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The Late Shocking DuelAn excerpt from the National Intelligencer article published posthumously by Gen. Mason's friends about the recent duel.
John Mason McCarty's TombstoneA reprint of a Times-Mirror article in the Gunston Hall quarterly newsletter.
Virginia Gazette: With the Latest Advices, Foreign and Domestick- April 11th, 1751A 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…
Virginia Gazette: With the Freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick- Jan. 8th, 1767Rawleigh, having large rooms and the capacity to hold large groups, could be used for lectures and classes. At
Rawleigh tavern, Mr. William Verlings…
Virginia Gazette: With the Latest Advices, Foreign and Domestick- May 7th, 1767Roger Dixon put an ad in the Virginia Gazette advertising 3000 acres of land in Albemale, 1500 acres in Culpeper on the Hedgemann river, and his…
Virginia Gazette: With the Latest Advices, Foreign and Domestick- Oct. 13th, 1768The Virginia Gazette mentions that Lord Charles Greville Montague, governor of South Carolina in 1768, went to dinner with his wife to the Raleigh…
Bathsheba Crane describes the town of Westminster, Vermont. She extols the virtues of Vermont and its people, as well as its beautiful landscape. She…
Liverpool Slave TradersTable of Liverpool slave traders sending 500 or more slaves to the Chesapeake.from the chapter by Lorena S. Walsh, “Liverpool’s Slave Trade to the…
Diary of Martha BallardA diary written by the midwife Martha Ballard from 1785 to 1812 with entries describing her daily life as a midwife in Colonial Northern United…
A learned Doctor's Address to the Midwife who assisted at the Birth of his Son