Author: Mary A. Browning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625848900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 thats still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the towns colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News & Record.
Remembering Old Jamestown
Author: Mary A. Browning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625848900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 thats still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the towns colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News & Record.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625848900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 thats still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the towns colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News & Record.
Old Jamestown: a Glance at Its History, Past and Present
Author: Winifred Sackville Stoner
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Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Old Jamestown
Author: Flora Lapham Mack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Old Jamestown
Author: Winifred Sackville Stoner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332874682
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from Old Jamestown: A Glance at Its History, Past and Present These organizations were known as the London and Plymouth companies and King James, being pleased with their plans of colonization, granted the roastof North America from Cape Fear to the mouth of the Potomac River to the Lon don company; and from Long Island to Nova Scotia to the Plymouth company. In the year 1606, the former company, at whose head were such in uential men as Sir Edward Sackville (afterwards the famous Earl of Dorset) and the Earl of Southampton (the friend of Essex and patron of Shakespeare) fitted out three small ships. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332874682
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Excerpt from Old Jamestown: A Glance at Its History, Past and Present These organizations were known as the London and Plymouth companies and King James, being pleased with their plans of colonization, granted the roastof North America from Cape Fear to the mouth of the Potomac River to the Lon don company; and from Long Island to Nova Scotia to the Plymouth company. In the year 1606, the former company, at whose head were such in uential men as Sir Edward Sackville (afterwards the famous Earl of Dorset) and the Earl of Southampton (the friend of Essex and patron of Shakespeare) fitted out three small ships. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Round about Old Jamestown
Author: Clifton Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Remembering Old Jamestown
Author: Mary A. Browning
Publisher: American Chronicles
ISBN: 9781596295919
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 that's still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the town's colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News & Record.
Publisher: American Chronicles
ISBN: 9781596295919
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 that's still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the town's colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News & Record.
Our Strange New Land
Author: Patricia Hermes
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439368988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439368988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Old Jamestown
Author: Maria A. Carr
Publisher:
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Category : Jamestown (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Jamestown (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Season of Promise
Author: Patricia Hermes
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439272063
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage. Simultaneous.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439272063
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage. Simultaneous.
Old Jamestown
Author: Mary Mendenhall Hobbs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jamestown (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description