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Summer 2008

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The Truth About Betsy Ross
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Take the Betsy Ross Challenge


An Accidental Republic?
by Jack Lynch
Web exclusive
Zoom in on the U.S. Constitution


When Whiskey Was the King of Drink
by Mark Miley Theobald
Photos by Dave Doody & Tom Green
Web exclusive
Extra images


New Life for the The Carolina Room
by Robert Doares
Web exclusive
Carolina Room Slideshow


Powering the Eighteenth Century
by Abigail Schumann
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Powering the Eighteenth Century Slideshow


Colonial Carriage Rides
by Ed Crews
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Colonial Carriage Rides Slideshow


Spring 2008

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Message from the President
History passed this way.
Plants of an Age
Photos by Barbara Lombardi
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Play Ball!
Colonial Games and America's National Pastime
by Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow
Slideshow

Smart as an Ox
Beasts of Burden Bright, Gentle, and Strong
by Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow
Audio Slideshow

The Emergence of Popular Culture in Colonial America
by Christopher Geist
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

All That is Substantial and Beneficial in a Trial By Jury
by James Breig
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Winter 2008

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Message from the President
An Integrated, Interactive, Interdependent Agenda
Little Iron Horses
Hard Working Canadians Have Rich Heritage
by Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Tools of the Trades
A Photo Essay by J. Hunter Barbour
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow
Screensaver

Stuff and Nonsense
Myths That Should by Now Be History
by Mary Miley Theobald

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Crossword Puzzle

Battle Tactics
by Christopher Geist
Photographer Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Northwest Passage
by James Breig
Photographer Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Video clips

Holiday 2007

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Message from the President
Frequent Recurrence to Fundamental Principles
Rattle-Skull, Stonewall, Bogus, Blackstrap, Bombo, Mimbo, Whistle Belly, Syllabub, Sling, Toddy, and Flip
Drinking in Colonial America by
Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Courtship, Sex, and the Single Colonist
Text by Andrew G. Gardner
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Milking Devons
Picture Perfect Cattle for Colonial Williamsburg
by Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

Beyond Applause
A Photo Essay by Abigail Schumann
Photographer Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Slideshow

In "the country wherein it hath pleased the divine providence to appoint our lot,"
Early American Jews Found Freedom to Celebrate Autumn's High Holy Days
by Robert Doares

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Extra images

The Town of the Nativity
Columbus' Christmas City
by Dennis Montgomery

Autumn 2007

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Message from the President
Now What?
Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not
Slaves and free blacks in the Revolutionary War
by Lloyd Dobyns

Web exclusive
Video clips
Extra images

Native Numerals
Among American Indians, Numbers Counted for More than Math
by Anthony F. Aveni

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Extra images

The Bugs that Bugged the Colonists
The weevil wrought evil, but the bee brought sweetness and light text
by David Robinson

photos by Dave Doody
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Crossword Puzzle
Extra images

In Search of the Frenchman's Map
by Michael J. Lombardi
Web exclusive
View the map close up

The Works at Falling Creek
"No fitter places of Mines, Wood and Water for Iron" text
by Christopher Geist

photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Extra images

Summer 2007

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Message from the President
A Guide of Experience and Wisdom
The Golden Age of Counterfeiting
Cashing in on Colonial Currency
by Jack Lynch
Web exclusive
Sidebar: A Counterfeiting Silversmith
Counterfeiting slideshow

Goods
by J. Hunter Barbour
Web exclusive
Trades products slideshow

Wills Simple and Elaborate
Bequests, Gifts, and Legacies
by James Breig
photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
View the wills close-up

Rare Sheep
From Hog Island and Leicester text
by Ed Crews

photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Colonial Williamsburg's Rare Sheep

Kitchens
Places Apart
by Michael Olmert
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Extra images

Spring 2007

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Message from the President
The Occasion of the Queen's Return
Web exclusive

The Queen's Jewelry Box

"One of the most intriguing might-have-beens in American History"
Jefferson's Tardy Constitution
by Jack Lynch
Web exclusive
Zoom in on Jefferson's written Constitution

Voting in Early America
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Voting screensaver

Anniversaries and the Origin of History
A Jamestown 400th Anniversary Story
by Michael Olmert
Web exclusive
The Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown slideshow
The Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown slideshow with zoom feature
The Queen's 1957 visit to Jamestown movie
Equine Equanimity
It Takes a Special Sort of Horse text
by Ed Crews

photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Colonial Williamsburg's American Cream Draft Horses

Presidential Portraits
"Stuart is all the rage, he is almost worked to death...."
by Ellen G. Miles

Web exclusive
Zoom in on the presidential portraits

Winter 2007

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Message from the President
We Are Honored
Historical Rivalry
Virginia's Jamestown was the continent's first permanent English settlement. So how is that Massachusetts's Plymouth has precedence in the minds of so many Americans?
By James Axtell

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"We are starved"
by Ivor Noël Hume
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Extra images

"Things which seame incredible"
Cannibalism in Early Jamestown
by Mark Nicholls

Sidebar: "Such a dish as powdered wife I never heard of"
Web exclusive
Download Percy's A Trewe Relacyon
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Acrostical Valentines
A Young Man's Fancy Turns to Fad: The Lovers' Literary Campaign of 1768
by Jon Kukla

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Printer's Trade
Flash interactive: Make your own acrostic

Gossip, Flattery, and Flirtation
The Art of Eighteenth-Century Letter Writing by Andrew Gardner
Sidebar
: The Quill Pen
Web exclusive
Flash interactive: Write with a quill pen
Extra images

Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing
Dexterity and Detective Work
by Ed Crews

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The Weaver

Holiday 2006

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Message from the President
Reaffirmation
Bogged Down in Cranberries
by Mary Miley Theobald
Web exclusive
Extra images
Cranberry Recipes

Asynchronous (Adjective: Not coinciding in time)
Eighteenth-Century Clothes for a Twenty-First-Century Pose
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Asynchronous Fashion Photography Zoomable Slideshow

Once Around the Colonial Seasons
by Anthoni Aveni
Sidebar
: "To the handsomest young Country Maid"
with extra images.
Web exclusive
Extra images

Tools for the Times
Modern Shop Reproduces Antique Implements
text by Ed Crews

photography by Tom Green
Web exclusive
Toolmaker Slideshow

"A Much More Respectable Bird... a Bird of Courage"
A Short History of the Turkey
by Andrew G. Gardner

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Turkey Slideshow
Turkey Recipes

Wassailing through History
by Robert Doares
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Extra images
Wassail Recipe

Autumn 2006

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Message from the President
History Need Not Be Distant
The Art and Mystery of the Apothecary
by Robin Kipps
Web exclusive
Apothecary Trade Slideshow

Revolutionary City
A Colonial Adventure
Text by Lloyd Dobyns
Photography by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Revolutionary City Slideshow

Town Coach
Elegant, Eye-Catching Eighteenth-Century Vehicle Travels Colonial Williamsburg Streets
by Ed Crews

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Town Coach Slideshow

Personable Pooches
by Graham Hood
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Dog Buttons Slideshow

Seeing the Light
A Close Look at Eighteenth-Century Optics
by James Breig

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Extra images

The Technology of History
Modern science is helping to solve the puzzles of the past
Text by Michael J. Lombardi
Photography by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Extra images

Summer 2006

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Message from the President
The Revolution Returns
"The Monstrous Absurdity"
The Gunpowder Theft Examined
by Mary Miley Theobald
Extra images
Colonial Williamsburg
An Artifact of Popular Culture
by Christopher Geist
Web exclusive
Notable Williamsburg Visitors Slideshow

"Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye Rebels, Disperse!"
by Dennis Montgomery
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Sidebar - Fields of Fire—Four Views of the Fatal Day

Captain Jack Jouett's Ride to the Rescue
Did Virginia's Paul Revere Spare Thomas Jefferson the Acquaintance of a British Hangman?
by Ed Crews
Extra images

Spring 2006

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Message from the President
Aspirations
A Look at the Revolutionary City
by James Horn
Web exclusive
Revolutionary City Slideshow

"Every part works in harmony"
The Venerable Craft of Basketmaking
by Ed Crews

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The Basketmaking Craft Slideshow

A Man of Firmness
Justice John Blair and the Letter of the Law
by Jack Lynch

Extra images
Handiwork
photography by Tom Green
art direction by Abigail Schumann
Web exclusive
Hands Slideshow

The Alternative of Williams-Burg
"Monster madness... the Patriots are in high Spirits just now."
by Robert Doares
Extra images

Winter 2006

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Message from the President
Telling the Story
Rare Breeds and Other Creatures
photography by Dave Doody
text by Barbara Brown
Web exclusive
Animals of the Historic Area Slideshow

Making, Baking, and Laying Bricks
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
The Brickmaker Trade Slideshow

Cool, Calm, Clean
Dairies were the most elaborate of outbuildings, and the cleanest.
by Michael Olmert

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The Dairy Slideshow

Slave Conspiracies in Colonial Virginia
by Mary Miley Theobald
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Extra images

Finding Slaves in Unexpected Places
Keeping Blacks in Bondage Was Not a Southern Monopoly
by James Breig

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Extra images

Astronomers and Stargazers
Eyeing a Heliocentric Heaven for Planets, Portents, and Horoscopes
by Anthony F. Aveni

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Sidebar: Of Lenses and Tinderboxes
Extra images

Christmas 2005

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Message from the President
Now More Than Ever
Betokening Christmas
photography by Tom Green captions by Jan Gilliam
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Folk Art Slideshow

Dessert Pyramids
A Feast for the Eyes and the Palate
text by Mary Miley Theobald
photos by Dave Doody

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A Feast for the Eyes

Christmas Earnest & Christmas Game
At heart, Christmas was an oxymoron: serious and silly. Holy day as well as holiday. And sometimes violently.
by Michael Olmert

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Colonial Games

Christmas Trees, the Confederacy, and Colonial Williamsburg
by Harold B. Gill Jr.
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Wreaths, Garlands, Ropes, and Fruit
photography by Barbara Lombardi
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Wreaths, Garlands, Ropes & Fruit Slideshow

A Christmas Essay
Christmas is a'coming, The goose is getting fat, Please put a penny in the old man's hat
by Ivor Noël Hume

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Extra images

Autumn 2005

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Message from the President
Investments in the Future
The Tyme Appointed
by Mary Miley Theobald
Web exclusive
Learn about Captain John Smith's capture and rescue through his 1624 illustration.

Felled on the Field of Honor
The Seditious Patriot: Mr. John Daly Burk
by Jack Lynch

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The Burk Duel

Framing Williamsburg's Doors
Photos by Barbara Lombardi
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The Doors of Williamsburg

Tailor Made for History
by Ed Crews
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The Tailor Trade

How was "The Tyme Appointed"?
by Anthony Aveni
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Extra images

Summer 2005

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Message from the President
A Testimony to the Generosity of Our Supporters
Halting Time through the Illusion of Portraiture
by Barbara Luck
photos by Hans Lorenz

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Extra images

Taking the Measure of Washington... Once More
by Mike Lombardi
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Sidebar: Take Care of Your Teeth
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Volumes to Last for Centuries
Bookbinders
Text by Ed Crews
Photos by Tom Green

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The Bindery Trade

Spring 2005

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Message from the President
America's 400th Anniversary: The Journey That Changed the World
Work, Work, and More Work
Middling Planters Took Hard Road to Wealth, Respectability in Colonial Virginia
by Ed Crews

photos by Lael White

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Agriculture Slideshow

Of Sharpers, Mumpers, and Fourberies
Some Early American Impostors and Rogues
by Jack Lynch

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Pickpockets Slideshow

Alas, Poor ...Who?
Or, Melancholy Moments in Colonial and Later Virginia
by Ivor Noël Hume
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The funeral of Governor Botetourt Slideshow

The Restoration of James Madison's Montpelier
by Edward A. Chappell
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Montpelier Slideshow

Timberheads and Talking Stools
Puppets Pulled the Strings of Eighteenth-Century Audiences
by James Breig

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Puppetry Slideshow

Lusty Beggars, Dissolute Women, Sorners, Gypsies, and Vagabonds for Virginia
by Bruce P. Lenman
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Scottish Slaves Slideshow

Winter 2004-2005

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Message from the President
Education for Citizenship
Smokehouses
Foursquare and Stolid, These Buildings Were a Hardworking Adornment to the Colonial Backyard
by Michael Olmert
Web exclusive
Slideshow: The Smokehouse
The History of Historic Trades
by James M. Gaynor
Web exclusive
An overview of current trades items
Historic Trades Slideshow
The Spirit-stirring Drum, the Ear-piercing Fife
A Photo Essay
Web exclusive
Fifes and Drums Slideshow
Wheels and Riding Carts
The Wheelwright Trade
text by Ed Crews
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
The Wheelwright Trade Slideshow
Extra images
The Grandest Illumination
by Graham Hood
Web exclusive
Extra images
Henricus
A New and Improved Jamestown
by Mary Miley Theobald
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Henricus Slideshow

Christmas 2004

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Message from the President
Opportunities and Responsibilities
Captain John Smith's Christmas
by Dennis Montgomery
Web exclusive
Trace Smith's likely 1607 and 1608 Christmastime routes.
Christmas Music in Colonial Days
by John Turner
Photos by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Sample some holiday music
Extra images
Babies, Balls, and Bull Roarers
Christmastime or Anytime, Kids Still Enjoy the Toys and Games Their Forebears Loved
by David Robinson

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The Joys of Toys Slideshow

The Community Christmas Tree in America's Hometown
by Mary Miley Theobald
Photos by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Extra images
Williamsburg's Long Christmas
Historically, two threads run through Christmas celebrations: piety and pleasure
by Michael Olmert

Photos by Dave Doody

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Recipe for a Twelfth Night Cake
Extra images
Grand Illumination
Photos by Dave Doody
Web exclusive
Extra images


Autumn 2004

Journal Cover
Message from the President
For the Future
The Eighteenth Century Goes to the Dogs
by James Breig
Web exclusive
Canine Quiz
About Faces
photos by Tom Green
by Abigail Schumann

Web exclusive
About Faces Slideshow
Colonial Foodways
Text by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Colonial Foodways Slideshow
The Architect of Colonial Williamsburg
William Graves Perry
by Will Molineaux

Web exclusive
Extra images
"An honest, upright, and industrious man, a kind and obliging neighbor, and a good citizen"
by J. Hunter Barbour
Web exclusive
Extra images
A Common American Soldier
by Christopher Geist
Web exclusive
Extra images


Summer 2004

Winter 03-04 Issue
Message from the President
Colonial Williamsburg's Many Dimensions
The New Architecture of Merchants Square
Text by Edward Chappell Photos
by Barbara Lombardi

Web exclusive
Extra images
Remastering a Masterwork
Restoration of The Patriot
by Richard L. McCluney

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Sidebar: Succinct Script Yields Memorable Quotes
Flash interactive: See how the color layers of the film interact with each other
Time for the Royals
Tompion's Clock
Text by Graham Hood

Photos by Hans Lorenz

Web exclusive
Zoom in for a closer look at Tompion's Clock
Unwelcome in Williamsburg
The Saga of Merchant Daniel Fisher by Robert Doares
Spies and Scouts, Secret Writing, and Sympathetic Citizens
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Learn to decipher the CUPID code.
View video excerpts from our Electronic Field Trip: In the General's Secret Service

Spring 2004

Winter 03-04 Issue
Message from the President
Confident in Our Expectation
"With All the Grace of the Sex"
Women in Trades
Text by Donna Dene Woodward

Photos by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Women in Trades slideshow
Sound clip
Jamestown Revisited
by Ivor Noël Hume
Web exclusive
View pages from Harper's Weekly
That Quacking Sound in Colonial America
by Jim Cox
Web exclusive
Extra images
Working in Harness
The Saddler's Shop
Text by Ed Crews

Photos by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
Extra images
Colonial Germ Warfare
by Harold B. Gill Jr.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Photos courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Winter 2003-2004

Winter 03-04 Issue
Message from the President
First Principles
Cast in the Colonial Mold
The Geddy Foundry
Text by Ed Crews
Photography by Dave Doody

Web exclusive

The Foundry Trade Slideshow
The Satirical Eye
Social Cartoons
Web exclusive

More social cartoons
Hunting for a Little Ladle
Tobacco Pipes
by Ivor Noël Hume
Colonial Dress Codes
by Linda Baumgarten
Web exclusive

View details and images of eighteenth-century dress.
Tavern Music
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive

Sound clip of tavern song
Video of tavern revelry
Living the Revolution
Colonial Williamsburg's New Historic Area Adventure
by Bill Weldon

Autumn 2003

Autumn 2003 Issue
Message from the President
The Laboratory of Experience
Williamsburg in Winter
Photography by Barbara Lombardi
Web exclusive
Additional photography by Barbara Lombardi
Rediscovering an American Icon
Houdon's Washington
by Tracy L. Kamerer and Scott W. Nolley

Web exclusive
View details and images of Houdon's statue.
Making Circles
The Cooper's Trade at Colonial Williamsburg
text by Ed Crews
photos by Dave Doody

Web exclusive
The Cooper Trade Slideshow
Video clips from "The Cooper's Craft: The Art of Colonial Barrel Making."
Merchants Square Meets Quinlan Terry
by Edward Chappell
Web exclusive
View details and images of the transformations of Merchant Square.
A Field Spacious and Untrodden
The Virginian Society for the Promotion of Usefull Knowledge
by Robert Doares

Web exclusive
Additional photos of items used in the study of scientific knowledge.

Summer 2003

Spring 2003 Issue

Message from the President
Tough Questions, Cogent Answers


Points in Time
Photographs from a Williamsburg Collection
Web exclusive

"Snapshots from a Williamsburg Collection" Slideshow
"In Mind and Heart"
with the Enslaved of Yesteryear
An Essay by Will Molineux

Web exclusive
African-American interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg Slideshow
Plain and Neat
Cabinetmakers Preserve the Arts of Eighteenth-century Furniture
by Ed Crews

Web exclusive
View videos of a cabinetmaker at work
Lord Mayor Wilkes
Liberty & No. 45 by Jack Lynch
Promises to Pay, Promises Unkept
How We Won a War and Lost Our Shirts
Text by Richard G. Doty  
Photography by Tom Green

Web exclusive
Extra images


Spring 2003

Spring 2003 Issue
Message from the President
In Uncertain Times

The Governour's Lady
Mistresses of the Palace
by Mary Miley Theobald


Aesthetic Appeal
Jewelry from our Collection
by Marilyn S. Melchor

Web exclusive
Extra images
Early American Newspapering
by James Breig
Web exclusive article
Gentlewomen of the Press
State, Dignity, Authority
Four Williamsburg Chairs Are Distinctive Expressions of Colonial Sophistication and Culture
by Graham Hood
Bilboes, Brands, and Branks
Colonial crime and punishment
by James A. Cox
Web exclusive
Colonial Punishments Slideshow
Colonial Williamsburg Carpenters Construct Buildings of the Past
Reproduction Structures Offer Guests Look at Trade, Hands-on Experience
Text by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Carpentry tools

Winter 2002-2003

Message from the President: Learning to Be an American
Out, “Damn’d Proverbs”
by James Breig
Web exclusive
Interactive Game: How well do you know your 18th-century proverbs?
Juba and Djembe: Music Helps Interpret Slavery
by Ed Crews
Web exclusive
Music clips
Video clips
Enduring Images of War
by J. Hunter Barbour
Photos by Tom Green
Web exclusive
Medals from the Lasser Collection Slideshow
The New Look of Old Wetherburn's
by Mary Miley Theobald
The Speech: It May Not Be the One That Patrick Henry So Famously Made
by Jim Cox
Tailoring the Tenant House
Text by Robert Doares Jr.
Photos by Dave Doody


Autumn 2002

Message From The President
The Idea of America, for All People, for All Time


"Our little colonial house"
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Bassett Hall
by Mary Miley Theobald
The Joys of Toys
Photography by Tom Green
The Miller and the Windmill
Ed Crews
Necessary and Sufficient
Michael Olmert
"The Model of an American Whig"
Harold B. Gill, Jr.


Summer 2002

Message From The President
Out of Many, One


How Much Is That in Today's Money?
Ed Crews
Puttin' on the Dog
James Breig
No Wine before It's Time
Charles M. Holloway
"Easy, Erect and Noble"
Graham Hood
Degrees of Latitude
Margaret Pritchard
Taking the Cure
Harold B. Gill, Jr.
The Past That Never Dies
Mary Miley Theobald
 


Spring 2002

Message From The President
Something Approaching a Parable


Photo Gallery: A Cast of Colonial Characters
Photos by Dave Doody
A Patriot, a Traitor, and a Bill of Attainder
Text by Jack Lynch
Photos by Dave Doody
Peter Redstone Builds a Barton Portable
“You really can fall in love with the sound of harpsichord”
Virginia’s Very Own Navy
by Edwards Park
When Tut Went Phut; or, The Day Mr. Junior Changed His Mind
by Ivor Noël Hume
Peering into Rings of Grain
Dendrochronology comes of age, shedding new light on the shape of old America
by Mike Olmert
Dendrochronology in Context
Williamsburg’s Everard House by Ed Chappell


Winter 2001-2002 Winter 2001-2002

Message From The President
A Beacon of Hope, Justice, and Resolve


The Freshest Advices
Conservators Discover Unknown Williamsburg Artist
The Upstart, the Speaker, the Scandals, and Scotchtown
by Alan Pell Crawford
Colonial Americans in the Swim
by Harold B. Gill Jr.
Monuments to Our Mortality
Photo Essay by Dave Doody
The Tale of the Red-winged Blackbird
by Pamela J. Young
Jr. Interpreters Enliven Historic Area
by Ed Crews


Autumn 2001

Message From The President
The Cornerstone of Our Future


Ohs and Ahs, Ps and Qs:
The Art and Mystery of the Printing Office
by Edward R. Crews
Williamsburg and the Demimonde:
Disorderly Houses, the Blue Bell, and Certain Hints of Harlotry

by Harold B. Gill Jr.
Every Man a King
The VIPs Visit Colonial Williamsburg
by Mary Miley Theobald
Virginia’s Father: King James I
by Bruce P. Lenman
The Life and Literature of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker
by Robert Doares Jr.


Summer 2001 Summer 2001

Message From The President
Places at the Table


"Treason is but trusted like the fox" - Shakespeare
Whatever Happened to Benedict Arnold?
by Mary Theobald
A Surveyor for the King
by Ronald Bailey
Hexagons in Williamsburg
by Michael Olmert
Speaking of the Past: the Words of Colonial Williamsburg
James Breig


Spring 2001

Spring 2001

Message From The President
In Celebration of Tomorrow


Cursing the Darkness
by Brett Charbeneau
Portrait of an Artisan
by Harold B. Gill, Jr.
A Tale of Midnight and Wythe House Mysteries
by Ivor Noël Hume


Winter 2000-2001

Winter 2000-2001

Message From The President
Seventy-Five Years of Preserving a Past for the Future


"The far-visioned generosity of Mr. Rockefeller"
by W.A.R. Goodwin
Palace Days
Recollections of Dismantling the Most Beautiful Rooms in America
by Graham Hood
"The Best Is Not Too Good For You"
Colonial Williamsburg Celebrates Seventy-Five Years of Collecting at New York's Forty-Seventh Winter Antiques Show
by Sophia Hart


Autumn 2000

Autumn 2000

Message From The President
A Visit With Colin Campbell


To Bathe or Not to Bathe:
Coming Clean in Colonial America
by Edwards Park
Richman, Poorman, Beggarman, Thief:
Down but Not Out in Colonial Virginia
by Marth W. McCarthy
The Gunsmith's Shop
by Ed Crews


Summer 2000

Summer 2000

Excellence and Integration
An Interview with Colin Campbell


Footprints on the Past
by D. A. Saguto
Wit, Mirth & Spleen
"A method to cure a Cold"
"We bow our heads to Yankee despotism"
by Carson Hudson

Autumn 99

Oct/Nov 99
Christmas in Colonial Virginia
by Harold B. Gill, Jr.
Apples, Putlog Holes, and Provost Marshals
by Jim Bradley
Christmas: Williamsburg Style
by Libbey Oliver and Mary Miley Theobald

Winter 97-98

Winter 97-98
The Millinery Shop
by Edward R. Crews

Winter 96-97

Winter 96-97
Deck the Doors
by Libbey Oliver and Mary Miley Theobald

Summer 1996

Summer 1996
Dressing for the Occasion
by Mary Miley Theobald

Autumn 1994

Autumn 1994
A River Worth Fighting For
by Dennis Montgomery

Spring 1994

Spring 1994
Captain John Smith
by Dennis Montgomery

Autumn 1993

Autumn 1993
To Live Like a Slave
by Curtia James

Summer 1993

Summer 1993
My Dream and My Hope
by Edwards Park

Spring 1993

Spring 1993
Thomas Jefferson, Son of Virginia
by Dennis Montgomery

Winter 1992-93

Winter 1992-93
Sampling 18th-Century Fare at Shields Tavern
by Mary Miley Theobald

Autumn 1992

Autumn 1992
Old Muddy James and the Flow of History
by Dennis Montgomery
When Blackbeard Scourged the Seas
by George Humphrey Yetter