18th century

Great Lives Series: Marie Antoinette
LibraryPoint Blog, Reading Room Blog, 18th century, Autobiography and Biography, French Revolution, Great Lives series, History, Kings and rulers, Virginia Johnson
03/10/2010 - 11:22am

On Thursday, March 25, 2010, Caroline Weber of Barnard College and author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution, will give a talk on the style icon.

Mary Ball Washington: "His Revered Mother"
18th century, Autobiography and Biography, Barbara Crookshanks, Fredericksburg (Va.), Genealogy, Genealogy, George Washington, Historic sites, History Feature Articles, Lafayette, Stafford County (Va.), Virginia History, Women
03/04/2010 - 4:18pm

Fredericksburg's Mary Ball Washington was an intrepid 18th-century woman who raised five children alone. The oldest became the first President of the United States.

Mary Washington's name and heritage are alive and well in the Fredericksburg area and beyond. Her home is at the corner of Lewis and Charles streets; the Mary Washington Monument is on Washington Avenue, which was originally Mary Washington Avenue.

Great Lives Series: Blackbeard
LibraryPoint Blog, 18th century, Chesapeake Bay, Great Lives series, Pirates, Virginia History, History Blog
01/27/2010 - 12:07pm

Professor Carter L. Hudgins of UMW's Department of History and American Studies will give a free lecture on Blackbeard, scourge of the Chesapeake Bay and Caribbean, on Thursday, January 28, 2010, at Dodd Auditorium.  The talk is part of the university's Great Lives Lecture Series.

Great Lives Series: Thomas Jefferson
LibraryPoint Blog, Reading Room Blog, Autobiography and Biography, Great Lives series, History, Politics, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Johnson, History Blog
01/27/2010 - 11:39am

On Tuesday, January 26, 2010, the University of Mary Washington invites the public to a free lecture on Thomas Jefferson.

The Good Doctor Was a Spy: The Lively Times of Robert Wellford
LibraryPoint Blog, 18th century, Alexander Spotswood, Fredericksburg (Va.), George Washington, History Feature Articles, Lewis family, Physicians, Robert Wellford, Spies, Spotswood family, Virginia History, Virginia Johnson, Wellford family, Whiskey Rebellion, History Blog
01/13/2010 - 2:55pm

One of Fredericksburg's leading citizens was either a patriot or a traitor, depending on whether you favored coats of Tory red or Revolutionary blue.

Historic Government Island to Become a Park
LibraryPoint Blog, 18th century, 19th century, Aquia Church, Architecture, Buildings, D.C., Quarries, Slavery, Stafford County (Va.), Virginia History, Virginia Johnson, Washington, History Blog
12/18/2009 - 12:42pm

The new 17-acre park, located in northern Stafford County near Aquia Harbor, will become part of the county's own park system when it opens next year. Government Island is historically significant as the source of Aquia sandstone, used in such structures as the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Aquia Church, Gunston Hall, Kenmore, and Christ Church in Alexandria. In 2002, the House passed a resolution recognizing the historical significance of Aquia sandstone quarries on Government Island.

Marlborough Point: In the Stream of History
LibraryPoint Blog, 18th century, American Revolution, Civil War - U.S., Colonial Virginia, fossils, French and Indian War, Genealogy, History Feature Articles, Marlborough Point, Mercer family, Natural World, Powhatan Indians, Regional, Stafford County (Va.), Virginia History, Virginia Johnson, History Blog
12/09/2009 - 11:41am

Follow Marlborough Point Road down to the eastern tip of Stafford County, and you will pass by lots of new housing mushrooming into the forests and fields that were once favored by both the Native Americans and colonial settlers.  This section of the county is home to not just centuries of local history but millennia.

His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales
18th century, Fredericksburg (Va.), History, Lunch with History, History Blog
11/03/2009 - 4:43pm

By Sue Willis, CRRL Staff

From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library

"Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)" Dictionary of National Biography. Volume VII, pp. 675-678
A detailed article from the revered source for British biography. Available in the reference section of the headquarters library.
The Art of Living: Life in 18th Century Fredericksburg
18th century, History, Lunch with History, Virginia Johnson, History Blog
11/03/2009 - 4:40pm

From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library

The Antiques Book: Outstanding, Authoritative Articles on Ceramics, Furniture, Glass, Silver, Pewter, Architecture, Prints and Other Collecting Interests edited by Alice Winchester and the staff of the magazine Antiques.

Restoring Kenmore: Resources in the Library and on the Web
18th century, Architecture, Fredericksburg (Va.), Historic Preservation, Kenmore, Lunch with History, Virginia History, Virginia Johnson, History Blog
11/03/2009 - 4:33pm

From the Central Rappahanock Regional Library

Classic Georgian Style by Henrietta Spencer-Churchill.
A thorough detailing of the landscaping and interior design that defined Georgian style. Includes an overview of the Georgian and Regency periods (1714 to 1830), a glossary, and a design directory of the masters of Georgian style, such as Palladio, Chippendale, and Repton.

Fielding Lewis and the Washington Family: A Chronicle of 18th Century Fredericksburg by Paula S. Felder.
Local historian Paula Felder has researched the Lewis and Washington connections thoroughly and gives an interesting yet scholarly introduction to Kenmore's first family and its more famous relations.