Illustration: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, 23 March 1775. His concluded his speech with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution. Credit: Currier & Ives; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Tracing Jamestown Family Lines (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on December 12, 2023

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Virginia jeweler’s account book from the 1760s and the history it contains about early Virginia families... (Read More)

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