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Note to the Reader + Chapter 1: King's College

The first chapter of the eclectic historical fiction novel "The Yellow Cardinal", set in the years 1765-1776

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 1916 min read

My latest visit to the Bray School at Colonial Williamsburg

A short meditation upon the recent restoration and interpretation of the Williamsburg Bray School [c. 1760-1774].

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 183 min read

An image of an 18th century tax stamp from England. This newspaper dates before 1765, so it is a grand example of tax stamps in England before the stamp act riots of 1765 in America

Prelude to the Stamp Act, 1765

A short vignette in a Shakespearean style about the moment when the frigate Edward deposited royal tax stamps in NYC in the year 1765, prefacing a lengthy period of rioting and political violence.

Colonial-NewYorker

Aug 169 min read

Commonplace History

History. Fiction. Oddity.

Note to the Reader + Chapter 1: King's College

My latest visit to the Bray School at Colonial Williamsburg

Prelude to the Stamp Act, 1765