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Book Synopsis Winchester Family Papers by : Benjamin Winchester (Family : Winchester
Download or read book Winchester Family Papers written by Benjamin Winchester (Family : Winchester and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Materials primarily include correspondence between members of the Benjamin Winchester family. Some of the letters are written between family members who were visiting their grandparents in the Salt Lake Valley during the Civil War. The bulk of the correspondence is to and from Benjamin's oldest son, Savillian. Also includes business material and various receipts relating to Benjamin's life in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dated 1864-1908.
Download or read book Winchester Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Masters of the Big House by : William Kauffman Scarborough
Download or read book Masters of the Big House written by William Kauffman Scarborough and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Kauffman Scarborough has produced a work of incomparable scope and depth, offering the challenge to see afresh one of the most powerful groups in American history -- the wealthiest southern planters who owned 250 or more slaves in the census years of 1850 and 1860. The identification and tabulation in every slaveholding state of these lords of economic, social, and political influence reveals a highly learned class of men who set the tone for southern society while also involving themselves in the wider world of capitalism. Scarborough examines the demographics of elite families, the educational philosophy and religiosity of the nabobs, gender relations in the Big House, slave management methods, responses to secession, and adjustment to the travails of Reconstruction and an alien postwar world.
Book Synopsis Register of the Correspondence of the Benjamin Winchester Family by :
Download or read book Register of the Correspondence of the Benjamin Winchester Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Winchester written by Laura Trevelyan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Details the extraordinary life of Oliver Winchester, the company, and its rapid rise and slow fall as told by a distant family descendant.”—American Gunsmith Arguably the world’s most famous firearm, the Winchester Repeating Rifle was sought after by a cast of characters ranging from the settlers of the American West to the Ottoman Empire’s Army. Laura Trevelyan, a descendant of the Winchester family, offers an engrossing personal history of the colorful New England clan responsible for the creation and manufacture of the “Gun that Won the West.” Trevelyan chronicles the rise and fortunes of a great American arms dynasty, from Oliver Winchester’s involvement with the Volcanic Arms Company in 1855 through the turbulent decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She explores the evolution of an iconic, paradigm-changing weapon that has become a part of American culture; a longtime favorite of collectors and gun enthusiasts that has been celebrated in fiction, glorified in Hollywood, and applauded in endorsements from the likes of Annie Oakley, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, and Native American tribesmen who called it “the spirit gun.” “[A] detailed but accessible look at the life, times and commerce of Oliver Winchester—Trevelyan’s great great great grandfather—and his many descendants of both the human and firearms varieties . . . Whether you’re a fan of firearms or simply of American history, there is much to enjoy and learn in this easy-to-read and well-footnoted volume.”—American Shooting Journal “The book is beautifully illustrated, with fascinating photos of the Winchester family, and with well-known historical figures—including the Native American leader Geronimo and President Theodore Roosevelt—clutching their repeating rifles.”—Times Literary Supplement
Book Synopsis Edgar Winchester Papers by : Edgar Winchester
Download or read book Edgar Winchester Papers written by Edgar Winchester and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correspondence and papers relating to Winchester's medical career and service as surgeon in the Civil War, and to the Elgin Mining Company, San Bernardino, California. Letters to Mrs. Winchester, and a biographical sketch, written circa 1928, included.
Book Synopsis The Family of Auer Winchester Proctor by : Elizabeth Proctor Kiddle
Download or read book The Family of Auer Winchester Proctor written by Elizabeth Proctor Kiddle and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Papers of Winchester, Virginia Historical Society by : Winchester, Virginia, Historical Society
Download or read book Annual Papers of Winchester, Virginia Historical Society written by Winchester, Virginia, Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annals and Family Records of Winchester, Conn by : John Boyd
Download or read book Annals and Family Records of Winchester, Conn written by John Boyd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annals and Family Records of Winchester, Conn: With Exercises of the Centennial Celebration, on the 16th and 17th Days of August, 1871 As early as 1856, the compiler of these Annals conceived the plan of collecting materials for a history of his native town, and its early settlers° His life-long residence, reaching back to 1799, and the custody of its re cords during no inconsiderable portion of the last fifty years, made him more familiar than most living men, with its documentary history and its traditions. Frequent calls by descendants of Old Winchester families, and by genealogists, for information derivable from the town records, im pressed him with the belief that a compilation of historical events and family records, however imperfect, would be received with favor alike by citizens Of the town and descendants of emigrating families. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Captive of the Labyrinth by : Mary Jo Ignoffo
Download or read book Captive of the Labyrinth written by Mary Jo Ignoffo and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length biography of Sarah Winchester, the subject of the movie Winchester starring Helen Mirren. Since her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious, haunted figure. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband in 1881, Sarah purchased a simple farmhouse in San José, California. She began building additions to the house and continued construction on it for the next twenty years. A hostile press cast Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company—a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths caused by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist, and to this day it is largely believed that the extensive construction she executed on her San José house was done to appease the ghouls around her. But was she really as guilt-ridden and superstitious as history remembers her? When Winchester’s home was purchased after her death, it was transformed into a tourist attraction. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic nature of Winchester’s life were exaggerated by the new owners to generate publicity for their business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the person of Winchester has receded from reality, and she is only remembered for squandering her riches to ward off disturbed spirits. Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune demystifies the life of this unique American. In the first full-length biography of Winchester, author and historian Mary Jo Ignoffo unearths the truth about this notorious eccentric, revealing that she was not a maddened spiritualist driven by remorse but an intelligent, articulate woman who sought to protect her private life amidst the chaos of her public existence. The author takes readers through Winchester’s several homes, explores her private life, and, by excerpting from personal correspondence, gives the heiress a voice for the first time since her death. Ignoffo’s research reveals that Winchester’s true financial priority was not dissipating her fortune on the mansion in San José but investing it for a philanthropic legacy. For too long Sarah Winchester has existed as a ghost herself—a woman whose existence lies somewhere between the facts of her life and a set of sensationalized recollections of who she may have been. Captive of the Labyrinth finally puts to rest the myths about this remarkable woman, and, in the process, uncovers the legacy she intended to leave behind.
Book Synopsis The Winchester Mystery House by : Peculiar Papers
Download or read book The Winchester Mystery House written by Peculiar Papers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winchester Mystery House is a house museum in San Jose, California, that was originally the home of Sarah L. Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune. Construction was begun on the house in 1884 and continued until Winchester's death in 1922, resulting in 160 rooms.
Book Synopsis Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia by : Cecil O'Dell
Download or read book Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia written by Cecil O'Dell and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompasses 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, and Grant counties in West Virginia. During the 1700s a land dispute between a Colonist and an Englishman developed into a lawsuit. The suit was between Jost Hite, the plantiff and Lord Thomas Fairfax, defendant. Fairfax claimed to inherit all of the country know as the Northern Neck from his father and maternal grandfather, Lord Thomas Culpeper. During the eighteen years of the court battle no land was legally disposed of, resulting in no legal land documents. This book is a comprehensive study of the settlers of old Frederick County, who they were, where they came from, and where they lived in the county, and where they went.
Download or read book Winchester Family written by and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folio volume is an account book, 1800-1821, for Edmund (1772-1839) and Amasa Winchester's (1775-1846) wholesale provision company in Boston. The volume includes some entries by a William Winchester ( - ).
Book Synopsis Papers and Proceedings by : Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society
Download or read book Papers and Proceedings written by Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis ANNALS & FAMILY RECORDS OF WIN by : John Boyd
Download or read book ANNALS & FAMILY RECORDS OF WIN written by John Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Very British Family by : Laura Trevelyan
Download or read book A Very British Family written by Laura Trevelyan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the “right people”.The world has given us money enough to enable us to do what we think is right. We thank it for that and ask no more of it, but to be allowed to serve it.' G. M. Trevelyan The Trevelyans are unique in British social and political history: a family that for several generations dedicated themselves to the service and chronicling of their country, from the radical, reforming civil servant Charles Edward Trevelyan to the historian G. M. Trevelyan. Often eccentric, priggish, high-minded and utterly self-regarding, they have nonetheless left their mark on our past. This engaging history dispassionately explores the lives and achievements of this unique family and the part they played in shaping the history of Great Britain.
Book Synopsis Defend the Valley by : Margaretta Barton Colt
Download or read book Defend the Valley written by Margaretta Barton Colt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author "brings to life the courage, recklessness, heartbreak, and deprivation of the (Shenandoah) Valley Campaign and the battles to the east of the Blue Ridge" ("The Commercial Appeal"). 60 photos.
