Army scenes on the Chickahominy

Army scenes on the Chickahominy
Harper''s pictorial history of the Civil War. (Chicago : Star Publishing Co. 1866)

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Vandalism as History, from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources . . .

  . . . or how to tell if your state's Department of Historic Resources is possibly a bunch of political hacks.


Curiosity drove me to see what our state Department of Historic Resources thought of our iconoclastic times. 

And so from the Department's own website under "DHR Guidance Regarding Confederate Monumentswe find this statement- that the "DHR offers these guidelines to support the removal of monuments in a manner adhering to best preservation practices", which, if you think about it, is an odd statement coming from an organization whose supposed mission statement is "to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of Virginia's significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources."

In these "guidelines" we find . . . italics are my own.


Paint removal: The owner of the monument should decide if the paint is now an important part of the history of the monument that should be preserved before the decision for removal is made. Please keep in mind that while paint and other forms of vandalism may be disfiguring to the monument, it may also now form an important part of the history of the monument. If it is decided that the paint removal is necessary.

. . .

Conservation/Preservation of damaged monuments: The owner of the monument should decide if the damage is now an important part of the history of the monument that should be preserved before the decision for repair is made. Please keep in mind that while vandalism may be disfiguring to the monument, it may also now form an important part of the history of the monument. 


 

Sunday, August 2, 2020

"Of Choice Fruit" - 1804


SAMUEL BAILEY, 


Offers for Sale, at his Nursery in New Kent county near the cross roads*—Five Thousand 
Grafted Apple Trees, 
Of choice fruit, at 6d per tree. He believes they are not excelled if equaled by any in this state, either In thriftiness or quality, having at considerable trouble collected the most approved kinds, agreeable to the following list. 


     Winesop.                         Golden Wilding,
     Bellflower,                      Rawel’s Jenneats,
     Summer Cheese,             Lowry Apple,
     Winter Cheese,                Summer Pearmain,
     Clopton’s Hangfast,        Winter do.
     May Apple,                     Freeman’s do.
     June do.                           Cannon do.
     July do.                            Ligbtfoot’s do.
     Sheep's Nose,                  Longstem,
     Harvest Apple,                Long Crab,
     Sweet Russett.                 Red do.
     Sept. 29th, 1804.             Flat do. 
Having seen many orchards set out by Mr, Samuel Bailey, and particularly two set for us, we believe him to be bettor acquainted with that business than any other person that we know.
  Wm. Chamberlayne—     Thos. Frayser.
Sept. 29th, 1804.
Mr. Bailey has set out an orchard for me, which I think is done in a superior manner to any I ever saw.   w4t    Ro. Christian.

Virginia Argus, 6 October 1804

* 'The cross roads" typically refers the cross road at Rt. 249/Airport Rd./Tunstall Rd
NB: 6d is 6 cents



For more information on some of the apples mentioned I suggest Old Southern Apples: A Comprehensive History and Description of Varieties ... -Creighton Lee Calhoun