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A law from Virginia, 1662, pertaining to what kind of alcohol could be sold and who could sell it. This law references "disorders and riots in ordinaries", which shows the concern of the colonial government that ordinaries would be a source of…

A newspaper was published on June 29, 1861, which was a few weeks prior to the First Battle of Bull Run. Harper's Weekly shows a bias toward the Union and called the Confederates rebels In addition, it also showed the United States Army occupying…

For my research project on the Potomac railroad during and around the civil war (focusing on governmental proceedings), I will use a document called the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad: Petition. This petition will make my project…

This is a significant part of a newspaper in which this issue discusses some problems the RFP and its partners had initially in transferring troops and goods during the civil war. At the time, Richmond was the capital of Confederate America and thus,…

This newspaper article inside the Virginia Star, provides the statistical viewpoint of the Women of Virginia Red Cross contributions in the war effort. The effort and work put in by Virginia women is then influenced on others to have the same…

A small newspaper exert in the Highland Recorder of a little girl named Janey writing a letter to former secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr. With the letter, Janey sends $18.75 of stamps to buy war bonds for her contribution to the war…

An article in the Highland Recorder newspaper, talking about the success of the Women at War Week, praised by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The Women at War Week leaders declare that they will continue to do their part back home for the…