Vignettes of colonial Virginia / Brent Tarter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarter, Brent, 1948- Author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

Virginia--Social life and customs--To 1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : Rivanna Books, University of Virginia Press, 2025.

Contents:

Alien invasion

The Werowansqua of Appamattuck meets the alien invaders

Hughe Pryse and the loss of faith

Lawes divine morall and martiall

Richard Bucke, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Bible

Thefts from Edward Grindon's warehouse

Anthony Johnson's enslaved man

Elizabeth Key and the law of slavery

Cockacoesce and the fate of the Powhatan Confederacy

Jamestown in 1676

The grievances of the people

A dead bastard child

No obey

Grace Sherwood charged with witchcraft

Exemplary punishment for Salvadore and Scipio

Drinking more than necessary

Release us out of this cruell bondegg

William Byrd and his vine and fig tree

The air of a city

The head of Hampton

Susannah Sanders Cooper and her tavern

One pistole

Lowe Jackson hanged

Long and painful service during the war with France

All was not tobacco

John Wayles's neighbors and his families

The candidates

George's marked face and broken English

The Great Fresh of 1771 and its consequences

Patrick Lunan exposed

Subversive religious doctrines

Robin v. Hardaway

New Virginias in the west.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed September 21st, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Tarter, Brent, 1948- Vignettes of colonial Virginia

ISBN:

9780813953922

0813953928

Publisher Number:

40032916428

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.