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!
Williamsburg Revival Attracts Historic Collection Donation
John D Rockefeller Jr adds to Williamsburg restoration by presenting the British Headquarters Papers, a major 10 434 manuscript collection on colonial military history. The donation enhances Colonial Williamsburg Inc and follows Rockefeller’s $14 million investment and Rev William A R Goodwin’s vision to create a living museum of early America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc
Colonial Williamsburg
William A. R. Goodwin
Bruton Parish Church
Thomas Gage
William Howe
Henry Clinton
New York
Doctor Goodwin
America
Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
John Marshall
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
George Rogers Clark
Rochambeau
Lafayette
George Mason
George Wythe
Randolphs
the Lees
Middle Plantations
Francis Nicholson
Virginia
Maryland
Acadia
William
Duke of Gloucester
Prince
Queen Anne
Francis
Nicholson
Nassau
King
Palace
Queen
House of Burgesses
Raleigh Tavern
Capitol
College
Governor’s Palace
Duke To
Gloucester Street
Col
Alexander Spotswood
Order of the Golden Horseshoe
Robert Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie
Maj
George Washington
Ohio River
Braddock
Fort Necessity
Francis Fauquier
Thomas Jefferson
Belles of
Martha Dandridge Custis
Lord Dunmore
Colonel Spotswood
Market Square
Hanover
King William
New Kent
Charles City
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Dunmore
Black Beard
College of William and Mary
Raleigh
Henry Wetherburn
William Randolph
Yorktown
Bassett Hall
Burwell Bassett
Martha Washington
Bruton
John Tyler
Daniel Webster
William Henry Harrison
Wilson Miles Cary
William and Mary College
Mary Cary
Mary
Edward Ambler
Cornwallis
Lord Fairfax
Sir Christopher Wren
Massachusetts Hall
Harvard
Wren
Tyler
United States
Old Dominion