  • Annualreport11.Pdf
    SELECTED ACCESSIONS Manuscripts 1. Deed, 1693 November 21, of Arthur Allen to Capt. Thomas Swann for 2,400 acres in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry County. Sheet: handwritten signed; 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Gift of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, N.Y. 2. Papers, 1722–1899, of the Massie family (of “Falling Spring,” Alleghany County, and Charlottesville) con- sisting of family and business correspondence, financial and legal records, architectural records, and related materials. 6,413 items. Gift of Dixon W. and Kate-Roy Massie Christian, Margaret Massie and Thomas L. Disharoon, and James Pleasants and Joy P. Massie. 3. Patent, 1737 June 10, issued by the Virginia Land Office to John Chafin for 200 acres in Goochland County. Sheet: handwritten; 11 x 15 in. Signed by Sir William Gooch as governor of Virginia. Gift of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown, N.Y. 4. Papers, 1745–1980, of the Hill and Meredith families (of King William County) including account books, correspondence, loose financial records, and related materials. 37 items. Gift of George Hill Meredith. 5. Land grant, 1749 June 20, issued to John Payne for 320 acres in Albemarle County. Sheet: handwritten; 14 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. Signed by Sir William Gooch as lieutenant Deed, 1693 November 21, of Arthur Allen to Capt. Thomas governor of Virginia. The land straddled both sides of Swann. (Mss11:2Sw246:1) Bremo Creek. Gift of Randolph W. and Lorna Wyckoff. 6. Student notebook, 1785–87, kept by John Holt Bell in Surry County. Bound volume. [116] p.: handwritten; 7 1/2 x 9 in.
    [Show full text]
  • Terrain of Gaines' Mill Battlefield, June 27, 1862
    HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE STUDY: TERRAIN OF GAINES' MILL BATTLEFIELD JUNE 27, 1862 by Clifford R. Dickinson DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RICHMOND NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK DIVISION OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND VISITOR PROTECTION RICHMOND, VIRGINIA The scope of this study is not intended to be one of the entire Gaines' Mill battlefield. Its primary purpose being to recreate the historical landscape of Richmond National Battlefield Park's Watt House/Gaines' Mill unit, it focuses on that specific area. The report should be read in conjunction with the Terrain Map of Gaines' Mill Battlefield, June 27, 1862, prepared by the author; it provides documentation in support of the landscape as shown on the map. In some instances general calculations have been made which effect vegetation lines. These are based as much as possible on historical maps of the vicinity prepared during the Civil War period. Personal examination of modern vegetation, especially timber growth, supports some pre- conceived generalizations. Hanover County, Virginia, records, Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture Forest Service reports on local vegetation have lent their weight to these findings. Much of the park unit containing the Watt house site has changed significantly from the state in which it existed during the l860s. This is particularly evident in the disappearance of antebellum roadways and the increased acreage of forest. Graphic evidence is provided by the Watt farm orchard; not trace of it can be discovered today. Much of this change in the landscape has occurred over the last five decades. The author wishes to express sincere thanks and appreciation to the National Park Service and the fine staff at Richmond National Battlefield Park, especially the Division of Resource Management and Visitor Protection which funded the research.
    [Show full text]
  • Virginia Historical Society Annual Report for 2010 Selected Accessions
    VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010 SELECTED ACCESSIONS Manuscripts 1. Papers, c. 1680–1948, compiled by Herbert Lawrence Ganter for a projected biography of Scottish educator and physician William Small, one of Thomas Jefferson's teachers at the College of William and Mary, including corre- spondence and extensive research files. 77 folders. Gift of the estate of Donald Haynes through the courtesy of Gerald Griffin, executor. 2. Papers, 1708–1919, compiled by Judge Leon Maurice Bazile concerning Hanover County people and places. 151 items. Gift of Mrs. John Edward Miller through the courtesy of Mrs. Renee H. Holmes. 3. Papers, 1722–1990, of the Louthan family (of Caroline County) including Carter M. Louthan (concerning his serv- ice in the Confederate army and his postwar work as a civil servant in Virginia), his son Henry Thompson Louthan (concerning his career as a Baptist minister and his career in education, particularly on the faculty at the College of William and Mary and Staunton Military Academy), Henry's wife, Elizabeth Rowland (Hurt) Louthan, and his daughter Mary Tyler Louthan (chiefly concerning her work as a genealogist). Also included are significant correspon- dence and financial papers of members of the related Brown, Hurt, Morgan, Seay, Thomas, and Tyler families. 14,522 items. Gift of Mary Tyler Louthan, Thomas Carter Louthan, and Paige Gillette Louthan. 4. Papers, 1776–1906, of the Moody family (of Hanover County) including business and financial records of cooper and farmer Samuel Moody, his sons Samuel Mills Moody, John Mills Moody, and Thomas P. Moody, and grandson John Wesley Moody.
    [Show full text]
  • VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY the CENTER for VIRGINIA HISTORY Annual Report for 2002
    VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE CENTER FOR VIRGINIA HISTORY Annual Report for 2002 INTRODUCTION CHARLES F. BRYAN, JR. President and Chief Executive Officer FOR much of last year, those of us who work in the history field became accustomed to hearing a continuing litany of grim financial news from col- leagues across the country. Although the VHS has been more fortunate than many institutions, we also discovered difficulty during 2002 in bringing in the revenue necessary to maintain our ambitious programming. And yet, in spite of formidable obstacles, we persevered. In the end, thanks to the gen- erosity of our friends, the leadership of our board, and the dedication of our staff, 2002 was a year of great accomplishment for our institution—in our collecting, in our programming, and in our interpreting of Virginia’s rich and varied past. The obstacles we face in the future are great, but the record of last year’s philanthropy, and the achievement that I hope this narrative dis- closes, should make us equal to the tasks that lie ahead. The collections that the VHS holds in trust form the cornerstone of our institution. The care of these collections falls under the able supervision of our three curatorial departments, led by James C. Kelly, director of muse- ums, Frances S. Pollard, director of library services, and E. Lee Shepard, director of manuscripts and archives and Sallie and William B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist. Under their guidance, we experienced another banner year, acquiring thousands of remarkable objects, books, and papers. From indi- vidual items to mega-collections, our holdings grew at a remarkable pace.
    [Show full text]