. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . ization ft upon the American continent, Wiiliams- ^^ burg, which succeeded Jamestown as thecapital of Virginia, was the CRADLE of the AMERICANRevolution. Here, in the old capitol at the east endof Duke of Gloucester street, were passed the reso- \lutions against the stamp act, the resolutions for the ?committees of correspondence,and the resolutions call-ing on Congress to declare the American colonies free ;and independent States. Here is William and Mary \College, v/here Jef?erson, Marshall, Monroe, the Ran- Idolphs, Dabney Carr and


. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . ization ft upon the American continent, Wiiliams- ^^ burg, which succeeded Jamestown as thecapital of Virginia, was the CRADLE of the AMERICANRevolution. Here, in the old capitol at the east endof Duke of Gloucester street, were passed the reso- \lutions against the stamp act, the resolutions for the ?committees of correspondence,and the resolutions call-ing on Congress to declare the American colonies free ;and independent States. Here is William and Mary \College, v/here Jef?erson, Marshall, Monroe, the Ran- Idolphs, Dabney Carr and a host of other great men \studied. Here was the first American theatre and the \first hospital for the insane* Here was concentrated all \the glory of Colonial Firginf . This work is the first ;serious effort to give a detailed account of this ancient \town, which may be described as a very small place with \a very great story. \ November, 1907. j Sent to any place in the United States for $, free of postage, by LYON G. TYLER, Williamsburg, Virginia. Index TO Genealogic Data In Sixteen Volumes and One Number (I to XVlf No. I inclusive), July 1892 to July, iqoS, inclusive, of William and Mary College Ouarterly, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, Lyon G. Tyler, M. A., LL. D., Editor, {.President of ff^illicm and Mary Ctllege,) Index of Family References, containing: two or more generations. Fullgenealogies and the more exclusive Family notes are indicated by smallCAPITALS. No separate numbers of Volume I, but there is a reprint of thenumbers as a single volume, which can be had for $3,00. Subscription Price, $ per year ; Single Copies, $ ; more than threecopies at 75 cents each. Back numbers furnished to subscribers only. # ^un


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