Journal of a French Traveller in the American Colonies, 1765.

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Journal of a French Traveller in the American Colonies, 1765.

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Anonymous account of travels to Jamaica, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. The author was a French Catholic, probably an agent of the French government. He was in Virginia from April to June, headquartered in Portsmouth and visited Norfolk, Williamsburg, Hampton, Yorktown and Jamestown. While in Williamsburg from April 25 to May 14 he stayed at Mrs. [Jane] Vobe's, where the carousing and drinking made him heartily sick of the noise and crowds. He was again in Williamsburg by May 30 and heard Patrick Henry's Caesar-Brutus speech. On June 4, he attended the King's birthnight ball at Governor Francis Fauquier's invitation. He left Williamsburg June 5, traveling to Maryland via New Kent, Hanover and Port Royal. Included in his account are descriptions of weather, geography, architecture, religious customs, and crops, as well as observations on the colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act.

1 v. (79 p.) ; 43 cm.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768

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Francis Fauquier was Lt. Governor of Virginia between 1758-1768. From the description of Correspondence, 1758-1768. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26924538 Francis Fauquier (1703-3 March 1768) was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768. From the guide to the Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1761 August 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foun...

Vobe, Jane.

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