Stock Markets, Coffeehouses, London, Colonial Williamsburg
17th century businessmen spent so much time at the coffeehouses, that they frequently used the address of their coffeehouse of choice as their point of contact.
18th Century Virginia Musings
17th century businessmen spent so much time at the coffeehouses, that they frequently used the address of their coffeehouse of choice as their point of contact.
Last year, when I met George Wythe at the Tucker House, he mentioned a microscope at his house that received light from a hole in the window’s shutter.
He added that the first documented account of theater in Virginia was 1665 and dance manuals were written in the 1670’s…(or they will die).
This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
We walked through the time machine tunnel, entering Britain’s mercantilist town of Williamsburg set in 1774 where Britain controlled trade in the colonies.
Prompted by these gorgeous pictures that gave us an ah-ha moment as we closely examined the cupula, I’ve written the amazing story of how Virginia’s story is America’s story.