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A Man Apart

The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774 - 1781

By: Harold B. Gill,George M. Curtis

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A Man Apart

The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774 - 1781

By: Harold B. Gill,George M. Curtis

The American Revolution radically changed the lives of many, some of them friends of the Revolution, some not, and some who wished to have no part of it for either side. Rarely did one of these reluctant witnesses leave a narrative journal. Nicholas Cresswell, a young English gentry farmer, was one. Arriving in Virginia during the momentous month of May 1774, Cresswell set out to seek his fortune as a farmer in the newer settlements in northwest Virginia. Soon the fortunes of Revolution overwhelmed him and his plans to begin a new life in America. For the next three years, Cresswell struggled to sustain his mission. Time was against him as his combatants on both sides, with increasingly ominous insistence, sought for and demanded his allegiance. This he never ceded. The very act of keeping a journal became dangerous. His written account of his attempt to sustain his liberty has long been a significant window into the turbulence of the Revolution. In offering this singular view of liberty during the Revolution, Nicholas Cresswell stood and still stands as a rebuke to subsequent historians of the Revolution, patriot leaning or loyalist leaning, who had difficulty in accommodating this journal into their generalized views of causation and justification. As a consequence, much of Cresswell's real perspectives were either lost or misinformed. In 1928, an edition of Cresswell's journal was published, but it was expurgated and not annotated. This edition of the Cresswell journal is the first unexpurgated and annotated edition ever published. As such, it offers new light for the better illumination of the turbulent world of revolutionary politics and personalities.

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260

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Rowman & Littlefield

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ISBN 10

1461632838

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9781461632832

The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

By: Harold B. Gill,Raymond R. Townsend,Thomas K. Ford

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The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

By: Harold B. Gill,Raymond R. Townsend,Thomas K. Ford

The story of the leatherworker's art unfolds as leather objects vital to everyday colonial life are created. Read about tanning and currying, saddle and harness making, and the crafting of boots and shoes.

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Colonial Williamsburg

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0910412189

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9780910412186

The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill

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The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill

The importance of gunsmithing in Virginia during the colonial period is clear. Gunsmiths were found nearly everywhere: in port towns along the coast, in settled inland areas, and - probably the busiest ones - on the frontier. As with most craftsmen, many of these men remain obscure. They left little trace and the records reveal their names only incidentally. With the revolutionary war, gunsmiths of unusual ability appeared.

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164

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Colonial Williamsburg

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0879350083

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9780879350086

The Apothecary in Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill

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The Apothecary in Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill

This is a history of apothecaries in Virginia. It discusses everything from the equipment found in an apothecaries shop, to their role in the American Revolution, and even contains a list of all the known apothecaries that practiced in Williamsburg.

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152

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Colonial Williamsburg

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0879350016

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9780879350017

Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill,Ann Finlayson

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Colonial Virginia

By: Harold B. Gill,Ann Finlayson

Traces the history of Virginia from the landing of the first settlers in 1607 to Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown in 1781.

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Thomas Nelson Publishers

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0840771142

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9780840771148

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A Man Apart

A Man Apart

The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia

The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia

The Apothecary in Colonial Virginia

The Apothecary in Colonial Virginia

Colonial Virginia

Colonial Virginia

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