New, collaborative digital effort and exhibit: ‘The Revolutionary City’ gives everyone access to original documents of Philadelphia residents living through the war https://whyy.org/articles/revolutionary-city-digital-archive-philadelphia-revolutionary-war/

Exhibition at the American Philosophical Society: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/philadelphia-revolutionary-city

Portal to digitized documents: https://therevolutionarycity.org/
#Philadelphia #history #AmericanRevolution #ColonialAmerica @histodons

How Did Money Work in Colonial America?
A Developing Economy in a New World

https://brewminate.com/a-developing-economy-and-money-in-colonial-america/

Before the dollar, before a central bank, before even a unified nation—there was barter, wampum, foreign coins, and economic improvisation.

Explore how early Americans navigated trade, scarcity, and creativity in an economy still finding its feet.

Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust in Annapolis, Maryland

A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.#inventions #colonialamerica #roman #technology #placestostay #historichomes #section-Atlas
Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust

The Lingering Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke

From historians to horror writers to white nationalists, attempts to explain the settlement's fate reveal a great deal about our own attitudes.#eeriefeeling #mystery #abandoned #colonialamerica #section-Articles
The Lingering Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke

Cape Henry Memorial Cross in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.#crosses #memorials #colonialamerica #section-Atlas
Cape Henry Memorial Cross

A trewe tail for Thanksgiving season:
"...Before there was an America, one of the earliest white-people legal decisions ever here recognized that gender can be a nonbinary thing."
Busy bodies in 17th century North America -- after several thorough genital examinations -- determine that an intersex individual may wear both male and female clothing.The curious case of Thomas(ine) Hall.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/american-history-corner-the-story

#Thanksgiving #Intersex #ColonialAmerica #History #TuckersBalls

New research reveals oldest tombstone in the US came from Belgium

Researchers have determined that the oldest known tombstone in the United States, found in Jamestown, Virginia, originated in Belgium. The tombstone, dating back to 1627, marked the grave of a knight...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/09/oldest-tombstone-in-the-us-came-from-belgium/

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In Colonial America, women were discouraged from taking an interest in politics and were instead expected to focus only on traditionally 'feminine' matters, such as homemaking and childrearing. #History #AbigailAdams #AmericanRevolution #ColonialAmerica #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2453/women-in-the-american-revolution/

The Fiver:  Five Famous British Explorers

Seeing the world can be a dangerous business—especially when it hasn’t been done before.  Explorers from many countries and peoples have dared to take that first step beyond their known world to see what else is out there.  Britain is no different in this regard, having begun to see out no places along with most other European

https://anglotopia.net/british-history/the-fiver-five-famous-british-explorers/

Chasing Black Caesar, Southern Florida's Notorious Pirate

Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?#blackhistory #maritimehistory #ships #nationalparks #colonialamerica #slavery #history #islands #legends #treasure #pirates #section-Articles
Chasing Black Caesar, Southern Florida's Notorious Pirate

Colonial Iron Mine in York, South Carolina

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, canons, and more.#battlefields #mountains #trails #hiking #abandoned #ruins #colonialamerica #warhistory #americanrevolution #revolution #mines #section-Atlas
Colonial Iron Mine

Learn how a story about the 17th century's greatest manhunt inspired Robert Harris to write his superb #WalterScottPrize shortlisted novel ACT OF OBLIVION (Hutchinson Heinemann) in this exclusive interview http://bit.ly/WSPharissl

#17thcentury #ColonialAmerica #writingCommunity #regicide #CharlesI @histodons @bookstodon #historicalFiction #RobertHarris #ActOfOblivion

The Old Field of 1800 in Framingham, Massachusetts

Two stone markers honor the Nipmuc people who first settled here millennia ago.
The Old Field of 1800

Burial Hill's Historic Gravestones Are Coming to Your Screen

Digitizing markers at the Massachusetts cemetery makes them more accessible.
Burial Hill's Historic Gravestones Are Coming to Your Screen