Stay Salty America

Canon 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 […]

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Salt Sold at Glassford and Henderson’s Colchester Store (1760)

Ayla 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 […]

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