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Published: n.d. (c1890-1891) Preface is dated 1890 with a date of '2.91' in catalogue to rear. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners and spine edges. Small light marks to covers. Front endpaper cracked but hinge still firm. Foxing to endpaper and title pages. Rear endpapers age toned and lightly foxed DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 301pp plus catalogue. Size: 8vo 19cm by 12.5cm. AUTHOR: Flowerdew Hundred Plantation dates to c1618 and Sir George Yeardley, the Governor and Captain General of Virginia, of 1,000 acres on the south side of the James River Probably named after his wifes father, Anthony Flowerdew With a population of about 30, the plantation was economically successful with thousands of pounds of tobacco produced along with corn, fish and livestock Sir George paid 120 pounds (possibly a hogshead of tobacco) to build the first windmill in British America Today, Flowerdew Hundred plantation is a private residence The plantation survived the Indian massacre of 1622 The first windmill erected in English North America was built at Flowerdew Hundred by 1621, and was an English post mill In 1624, Abraham Piersey, Cape Merchant of the Virginia Company, purchased Flowerdew Hundred renaming it Pierseys Hundred Pierseys Stone House was the first home with a permanent foundation in the colony Throughout the seventeenth century, Flowerdew Hundred continued to prosper with the establishment of a secondary settlement In 1683, with the passage of the kings Advancement of Trade Act, Flowerdew Towne was formed down river The Civil War came to Flowerdew in June 1864 when the Commanding General of the Armies of the United States Ulysses S Grant ordered his men to cross the James River in an effort to outflank Gen Robert E Lee and capture the City of Petersburg and its rail hub that was vital to the Confederate war effort In support of the Overland Campaign, the Corps of Engineers, in a remarkable feat of construction, built a pontoon bridge across the James in one evening, setting a record for the longest floating bridge ever built Grants Crossing from Weyanoke to Flowerdew (or Wilcox Landing as it was then known) held this record until World War II The Army of the Potomac with three corps and a supply train crossed the river in about three days heading for City Point to begin the Siege of Petersburg Over the years the name has been spelled as Fleur de, Flowerdieu, Flower de and Flourdy Hundred Other names for the property include Piersey or Peirceys Hundred, Seldens (Selden family), Hoods, and Bellevue It is listed on Virginias Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, Civil War Overland Campaign Lee-Grant Trail, and the National Register of Historic Places Flowerdew Hundred Plantation is currently owned and operated by the Justice family, headed by patriarch Jim Justice, that has extensive farming and milling operations in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Seller Inventory # 603
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Title: Flower de Hundred Story of a Virginia ...
Publisher: Cassell & Company, London, Paris, Melbourne
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ
