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"That part of America, now called Virginia"
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"THAT PART OF AMERICA, NOW CALLED VIRGINIA" In 1590, John White's Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta was published. It is...
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A Connected Legacy: John Marshall and George Washington
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A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Landscape Saved: The Garden Club of Virginia at 100
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A Life Rediscovered: The Story of Emily Winfree
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A Ninety Day War?
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The small United States Army could be enlarged quickly only by appealing to the states to activate local militia troops...
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Abolitionist Pitcher
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Learn about how this pitcher based on Uncle Tom's Cabin was used as propoganda in the mid-1800s.
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Advice and Etiquette Books
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A Book Every Body Should Possess. This simple statement highlights the importance placed on advice and etiquette books...
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Affidavit, 1693
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This affidavit, dated March 22, 1693, is from Warwick County (now Newport News), Virginia. It was submitted to Governor...
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Ambler and the Jeannette
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On July 8, 1879, the steamer the Jeannette set sail. It's goal: to be the first expedition to reach the North Pole.
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Arthur Ashe Jr.’s Family Tree: Tracing the Blackwell Family to 1735
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See a rare family tree, drawn by hand on canvas, tracing Arthur Ashe, Jr.’s family.
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Audubon's Viviparous Quadrapeds
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Following the success of his Birds of America, John James Audubon began to gather material for an equally ambitious...
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Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia in the years 1675 & 1676
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Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia was the first popular uprising in the American colonies. It was long viewed as an early...
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Bacon's Epitaph
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Learn about the first American poem.
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Booker T. Washington
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Learn about Booker T. Washington.
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Bookplates
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The use of bookplates is almost as old as printing itself. They were used to record ownership and to reassure the owner...
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Broadsides
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Broadsides, or broadsheets, are items printed on one side of a sheet of paper and generally posted or distributed as...
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Brochure, Remember May 17th
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Learn the importance of May 17th in history.
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Captain John Smith
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Captain John Smith (1580–1631), a soldier of fortune, for centuries was praised as the savior of the first permanent...
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Care Beyond National and Color Lines: Filipino Nurses in Virginia Across the 20th Century
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