When Lord Fairfax peformed his duties in Winchester VA
Lord Fairfax made trips to Winchester often. He held two offices requiring such visits to Winchester VA. The Winchester Star noted that...
Daniel Morgan's GRAVE MATTERS (JP Morgan wanted to improve it)
Rockefeller financed and ressurected Williamsburg in the 1930s, but J P Morgan's proposal to visit Daniel Morgan grave never went...
Captain George Mercer Co of Va Regiment Events
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Daniel Morgan vs Winchester's town leaders
Daniel Morgan wants to remove the prisoners out of Winchester. They're too dispersed. They're not well guarded. The British prisoners...
Washington's Wuthering Heights Story - Dr Savage
Just like the horror of Percy Bysshe Shelley's wife telling the story of Frankenstein through the correspondence of letters, so too...
The Land of Promise Among Friends -- How George Mercer feels about it
I hope to kiss your Hand [George Washingon's hand] in our native Country the Beginning of the Summer, as I [George Mercer] shall go...
January 6 has an older meaning- It is the 12th Day of Christmas - 3 Kings Day - "The Epiphany"
Nicholas Cresswell, an Englishman who spent years in Virginia and kept a journal, wrote while in Alexandria on December 25, 1774:...
Lumbee Indians - Who are they?
North Carolina recognized the Lumbee in 1885. Why has it taken until now for the federal govt to recognize it? . Neither for nor against,...
Jay Treaty 1794 stories - possible impeachment
Washington's entire 2nd term was in Philly. . He was the first President under the new US Constitution 1788. . There were 10 Presidents...
Jay Treaty - Indian immigration rights
We are looking at the 2nd term of George Washington. . The Jay Treaty of 1794 was so unpopular it caused talk of impeaching President...
