Author: Josiah Staunton Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is located in Richmond but the parish of Henrico covers the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia.
The Annals and History of Henrico Parish, Diocese of Virginia, and St. John's P.E. Church
Author: Josiah Staunton Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is located in Richmond but the parish of Henrico covers the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church is located in Richmond but the parish of Henrico covers the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia.
Annals of Henrico Parish
Author: Lewis William Burton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henrico Parish (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henrico Parish (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Richmond Theater Fire
Author: Meredith Henne Baker
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080714374X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
On the day after Christmas in 1811, the state of Virginia lost its governor and almost one hundred citizens in a devastating nighttime fire that consumed a Richmond playhouse. During the second act of a melodramatic tale of bandits, ghosts, and murder, a small fire kindled behind the backdrop. Within minutes, it raced to the ceiling timbers and enveloped the audience in flames. The tragic Richmond Theater fire would inspire a national commemoration and become its generation's defining disaster. A vibrant and bustling city, Richmond was synonymous with horse races, gambling, and frivolity. The gruesome fire amplified the capital's reputation for vice and led to an upsurge in antitheater criticism that spread throughout the country and across the Atlantic. Clerics in both America and abroad urged national repentance and denounced the stage, a sentiment that nearly destroyed theatrical entertainment in Richmond for decades. Local churches, by contrast, experienced a rise in attendance and became increasingly evangelical. In The Richmond Theater Fire, the first book about the event and its aftermath, Meredith Henne Baker explores a forgotten catastrophe and its wide societal impact. The story of transformation comes alive through survivor accounts of slaves, actresses, ministers, and statesmen. Investigating private letters, diaries, and sermons, among other rare or unpublished documents, Baker views the event and its outcomes through the fascinating lenses of early nineteenth-century theater, architecture, and faith, and reveals a rich and vital untold story from America's past.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080714374X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
On the day after Christmas in 1811, the state of Virginia lost its governor and almost one hundred citizens in a devastating nighttime fire that consumed a Richmond playhouse. During the second act of a melodramatic tale of bandits, ghosts, and murder, a small fire kindled behind the backdrop. Within minutes, it raced to the ceiling timbers and enveloped the audience in flames. The tragic Richmond Theater fire would inspire a national commemoration and become its generation's defining disaster. A vibrant and bustling city, Richmond was synonymous with horse races, gambling, and frivolity. The gruesome fire amplified the capital's reputation for vice and led to an upsurge in antitheater criticism that spread throughout the country and across the Atlantic. Clerics in both America and abroad urged national repentance and denounced the stage, a sentiment that nearly destroyed theatrical entertainment in Richmond for decades. Local churches, by contrast, experienced a rise in attendance and became increasingly evangelical. In The Richmond Theater Fire, the first book about the event and its aftermath, Meredith Henne Baker explores a forgotten catastrophe and its wide societal impact. The story of transformation comes alive through survivor accounts of slaves, actresses, ministers, and statesmen. Investigating private letters, diaries, and sermons, among other rare or unpublished documents, Baker views the event and its outcomes through the fascinating lenses of early nineteenth-century theater, architecture, and faith, and reveals a rich and vital untold story from America's past.
Report of the Librarian and Annual Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Report
Author: State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Genealogy Division Subject Catalog, 1976-1984: P-Z
Author: Indiana State Library. Genealogy Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library
Author: Massachusetts State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Virginia Women
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820347418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth century through the Civil War era. Placing their subjects in their larger historical contexts, the authors show how the experiences of Virginia women varied by race, class, age, and marital status, and also across both space and time. Some essays examine the lives of well-known women—such as First Lady Dolley Madison—from a new perspective. Others introduce readers to relatively obscure historical figures: the convicted witch Grace Sherwood; the colonial printer Clementina Rind; Harriet Hemings, the enslaved daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Essays on the frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles and the Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew examine the real women behind the legends. Altogether, the essays in this collection offer readers an engaging and personal window onto the experiences of women in the Old Dominion.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820347418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth century through the Civil War era. Placing their subjects in their larger historical contexts, the authors show how the experiences of Virginia women varied by race, class, age, and marital status, and also across both space and time. Some essays examine the lives of well-known women—such as First Lady Dolley Madison—from a new perspective. Others introduce readers to relatively obscure historical figures: the convicted witch Grace Sherwood; the colonial printer Clementina Rind; Harriet Hemings, the enslaved daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Essays on the frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles and the Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew examine the real women behind the legends. Altogether, the essays in this collection offer readers an engaging and personal window onto the experiences of women in the Old Dominion.