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From Enslavement to Freedom: The Life of L'Amour
The ledgers provided a surprising discovery about an enslaved man who was hired out to the Alexandria store and later emancipated.
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Mar 17, 20224 min read
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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Sep 30, 20211 min read
Transcribe with Us!
Help History Revealed transcribe 18th-century store and personal ledgers from Alexandria, Virginia.
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History Revealed
Sep 8, 20212 min read
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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Sep 2, 20212 min read
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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History Revealed
Aug 6, 20211 min read
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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History Revealed
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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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Jul 28, 20206 min read
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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History Revealed
Apr 17, 20209 min read
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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Apr 8, 20201 min read
Nine Months Later - Name Recommendations
Anyone thinking about baby names yet? We thought we would suggest some of our favorites.
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Apr 2, 20206 min read
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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Mar 10, 20202 min read
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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Feb 24, 20204 min read
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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Jan 28, 20206 min read
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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May 6, 20194 min read
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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Apr 16, 20196 min read
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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Apr 8, 20192 min read
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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History Revealed
Mar 26, 20192 min read
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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History Revealed
Mar 19, 20194 min read
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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History Revealed
Mar 8, 20192 min read
#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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