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Letterbook Of John Custis
Josephine Little . Ed(S): Zuppan
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Description for Letterbook Of John Custis
Hardback. Editor(s): Zuppan, Josephine Little. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
This absorbing letterbook, meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated, provides remarkable insight into the life and concerns of 18th-century colonial Virginians. We see in these 144 letters an intimate view of John Custis IV (1678-1749), best known as the father-in-law of Martha Dandridge Custis, the wife of George Washington. Custis, a third-generation Virginian, was a wealthy, influential and shrewd planter-businessman-politician who served for years on the governor's Council. The letters are especially revealing about economic life, the material culture of colonial Virginia, and the treacherous legal and financial conditions in which even important planters operated. The correspondence clearly shows how a ... Read more
This absorbing letterbook, meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated, provides remarkable insight into the life and concerns of 18th-century colonial Virginians. We see in these 144 letters an intimate view of John Custis IV (1678-1749), best known as the father-in-law of Martha Dandridge Custis, the wife of George Washington. Custis, a third-generation Virginian, was a wealthy, influential and shrewd planter-businessman-politician who served for years on the governor's Council. The letters are especially revealing about economic life, the material culture of colonial Virginia, and the treacherous legal and financial conditions in which even important planters operated. The correspondence clearly shows how a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780945612803
SKU
V9780945612803
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99-15
About Josephine Little . Ed(S): Zuppan
Josephine Little Zuppan graduated from Kent State University in 1965 and earned a master's degree in American history and historical editing from the College of William and Mary in 1978. For many years she served as editor of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where she supervised production of the museum's numerous catalogs and publications by Indiana University Press. An avid ... Read more
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