Rockefeller Gift Joins Williamsburg Restoration as Military History Collection
John D Rockefeller Jr has given Colonial Williamsburg Inc a 10,434 manuscript collection known as the British Headquarters Papers. The set covers Revolutionary war era records, including Washington and Andre, with earlier copies from Gen Gage and Howe. The gift enhances Williamsburg's role as a living museum of Colonial and Revolutionary history.
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Ae Press
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc
Mr. Rockefeller
England
A. 8. W. Rosenbach
Virginia
Wil Hamsburg
William A. R. Goodwin
Bruton Parish Church
Thomas Gage
William Howe
Henry Clinton
New York
George Washington
Maj
John Andre
Doctor Goodwin
America
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
John Marshall
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
George Rogers Clark
Rochambeau
Lafayette
George Mason
George Wythe
Randolpha
Lees
Middle Plantations
Francis Nicholson
Maryland
Acadia
William
Duke of
Gloucester
Prince
Queen Anne
Francis
Nicholson
Nassau
King
Palace
Queen
Vincennes
Black Beard
College of William and Mary
Raleigh
Henry Wetherburn
Wiliam
Dolph
Thomas Jefferson
Eliminate Worn Articles at Time of Spring Cleaning
As spring nears, homemakers should stock take and discard unused furnishings and personal effects. Elimination keeps a home unclogged, frees space for needed items, and can aid others through thrift shops and charity drives. Each discarded article may find better use elsewhere.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Adorable Barbara Bell dress pattern for girls ages 2 4 6 8
Instructions praise a simple high waisted skirt bodice dress for a girl, suggesting sewing it quickly with no panel seams. Readers are advised to buy lawn or dimity fabrics and velvet trim, and order Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1852 B for sizes 2, 4, 6, and 8 with material needs noted. Send 15 cents for pattern or Spring Designs book.
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Daughter
Main Street
Batiste
Dimity
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Tenor Giovanni Martinelli Sues Cafeteria Chain
Metropolitan Opera star Giovanni Martinelli sues Willo Cafeterias Inc for 20000 alleging ads falsely claim he supplied an artichoke recipe. He says his reputation was damaged and that his name was used without consent. Justice Carew sustains key portions of the complaint to strike out several paragraphs.
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Giovanni, Martinelli
Metropolitan Opera Star
Supreme Court of New York
Wil Low Cafeterias, Inc
Supreme Court
Carew
Justice Carew
Fat Man’s Advantage Over Brethren
A wry observation notes that a fat man enjoys one edge over others by knowing where cigar ashes will land.
Honest Answer From Farmers About Hens
A visitor asked if the hens lay eggs on a newly rich farm. The reply: they can, but in their position they don’t have to.
A Smart Man Treacher Who Was The World’s Smartest Man
A garbled remark questions who the world’s smartest man is and attributes inventions to Thomas Edison including the phonograph and radio to explain late hours caused by his electric light bulbs.
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Treacher
Thomas Edison
Remote Central Cooking Black Dining in a Restaurant
An unclear passage mentions cooking hints aired by radio and questions about a spouse. The fragment suggests a kitchen or restaurant setting tied to broadcasting tips and domestic inquiries, with no identifiable people or places clearly named.
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Remote Central
Blue
First Word Son-Paw and the Question of Creation
A fragment ponders why Adam was created first and suggests the Father allowed him a chance to speak. The text presents a theological musing rather than a full narrative.
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Paw
Adam
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Duke of Gloucester
United States
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Governor's Palace
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Order of the Golden Horseshoe
Robert Dinwiddle
Dinwiddle
Ohio River
Braddock
Fort Necessity
Dinwiddie
Francis Fauquier
Belles of
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Lord Dunmore
Colonel Spotswood
Market
Hanover
King William
New Kent
Charles City
Philadelpha
Continental Congress
Dunmore
Old Northwest
Clark
Henry Hamilton
Detroit
Ry Wetherburn
Boston Harbor
Phi Beta Kappa
Plan Yorktown Campaign
Palace Green
Yorktown
Bassett Hall
Burwell Bassett
Martha Washingtons
John Tyler
Edward Ambler
Cornwallis
Mary
Lord Fairfax
William and Mary College
Sir Christopher Wren
Massachusetts Hall
Harvard
Wren
Tyler
Old Dominion
Httle
Western Newspaper Union
Nicholson Street
Martha Custis
Wrigley's
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!