Download or read book Eppington on the Appomattox written by Martha W. McCartney and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eppington on the Appomattox" is the story of the founding and evolution from the mid 1700s of Eppington Plantation of Chesterfield County, Virginia. It includes, as well, the associated family history of Eppington's founder, Francis Eppes VI, who married Thomas Jefferson's sister-in-law. The author, noted colonial Virginia researcher and historian Martha W. McCartney, describes the Native American and Tidewater Virginia background of the Eppington lands, identifies the Eppes family's English and colonial American roots, places Eppington's creation in the context of evolving colonial life along the James and Appomattox Rivers, and traces the economic and social forces influencing Eppington's development. McCartney also points out the role of slavery in Eppington's agricultural success; explores the fascinating relationship between the Eppes and Jefferson families, including many Eppington visits and extended stays of Thomas Jefferson and his daughters; reports on details of construction, modification, and expansion of the plantation house itself, which today still stands and is open to limited public visitation; and documents successive Eppington occupants and owners from the Eppes family to the present day, including the Thweatt, Cox, Hinds and Cherry families and public ownership by Chesterfield County government. The book also is amply illustrated and features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Download or read book Notes on Southside Virginia written by Walter Allen Watson and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papers of Thomas Jefferson 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. Both incoming and outgoing letters are included, totaling 518 documents printed in full. General themes include Jefferson's financial troubles, which eventually led him to loan himself a large sum of money he was managing for Tadeusz Kosciuszko; his preparations to face a lawsuit stemming from his decision as president to remove Edward Livingston from a valuable property in New Orleans; other legal complications involving his landholdings and the settlement of estates he had inherited long before; his plans to breed merino sheep and share them gratis with his fellow Virginians; and his ongoing interest in the Republican party's success. Highlights include a long list of books on agriculture that Jefferson probably compiled to guide the Library of Congress in its purchases; descriptions of inventions by Robert Fulton and more obscure figures such as the New Orleans engineer Godefroi Du Jareau; Jefferson's draft letter criticizing the Quakers as unpatriotic, much of which he later deleted; the letter in which he ordered a set of silver tumblers that have become known as the Jefferson Cups; and an important treatise on taxation by the distinguished French political economist Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, published here for the first time.
Download or read book The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Retirement Series Volume 2 written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. Both incoming and outgoing letters are included, totaling 518 documents printed in full. General themes include Jefferson's financial troubles, which eventually led him to loan himself a large sum of money he was managing for Tadeusz Kosciuszko; his preparations to face a lawsuit stemming from his decision as president to remove Edward Livingston from a valuable property in New Orleans; other legal complications involving his landholdings and the settlement of estates he had inherited long before; his plans to breed merino sheep and share them gratis with his fellow Virginians; and his ongoing interest in the Republican party's success. Highlights include a long list of books on agriculture that Jefferson probably compiled to guide the Library of Congress in its purchases; descriptions of inventions by Robert Fulton and more obscure figures such as the New Orleans engineer Godefroi Du Jareau; Jefferson's draft letter criticizing the Quakers as unpatriotic, much of which he later deleted; the letter in which he ordered a set of silver tumblers that have become known as the Jefferson Cups; and an important treatise on taxation by the distinguished French political economist Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, published here for the first time.
Download or read book Appomattox County written by Nathaniel Ragland Featherston and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in thirteen installments of U.S. Scots magazine, Dr. Millett's account of Scottish emigration to colonial America is, arguably, the best introduction to its subject. Chapter topics include the Scottish homeland and its peoples; the push/pull of emigration/immigration; Scottish colonial settlements prior to 1707; the establishment of the principal 18th-century Scottish communities along the Chesapeake, the Carolinas and Georgia, and throughout the Middle Colonies; and the role of Scots during the American Revolution. Readers will also find invaluable narrative and statistical background information on the Scottish presence in the colonies.
Download or read book Mr Jefferson s Women written by Jon Kukla and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of A Wilderness So Immense comes a pioneering study of Thomas Jefferson's relationships with women, both personal and political. The author of the Declaration of Independence, who wrote the words “all men are created equal,” was surprisingly uncomfortable with woman. In eight chapters, Kukla examines the evidence for the founding father's youthful misogyny, beginning with his awkward courtship of Rebecca Burwell, who declined Jefferson's marriage proposal, and his unwelcome advances toward the wife of a boyhood friend. Subsequent chapters describe his decade-long marriage to Martha Wayles Skelton, his flirtation with Maria Cosway, and the still controversial relationship with Sally Hemings. A riveting study of a complex man, Mr. Jefferson's Women is sure to spark debate.
Download or read book A Stillness at Appomattox written by Bruce Catton and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Stillness at Appomattox written by Bruce Catton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the Virginia State Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Place Called Appomattox written by William Marvel and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of one of the nation's most important towns uses diaries, letters, and official documents to retrace the story of Appomattox from its founding in 1845 through its most important day in April 1865 and the aftermath of that monumental event.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Committees of Safety of Caroline and Southampton Counties Virginia 1774 1776 written by Virginia (Colony) Committees of Safety and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book James River The written by William A. Fox and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, House Resolution 16 of the 110th Congress named the James River as "America's Founding River." The first permanent English settlement in the New World was made on the banks of the James at Jamestown in 1607, and representative government in America began there in 1619. The river runs for 340 miles entirely in Virginia, from the Allegheny Mountains to Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay. Canal boats, steamboats, and railroads made it a mainstream of commerce and communication for the growing state. While the river's scenic views have remained relatively unchanged since 1607, there is still much to discover along its length through 20 counties, three major cities, and numerous small towns on its way to the sea. With more than 200 images, The James River seeks to raise awareness about this great river and its history while helping to protect and preserve it for the future.
Download or read book Historic Virginia Homes and Churches written by Robert Alexander Lancaster and published by Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company. This book was released on 1915 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Appomattox written by Appomattox County (Va.). School Board and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Retirement Series Volume 11 written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826. During this period Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and sold his extraordinary library to the nation, but his greatest legacy from these years is the astonishing depth and breadth of his correspondence with statesmen, inventors, scientists, philosophers, and ordinary citizens on topics spanning virtually every field of human endeavor.--From publisher description.
Download or read book It Happened at Appomattox written by Mary Louise Gills and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appomattox is a story of adventure, heroism, humor and tragic drama.
