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Domestic Life in Virginia

by Annie Lash Jester

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  1. 1Note — Part I — Laying the Hearthstones
  2. 2The First Homes
  3. 3The Colonists Live Off the Land
  4. 4Sickness and Discouragement
  5. 5Relief
  6. 6Private Ownership of Land
  7. 7The Company’s Tenants, Their Supplies and Their Wives
  8. 8Supplies for a Particular Plantation
  9. 9The Magazine Ships
  10. 10The Muster of the Inhabitants of Virginia, January, 1625
  11. 11Abundant Supplies for the Colonists
  12. 12Better Homes
  13. 13The Forest Primeval
  14. 14The Independent Planter
  15. 15Part II — The Virginia Planters and Their Manner of Living
  16. 16Royalists in Virginia
  17. 17The Status of Women
  18. 18Servants
  19. 19The Household
  20. 20Hospitality
  21. 21Family Travel
  22. 22The Fashions
  23. 23Jewelry
  24. 24Festivities, Recreation and Sports
  25. 25Musical Instruments
  26. 26Drinking Habits
  27. 27The Mint Julep
  28. 28Gaming
  29. 29Funeral Customs
  30. 30Tombstones
  31. 31Bibliography

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