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A reader of the Virginia Gazette sent a letter to the printer, a copy of a letter sent from a clergyman to a King’s Attorney. In it, the clergyman opposes the opening of any new Ordinaries in the county, complaining about cards, dice, horse-racing,…

The first album recorded by John Jackson, released in 1966

discusses the history of the Bill of Rights and its importance in American History

This article is an address to the public by Armistead Mason on a public disagreement between himself and John McCarty, a resident of Alexandria, in which both men exchanged insults in public. The dispute arose out of political differences and a…

A portrait of Captain John Smith, who led the founding of the Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1607. His firsthand account of interactions with the indigenous peoples like Pocahontas give a detailed look at the colonist perspective of…

Talks about what needs to be done to help Blacks in Reston.

This is a 19th century engraved portrait of Captain James Barron.

Newspaper headline about the passing of the 21st Amendment

A book detailing the many roles women have obtained as well as what was thought of these women during the colonial period of the United States.

Cover of book Gentleman's Blood: A History of Dueling from Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk by Barbara Holland