Andrew Abbott // AMH 4110.0M01 – Colonial America, 1607-1763 It is 1761 in Fairfax County, Virginia. You feel a pain in your abdomen that will not go away. What can you do to make the pain go away? You can go see a physician to get your ailment diagnosed and treated, if you can afford it. Alternatively, you […]
Read MoreGriffin Bixler // AMH 4110.0M01 – Colonial America, 1607-1763 In the mid-eighteenth century, several stores in Fairfax County, Virginia, were owned by two men, John Glassford and Alexander Henderson. Their store ledgers contain vast amounts of information about their customers, their credit, and the goods they bought. One interesting case within the ledger for the Colchester […]
Read MoreCanon Jones // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 You never hear salt talked about like other spices used in the 18th century. You never hear some high-class socialite talking in his diary about the shipment of salt he got from some exotic place and how expensive it was. No, you do not hear […]
Read MoreAyla Lupien // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 By looking back on the ledgers written by Alexander Henderson, a merchant for a store in Colchester, Virginia, in the 1700s, we can learn a lot about the way people lived, the necessities that they purchased, and luxuries that only the wealthy could afford.[1] We […]
Read MoreZebadiah Barnard // AMH 4112.001 – The Atlantic World, 1400-1900 Sugar as we know it today is a product found in a grocery store and that has many uses – such as for cooking, flavoring food, and preservation – for people in their everyday lives. For most people, the use of sugar is in cooking, […]
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