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The sixty-one living and working spaces in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg contained more than sixteen thousand objects just before the American Revolution. Each supplied a key to deciphering daily life in the Virginia colony.
The elegant and imposing Governor's Palace, official residence of seven royal governors and the first two governors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, is the subject of this lavishly illustrated book. Barbara Carson explains how Virginia's eighteenth-century chief executives lived in the palace and used its public spaces to reinforce the image and authority of the British crown. She also discusses the inventory of Lord Botetourt, penultimate royal governor, an invaluable resource document that has answered many questions about the building and its contents.
Based on the author's Slade lectures given at Oxford University in 1975-76.
This up-to-date and comprehensive look at the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg illuminates the important role it has played in our understanding of 18th-century America.
This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence. In addition to the 13 colonies that became the United States in 1783, the study includes three colonies in present-day Florida and Canada--East Florida, West Florida and the Province of Quebec--obtained by Great Britain after the French and Indian War.
George Yetter's informative text describes why Williamsburg was founded and flourished during the colonial period. He traces the deterioration that followed when the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, and concludes with the exciting story of how Williamsburg's past was saved. Old photographs, daguerreotypes, watercolors, sketches, and maps capture "pre-restoration" Williamsburg. Lovely color "after" photographs show that the vision and dream have been fulfilled.