Project Gutenberg 2012-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 118 Watkins, C. Malcolm 68067314 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 Produced by Pat McCoy, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia" by C. Malcolm Watkins is a historical account written in the late 20th century. The work focuses on the archaeological and historical investigations of Marlborough, a colonial port town in Stafford County, paying particular attention to its origins, evolution, and the influential figure of John Mercer. It explores the material culture of colonial Virginian life through the lens of artifacts and historical documents, offering insights into the societal structures of the time. At the start of the text, Watkins introduces the motivations behind the archaeological and historical investigations that took place at Marlborough, a town established as a port under colonial law. The preface outlines the contributions of various scholars and the logistics of excavation, highlighting the limited yet significant findings connected to John Mercer's occupation and the town's rise and decline. The opening chapters discuss the struggles of establishing port towns in Virginia and the failure of Marlborough to thrive, offering context for its eventual decline as a viable community after the burning of its courthouse and the lack of economic activity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40255/40255-h/images/cover.jpg en Mercer, John, 1704-1768 Plantation life -- Virginia Excavations (Archaeology) -- Virginia -- Marlborough Marlborough (Va.) -- Antiquities F206 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: History - American 1161391 1160514 2024-09-17T05:06:20.545902 2023-09-17T13:20:40.737633 text/html text/html 1048416 2012-07-16T08:40:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4449848 2012-07-16T08:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4513647 2024-09-17T05:06:56.562674 application/epub+zip 4523761 2024-09-17T05:06:29.200826 application/epub+zip 314892 2024-09-17T05:06:22.343932 application/epub+zip 5274501 2024-09-17T05:07:09.930125 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5208463 2024-09-17T05:06:49.568782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584424 2022-09-18T12:23:06.702012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642841 642731 2024-09-17T05:06:14.314961 2023-09-17T13:20:34.840605 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 642699 2012-07-16T08:40:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 226548 2012-07-16T08:40:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 642710 2012-07-16T08:40:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 226461 2012-07-16T08:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20612 2024-09-17T05:07:10.136124 application/rdf+xml 9608 2024-09-17T05:06:22.741843 image/jpeg 1693 2024-09-17T05:06:22.544832 image/jpeg 4476174 2024-09-17T05:06:20.893972 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog