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Finding Local Obituaries
In the CRRL's Virginia Collection is an almost complete collection, on microfilm, of the many newspapers that have been printed here in Fredericksburg since 1788. Obituaries have always figured prominently in those newspapers.
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Excerpts from the Monroe Doctrine
By James Monroe
James Monroe expressed his thoughts on how foreign policy should be conducted at his seventh annual message to Congress on December 2, 1823. His words are considered an essential part of America's political history and became known as "the Monroe Doctrine."
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New in Virginiana!
Colonial Folkways: A Chronicle of Life in the Reign of the Georges
by Charles M. Andrews
This reprint of a 1918 book is an extremely useful introduction to ways of life in the American colonies. As an overview it can not go into great depth on any one subject, yet its frequent mention of original sources will lead researchers to other material. Chapters include The Land and the People, Town and Country, Colonial Houses, Habilments and Habits, Everyday Needs and Diversions, The Intellectual Life, The Cure of Souls, The Problem of Labor, and Colonial Travel. The narrative style is reminiscent of a beloved but somewhat fusty uncle--who was sufficiently diligent as to provide an excellent index and bibliography. Dr. Andrews, who taught at Bryn Mawr, Johns Hopkins, and Yale, went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for another book on colonial history.
This book is held in the Virginiana section.
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