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Leisure Time In Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Andrew Jackson Johnson
Leisure Time In Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Andrew Jackson Johnson
Master's Theses
Eighteenth-century Virginia was strikingly agrarian. Tobacco planting on the plantations and farms created an ever-increasing need for new land. The growth of a dispersed rural society reacted against the formation of urban focal units and a middle class. This society did create, because of the endemic loneliness of the country, a people who desired companionship and proved to be gregarious and convivial.
The hospitality for which Virginians are well known was very much in evidence at this period and served in a subtle way to offer diversion to both guest and host. Travelers were invited to the plantations and farms …
An Analysis Of The Principal Media Of Exchange Used In Colonial Virginia, John Robert Chappell
An Analysis Of The Principal Media Of Exchange Used In Colonial Virginia, John Robert Chappell
Master's Theses
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the principal media of exchange used in Virginia during the Colonial period, showing why these media were used and how adequately or inadequately they performed the function of money. This analysis will be limited primarily to the role played by "tobacco money," coin, and paper money in the local economy of Virginia. The role of credit as a medium of exchange will be touched on only briefly, although its importance is recognized.
Traveller's Comments On Virginia Taverns, Ordinaries And Other Accomodations From 1750 To 1812, James Walter Hosier
Traveller's Comments On Virginia Taverns, Ordinaries And Other Accomodations From 1750 To 1812, James Walter Hosier
Master's Theses
This paper will attempt to point out the comments or the various travellers in Virginia concerning the functions of public houses from 1750 to lP.12. The travellers as individuals had their prejudices, inaccuracies, and contradictions, but their remarks, on tho other hand, help to give a valuable on the scene picture of this area of early Virginia history. Traveller's comments on hospitality and transportation, two areas which greatly influenced the state's public houses, will also be included to form e better perspective, and on occasion laws, newspapers and other articles will be used to clarify and expend various topics mentioned …
The Military Career Of Colonel William Ranson Johnson Pegram, C.S.A., Beverly Blair Mcdowell
The Military Career Of Colonel William Ranson Johnson Pegram, C.S.A., Beverly Blair Mcdowell
Master's Theses
My initial introduction to Colonel Pegram was facilitated by the reading of Lee's Lieutenants, that monumental work on the Army of Northern Virginia, by Doctor Douglas Southall Freeman. One obscure footnote on page 674, volume Ill attracted my attention and imagination. Doctor Freeman states in this subscript that "Willie" Pegram deserves a biography. This study is an attempt to partially meet that challenge; however, I use the word "partially", for a complete biography would of necessity include more materials on the subject's early life. The major emphasis here is on his military career in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The …
An Investigation Of The Attitudes Expressed By Richmond's Press Toward Thomas Jefferson In The Presidential Elections Of 1800, 1804, And 1808, Edward Allison Brown
An Investigation Of The Attitudes Expressed By Richmond's Press Toward Thomas Jefferson In The Presidential Elections Of 1800, 1804, And 1808, Edward Allison Brown
Master's Theses
This paper is an investigati on of the attitudes expressed toward Thomas Jefferson by Richmond's press in the presidential elections of 1800, 1804, and 1808. Jefferson, revered and venerated today, as a controversial figure during these years and was attacked most severely by bis political opponents and defended staunchly by his political friends. This investigation covers only the newspapers of Richmond during these election years, and no attempt has been made to deal with the multitudinous tracts, pamphlets, and other circulars printed in these years.
Principal reliance has been placed upon Richmond 's three largest and most enduring newspapers of …
The Political Thought Of General Hans Von Seeckt, Henry William Herx
The Political Thought Of General Hans Von Seeckt, Henry William Herx
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
The Exclusion Crisis And The Earl Of Shaftesbury, 1679-1681, F. Edward Higgins
The Exclusion Crisis And The Earl Of Shaftesbury, 1679-1681, F. Edward Higgins
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
The Educational Debate In The French National Assembly 1848-1850, John Leonard Kellogg
The Educational Debate In The French National Assembly 1848-1850, John Leonard Kellogg
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
The Critical And Literary Background For A Study Of The Development Of Taste For "Modern Art" In America, From 1880 To 1900, John D. Kysela
The Critical And Literary Background For A Study Of The Development Of Taste For "Modern Art" In America, From 1880 To 1900, John D. Kysela
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
An Investigation Into The Status Of Cherokee Indian Civilization Before 1838, Zandt Cecilia Van
An Investigation Into The Status Of Cherokee Indian Civilization Before 1838, Zandt Cecilia Van
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.