Books from Colonial Williamsburg

  • The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783
    The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783
    By John E. Selby

    210-672 , John Heckewelder , A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians ; from Its Commencement in the Year 174o to the Close of the Year 1808 ( Philadelphia , 1820 ) , and William L.

  • The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire: Indians in Seventeenth-century Virginia
    The Rise and Fall of the Powhatan Empire: Indians in Seventeenth-century Virginia
    By James Axtell

    This book describes how the English vied with the Powhatan Indians to dominate the lands and resources in Tidewater Virginia.

  • William Byrd II and His Lost History: Engravings of the Americas
    William Byrd II and His Lost History: Engravings of the Americas
    By Margaret Beck Pritchard, Virginia Lascara Sites

    For example , " q " marked the highland area where Byrd explored plant and animal life while waiting for all of the commissioners to convene , and “ o ” designated the road to John Heath's house where the surveying party camped one ...

  • Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg
    Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg
    By John D. Davis

    Hornsby , Pewter of the Western World Hornsby , Peter R. G. Pewter of the Western World , 1600–1850 . Exton , Pa .: Schiffer Publishing , 1983 . Hornsby , Weinstein , and Homer , Celebration of the craft Hornsby , Peter R. G. , Rosemary ...

  • The Idea of America: How Values Shaped Our Republic and Hold the Key to Our Future
    The Idea of America: How Values Shaped Our Republic and Hold the Key to Our Future
    By William Edward White, H. Michael Hartoonian, Richard D. Van Scotter

    Horace Mann, writing in 1848, remarked that schools would spur economic growth and reduce class conflict. Mann argued that education could increase the national wealth and eliminate discord between capital and labor.

  • Bookbinder in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg
    Bookbinder in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg
    By Thomas K. Ford

    To the Stretch o For his Hages from the 14 of January to this day . so Sundry 163 Lydia Charlton Dr To Cash . ... --can be divided into three main groups : edition binding , custom binding , and the manufacture of blank record books .

  • The Old Plantation: The Artist Revealed
    The Old Plantation: The Artist Revealed
    By Susan P. Shames

    14.00 a Lot Crockery Ware 8. a Lot Silver 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.00 3 Beds & Bedding 72. 1 prbrass & 2 pr. Iron Andirons 9. . . . . . . . . . . 81.00 1 Pair Shovel & Tongs 1.50. Four Waiters 1 .

  • Welcome to the Williamsburg Inn
    Welcome to the Williamsburg Inn
    By Hugh DeSamper

    ... 77 , 78-79 , and 82-83 by Mike Klemme Photo on pages 24-25 by Lisa Masson Photos on page 89 by John Whitehead page 3 , Album of Virginia , by Edward Beyer , plate 13 , “ Old Sweet Springs . ” Courtesy , The Library of Virginia ...

  • Ein Blick Auf Williamsburg
    Ein Blick Auf Williamsburg
    By Thomas K. Ford, Donna C. Sheppard, Jr.

    CHOWNINGS TAVERNE JO CHOWN OSIAH CHOWNINGS Taverne ist eine für die Kolonialzeit typische Schenke , die einstmals von bodenständigeren Gästen besucht wurde . In der Tradition der alten Zeit serviert Chownings noch heute seinen Gästen ...

  • Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future: Colonial Williamsburg's Animals
    Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future: Colonial Williamsburg's Animals
    By John P. Hunter

    ... Chuck Roberts , Emily Roberts , Randy Rogers , Bill Rose , Kathy Rose , Brenda Rosseau , Mark Schneider , Amanda Schumann , Claire Schumann , Elaine Shirley , DeAndre Short , DeVonte Short , Ed Shultz , Phil Schultz , Karen Smith ...

  • From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes
    From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes
    By Susan Hight Rountree

    The sparkling blossoms of a white dogwood tree spill over into the garden behind the Benjamin Waller House . Miss Luty Blow traced the garden's design drawn by her grandmother , Eliza Waller . Her tracing was followed when Colonial ...

  • A Window on Williamsburg
    A Window on Williamsburg
    By Thomas K. Ford, Donna C. Sheppard, John J. Walklet

    CHRISTIANA CAMPBELL'S TAVERN C Capital and noted for ONVENIENT to the -Capitol and noted for good food , this popular hostelry attracted many prominent leaders of the Virginia colony . George Washington and some of his friends had a ...

  • Songs from the Williamsburg Theatre: A Selection of Fifty Songs Performed on the Stage in Williamsburg in the Eighteenth Century
    Songs from the Williamsburg Theatre: A Selection of Fifty Songs Performed on the Stage in Williamsburg in the Eighteenth Century
    By John W. Molnar

    If the Swain We Sigh For sung in MIDAS A Burletta by Kane O'Hara Unidentified Kane O'Hara ( 1711-1782 ) ( Moderately slow ; archly ) Gm7 C F Dm G7 C F С F Gm7 C F tr тр 7 7 7 7 6 F Bb F Bb F С С F If_ the 3 3 3 3 3 3 р 6 6 4 5 3 F Bb С ...

  • Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg's Folk Art Collection
    Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg's Folk Art Collection
    By Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

    Contributed by Mr. Osborne Taylor Toano , Virginia BODY OF PIG BODY OF MAN HEAD OF MAN SPLIT CORN - STALK IN 4 PARTS FOR ARMS CUT OFF STALK END LEAVE THIS END NATURAL CORNCOB HANGER PAINT ON FEATURES GLUE ON LEGS BEND FOR HANDS AND GLUE ...

  • The Williamsburg Art of Cookery: Or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion
    The Williamsburg Art of Cookery: Or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion
    By Helen Bullock

    attempting the most elegant and genteel Exploits in Cookery is evidenced by a small Order for Sundries by Lord Dunmore , from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg , to John Norton & Sons , Merchants of London , on the twelfth of June ...

  • New England Furniture at Williamsburg
    New England Furniture at Williamsburg
    By Barry A. Greenlaw

    ... 142 , 147 ; Windsor chairs , 156 Bostonian Society , 3 Bowen , Nathan , 81 Bragg , Henry , 141 Brewster family , 80 Bridgewater ( Connecticut ) , 78 Bright , George , 81 , 98 Brookline ( Massachusetts ) , 53 Brown , Gawen , 83 Brown ...

  • Williamsburg Before and After: The Rebirth of Virginia's Colonial Capital
    Williamsburg Before and After: The Rebirth of Virginia's Colonial Capital
    By George Humphrey Yetter

    He traces the deterioration that followed when the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, and concludes with the exciting story of how Williamsburg's past was saved.

  • In the Neatest Manner: The Making of the Virginia Sampler Tradition
    In the Neatest Manner: The Making of the Virginia Sampler Tradition
    By Kimberly Smith Ivey

    Williams , Gregory L. , and L. Eileen Parrish , eds . Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Colonial ... Leeds , Great Britain : W. S. Maney and Son , 1988 . Barrett , Mrs. Russel S. “ Marriage Bonds of Norfolk County .

  • The Miller in Eighteenth Century Virginia
    The Miller in Eighteenth Century Virginia
    By Thomas K. Ford, Horace J. Sheely

    For this the runner stone must be removed and turned over so that the stone dresser , with his pickaxe - like " millbill " can operate on both faces . The dresser deepens the furrows , if necessary , and roughens the " lands " between ...

  • Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-century America
    Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-century America
    By James M. Gaynor, Nancy L. Hagedorn

    1725 , oil on canvas , England , by Jack Laguerre ( d . 1748 , formerly attributed to William Hogarth ) nearly every workman carries a folding two - foot rule in his pocket . There is no doubt about who is the customer , the master ...