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WILLIAMSBURG IN COLONIAL TIMES Incidents in the Lives of the English Colonists in Virginia During the 17th & 18th Centuries as Revealed in the Old Documents & Files of The Virginia Gazette
by J.A.OSBORNE , ELMO JONES ,
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RICHMOND VA: THE DIETZ PRESS, 1936 Iinternal VG] Blue buckram cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt blocked Virginia crest to front board.245 x 165 mm approx. Facsimile Declaration of independence 26th July 1776 Virginia Gazette printed end papers. xxii +166pp Frontis two tone illustration + 7 other such illustrations as called for by Artist Elmo Jones. Compilation of articles published in the Virginia Gazette during the 17th & 18th Centuries which provide an insight into life in Colonial Virginia prior to the American Revolution. The articles are grouped by topic and include :- Prominent News of the day, Courtship/marriage- recording the domestic relations and marital troubles of the colonists, Slavery and Servants, Wines and Liquors, Colonial Amusements and Entertainment, Colonial Merchandising and real estate transactions etc. Useful index of names of persons featured/reported on at end - providing leads for ancestral research. Good- Book- moderate to heavy shelf wear. Williamsburg Virginia and date 1940 in ink to preliminary blank. No previous owner name or other insc. or annotations. Binding sound). Article relating to Duke of Gloucester Street Williamsburg from The Readers Digest June 1946 loosely laid in. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Title
- WILLIAMSBURG IN COLONIAL TIMES Incidents in the Lives of the English Colonists in Virginia During the 17th & 18th Centuries as Revealed in the Old Documents & Files of The Virginia Gazette
- Author
- J.A.OSBORNE , ELMO JONES ,
- Illustrator
- ELMO JONES
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- THE DIETZ PRESS
- Place of Publication
- RICHMOND VA
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Williamsburg, Virginia, Jamestown, Quakers, J A Osborne, Slavery, Social History, The Slave Trade, English Stock Companies, Ancestral Research,
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