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
Category: 1699-1780 Virginia life in Williamsburg
Hole in window shutter for solar microscope: Colonial Williamsburg
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.
18th Century Theater, Music, Dance: Colonial Williamsburg
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).
Critique of Revolutionary Book about 1750-1783
This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
Mercantilism Comes Alive at Colonial Williamsburg
We walked through the time machine tunnel, entering Britain’s mercantilist town of Williamsburg set in 1774 where Britain controlled trade in the colonies.
Capitol from Crown to Independence: Colonial Williamsburg
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.
