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    An Irish Connection in Colchester
    History Revealed
    • Mar 17
    • 4 min

    An Irish Connection in Colchester

    In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we’d take a look at all things Irish in the Colchester store ledger, 1760/1761.
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    Transcribe with Us!
    History Revealed
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Transcribe with Us!

    Help History Revealed transcribe 18th-century store and personal ledgers from Alexandria, Virginia.
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    A Different Kind of Bag Tax
    History Revealed
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Different Kind of Bag Tax

    More and more communities today are applying a plastic bag tax on the use of plastic bags at stores, whether as a surcharge applied to...
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    Alexandria Flour Went Where?
    History Revealed
    • Sep 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Alexandria Flour Went Where?

    Here’s an interesting #ThrowBackThursday for Alexandria’s merchant and shipping industry in the 18th century. Looking at Jenifer &...
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    Shopping Stories - Next Phase to Begin Soon!
    History Revealed
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Shopping Stories - Next Phase to Begin Soon!

    Have you heard the news? History Revealed co-founder, Molly Kerr, received an Omohundro Digital Collections Fellowship to expand our...
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    International Women's Day 2021
    History Revealed
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    International Women's Day 2021

    In honor of this year's #InternationalWomensDay, we are pleased to announce the addition of 39 women found within the Colchester ledger...
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    Blue in Colonial Colchester
    History Revealed
    • Jul 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    Blue in Colonial Colchester

    Items described as "blue" in the Colchester 1760/1761 store ledger were not limited to fabrics...What is just as interesting were the dyes
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    A Rose by Any Other Name - Virginia Ledgers Edition
    History Revealed
    • Apr 17, 2020
    • 9 min

    A Rose by Any Other Name - Virginia Ledgers Edition

    We are excited to announce the publication of our Glassford & Henderson Index of Account Holders for the Alexandria and Colchester stores.
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    Nine Months Later - Name Recommendations
    History Revealed
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Nine Months Later - Name Recommendations

    Anyone thinking about baby names yet? We thought we would suggest some of our favorites.
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    Turlington's Balsam of Life: Colonial Snake Oil or Miracle Cure All?
    History Revealed
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 6 min

    Turlington's Balsam of Life: Colonial Snake Oil or Miracle Cure All?

    Miracle cures for every ailment have existed for millennia. Sometimes the cures work, sometimes they are no more than snake oil.
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    International Women's Day 2020
    History Revealed
    • Mar 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    International Women's Day 2020

    For this year's #InternationalWomensDay, we are pleaseed to announce the addition of 14 more femme sole women added to our list.
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    Where in Maryland (and Virginia)?
    History Revealed
    • Feb 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Where in Maryland (and Virginia)?

    In today's post, we need help figuring out where some of the places mentioned in the Jenifer & Hooe ledger were in the 18th century.
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    The Mysterious Elizabeth Pierce (Pearce, Peirce): a Parish Sexton
    History Revealed
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Mysterious Elizabeth Pierce (Pearce, Peirce): a Parish Sexton

    Most textbooks dismiss women's participation in the colonial society of Virginia because they seemed to exist solely in the shadow ...
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    The Corner Store
    History Revealed
    • May 6, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Corner Store

    Most of the time, customers visited the stores in Alexandria or Colchester, Virginia, on a monthly or quarterly basis to pick up needed...
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    A French Connection in Virginia
    History Revealed
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 6 min

    A French Connection in Virginia

    With the catastrophe ravaging Paris with the destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral, we wanted to take a moment to appreciate France's...
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    A Thimble by Any Other Name
    History Revealed
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Thimble by Any Other Name

    In this week's #TranscriptionTuesday, we need help identifying a type of thimble. Much of the material sold at the Glassford stores in...
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    Supplying the Store
    History Revealed
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Supplying the Store

    Sometimes the ledgers provide a little levity, as found in today's #TranscriptionTuesday post. When the Colchester store first opened,...
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    Paging Mrs. Elizabeth Connell
    History Revealed
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 4 min

    Paging Mrs. Elizabeth Connell

    In our quest to learn more about the communities of Colchester and Alexandria, we want to learn more about the individual account holders....
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    #InternationalWomensDay 2019
    History Revealed
    • Mar 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    #InternationalWomensDay 2019

    On #InternationalWomensDay, we honor the 105 femme sole women (single/widowed and had accounts in their own names) at the Glassford...
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    You never know what you'll find
    History Revealed
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    You never know what you'll find

    In this week's #TranscriptionTuesday on Facebook, we featured transcribing challenges from the Alexandria store ledger from 1767 to 1768....
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