https://www.amazon.com/history-discovery-settlement-Virginia-heritage/dp/B0007EO7S0?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0007EO7S0
( The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration...)
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W032295 Williamsburg Va. : Printed and sold by William Hunter, MDCCLIII. 1753. viii,9-32p.; ; 8°
https://www.amazon.com/Christs-redemption-preached-Assemely-Virginia/dp/1170997333?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1170997333
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
https://www.amazon.com/history-first-discovery-settlement-Virginia/dp/1289588627?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1289588627
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
https://www.amazon.com/History-First-Discovery-Settlement-Virginia/dp/129006427X?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=129006427X
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
https://www.amazon.com/History-First-Discovery-Settlement-Virginia/dp/1313850586?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1313850586
( The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration...)
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T146954 A reissue of the Williamsburg second edition 1747-1753. Pp. 305-341 misnumbered 295-331. The 'Appendix' has separate titlepage and pagination; the register is continuous and the imprint reads: Virginia, printed: London, reprinted for S. Birt, 1753. I London : Virginia, printed: London, reprinted for S. Birt, 1753. viii,304,295-331,1;v,1,34p. ; 8°
https://www.amazon.com/history-discovery-settlement-Virginia-William/dp/1140967673?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRRWTH346WSPOAFQ&tag=prabook-20&linkCode=sp1&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1140967673
William was born in 1707 in Virginia, United States, the son of Captain John Stith of Charles City County and Mary (Randolph) Stith, the daughter of William Randolph of "Turkey Island, " Henrico County, and the grand-daughter of William Randolph
After attending the grammar school attached to William and Mary, of which his mother had become matron following her husband's death, he matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on May 21, 1724. There he is entered on the register as seventeen years old and, by an error, the son of John Stith "of the Virgin Islands. "
On February 27, 1727/28 he received his B. A. degree from the university, was ordained a minister of the established church, and on April 12, 1731, having received the King's Bounty for clergymen to Virginia, returned to Williamsburg.
The Visitors and Governors of the College" elected him master of the grammar school, October 25, 1731, and the next day he qualified for the office by assenting to the Thirty-nine Articles and by taking the customary oath de fideli administratione. Concomitantly with this position, he acted as chaplain to the House of Burgesses. Several of his sermons before that body were published at its request, A Sermon Preached Before the General Assembly (1745/46), The Sinfulness and Pernicious Nature of Gaming (1752), and The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption (1753).
In July 1736, supported by indorsements from Governor Gooch and Commissary Blair, he was called to the charge of Henrico Parish, in Henrico County, where he remained for sixteen years.
In his leisure hours at the glebe near Varina he composed the only completed portion of his History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia (Williamsburg, 1747; London, 1753), the earliest important secondary account of the colony from its beginnings through 1624 and one that has influenced most subsequent interpretations of the history of Virginia under the London Company.
Although drawing upon John Smith's and Beverley's narratives for parts of his own Stith, with systematic scholarship, likewise scrutinized the official records of the company, which were made accessible to him by William Byrd, and the public papers collected by his uncle, Sir John Randolph.
His sympathies are strongly with the Sandys-Southampton faction in their defense of the company's chartered rights against the "arbitrary Proceedings and unjust Designs" of James I; but as his case is built around the partisan and somewhat varnished Virginia court minutes his findings are necessarily one-sided.
Significant and penetrating, nevertheless, is his consciousness of the importance of Virginia's early history and traditions, while his sturdy outspokenness against regal usurpations is an earnest of the developing spirit of American independence.
Late in 1751, having been chosen minister of St. Ann's, he resigned from his Henrico pastorate; but before his resignation became effective he succeeded his brother-in-law William Dawson as president of the College of William and Mary and qualified on August 14, 1752.
As a consequence of his having opposed Governor Dinwiddie's pistole levy for land grants, he was not appointed commissary to the Bishop of London and member of the governor's council as his predecessors had been. During his presidency, however, he served also as minister of York-Hampton parish, in York County. His brief administration was uneventful, save for the meeting of the clergy at the college in 1754, which resulted in providing a fund for the families of deceased clergymen.
He died in 1755.
William Stith is the author of one of the earliest histories of Virginia, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony, published in Williamsburg by William Parks in 1747. He was also the College of William & Mary's third president (1752–1755) and is the namesake of Stith Hall, a residence hall on the College's campus.
( The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration...)
( The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration...)
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
(Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We h...)
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
He married on July 13, 1738, Judith, the daughter of Thomas Randolph of "Tuckahoe, " Henrico County, by whom he had three daughters: Judith, Elizabeth, and Mary.
