Author: CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Oxford
Author: CunninghamThe Letters of Horace Walpole
Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford
Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Author: Horace WalpoleTypographical Antiquities; Or The History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland:
Author: Joseph AmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Early printed books
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
"Answer at Once"
Author: Katrina M. PowellPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813928532
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
With the Commonwealth of Virginia's Public Park Condemnation Act of 1928, the state surveyed for and acquired three thousand tracts of land that would become Shenandoah National Park. The Commonwealth condemned the homes of five hundred families so that their land could be "donated" to the federal government and placed under the auspices of the National Park Service. Prompted by the condemnation of their land, the residents began writing letters to National Park and other government officials to negotiate their rights and to request various services, property, and harvests. Typically represented in the popular media as lawless, illiterate, and incompetent, these mountaineers prove themselves otherwise in this poignant collection of letters. The history told by the residents themselves both adds to and counters the story that is generally accepted about them. These letters are housed in the Shenandoah National Park archives in Luray, Virginia, which was opened briefly to the public from 2000 to 2002, but then closed due to lack of funding. This selection of roughly 150 of these letters, in their entirety, makes these documents available again not only to the public but also to scholars, researchers, and others interested in the region's history, in the politics of the park, and in the genealogy of the families. Supplementing the letters are introductory text, photographs, annotation, and oral histories that further document the lives of these individuals.
The Letters of John Hus
Author: Jan HusPublisher:
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Catalogue of Autograph Letters, historical ... documents, and engraved Portraits, forming part of the collection of a member of the Incorporated Law Society, exhibited by the Society, etc
Author: Incorporated Law Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Notes and Queries
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Questions and answers
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
Author: George C. RablePublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807867934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties but inflicted more than twice that many losses--nearly 13,000--on his opponent, General Ambrose Burnside. As news of the Union loss traveled north, it spread a wave of public despair that extended all the way to President Lincoln. In the beleaguered Confederacy, the southern victory bolstered flagging hopes, as Lee and his men began to take on an aura of invincibility. George Rable offers a gripping account of the battle of Fredericksburg and places the campaign within its broader political, social, and military context. Blending battlefield and home front history, he not only addresses questions of strategy and tactics but also explores material conditions in camp, the rhythms and disruptions of military life, and the enduring effects of the carnage on survivors--both civilian and military--on both sides.