History RevealedMar 174 minAn Irish Connection in ColchesterIn celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we’d take a look at all things Irish in the Colchester store ledger, 1760/1761.
History RevealedSep 30, 20211 minTranscribe with Us!Help History Revealed transcribe 18th-century store and personal ledgers from Alexandria, Virginia.
History RevealedSep 8, 20212 minA Different Kind of Bag TaxMore and more communities today are applying a plastic bag tax on the use of plastic bags at stores, whether as a surcharge applied to...
History RevealedSep 2, 20212 minAlexandria Flour Went Where?Here’s an interesting #ThrowBackThursday for Alexandria’s merchant and shipping industry in the 18th century. Looking at Jenifer &...
History RevealedAug 6, 20211 minShopping 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...
History RevealedMar 8, 20211 minInternational Women's Day 2021In honor of this year's #InternationalWomensDay, we are pleased to announce the addition of 39 women found within the Colchester ledger...
History RevealedJul 28, 20206 minBlue 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
History RevealedApr 17, 20209 minA Rose by Any Other Name - Virginia Ledgers EditionWe are excited to announce the publication of our Glassford & Henderson Index of Account Holders for the Alexandria and Colchester stores.
History RevealedApr 8, 20201 minNine Months Later - Name RecommendationsAnyone thinking about baby names yet? We thought we would suggest some of our favorites.
History RevealedApr 2, 20206 minTurlington'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.
History RevealedMar 10, 20202 minInternational Women's Day 2020For this year's #InternationalWomensDay, we are pleaseed to announce the addition of 14 more femme sole women added to our list.
History RevealedFeb 24, 20204 minWhere 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.
History RevealedJan 28, 20206 minThe Mysterious Elizabeth Pierce (Pearce, Peirce): a Parish SextonMost textbooks dismiss women's participation in the colonial society of Virginia because they seemed to exist solely in the shadow ...
History RevealedMay 6, 20194 minThe Corner StoreMost of the time, customers visited the stores in Alexandria or Colchester, Virginia, on a monthly or quarterly basis to pick up needed...
History RevealedApr 16, 20196 minA French Connection in VirginiaWith the catastrophe ravaging Paris with the destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral, we wanted to take a moment to appreciate France's...
History RevealedApr 8, 20192 minA Thimble by Any Other NameIn this week's #TranscriptionTuesday, we need help identifying a type of thimble. Much of the material sold at the Glassford stores in...
History RevealedMar 26, 20192 minSupplying the StoreSometimes the ledgers provide a little levity, as found in today's #TranscriptionTuesday post. When the Colchester store first opened,...
History RevealedMar 19, 20194 minPaging Mrs. Elizabeth ConnellIn our quest to learn more about the communities of Colchester and Alexandria, we want to learn more about the individual account holders....
History RevealedMar 8, 20192 min#InternationalWomensDay 2019On #InternationalWomensDay, we honor the 105 femme sole women (single/widowed and had accounts in their own names) at the Glassford...
History RevealedJan 11, 20194 minYou never know what you'll findIn this week's #TranscriptionTuesday on Facebook, we featured transcribing challenges from the Alexandria store ledger from 1767 to 1768....