The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia An Archeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer, Including Data Supplied by Frank M. Setzler and Oscar H. Darter
C. Malcolm Watkins
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia An Archeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer, Including Data Supplied by Frank M. Setzler and Oscar H. Darter
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The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
HISTORY
I Official Port Towns in Virginia and Origins of Marlborough
II John Mercer’s Occupation of Marlborough, 1726-1730
III Mercer’s Consolidation of Marlborough, 1730-1740
IV Marlborough at its Ascendancy, 1741-1750
V Mercer and Marlborough, from Zenith to Decline, 1751-1768
VI Dissolution of Marlborough
ARCHEOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE
VII The Site, its Problem, and Preliminary Tests
VIII Archeological Techniques
IX Wall System
X Mansion Foundation (Structure B)
XI Kitchen Foundation (Structure E)
XII Supposed Smokehouse Foundation (Structure F)
XIII Pits and Other Structures
XIV Stafford Courthouse South of Potomac Creek
ARTIFACTS
XV Ceramics
XVI Glass
XVII Objects of Personal Use
XVIII Metalwork
XIX Conclusions
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
XX Summary of Findings
Appendixes
Appendix A Inventory of George Andrews, Ordinary Keeper
Appendix B Inventory of Peter Beach
Appendix C Charges to Account of Mosley Battaley for Goods Sold by Mercer
Appendix D “Domestick Expenses”
Appendix E Mercer’s Reading 1726-1732
Appendix F Credit side of Mercer’s account with Nathaniel Chapman
Appendix G Overwharton Parish Account
Appendix H Colonists Identified by Mercer According to Occupation
Appendix I Materials Listed in Accounts with Hunter and Dick, Fredericksburg
Appendix J Account of George Mercer’s Expenses while Attending the College of William and Mary
Appendix K John Mercer’s Library
Appendix L Botanical Record and Prevailing Temperatures
Appendix M Inventory of Marlborough, 1771
Index
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