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King James called smoking "a filthy novelty," but tobacco proved the salvation of hisVirginia colony.
Seeds from South America and the West Indies, grown in Virginia's soil and climate, produced a pleasing leaf. From 1615 to 1619, tobacco expor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBDF_silk-worn-and-silk-spun_Williamsburg-VA.html
England - and Jamestown - imported silk from the Mediterranean and the Orient. In 1619 the Colony Secretary bragged that the cow keeper and the collier's wife had suits of "fresh flaming silk."
Spinning fibers from the silkworm cocoon was a len…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBDD_excellent-good-timber_Williamsburg-VA.html
Colonists marvelled at the deep, tall forests of Virginia - then set to clearing them away. The "goodly tall Trees" became firewood, fort walls, house frames, boat planks, barrel staves, industrial fuel, and lumber exports.
Jamestown's ruins yi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCO_the-island-house_Williamsburg-VA.html
To the right, just beyond this narrow marsh, lay the 80-acre "Island House" tract which was "planted and seated" prior to 1619 by Richard Kingsmill, "ancient planter," burgess, and man of property and affairs. His daughter, Elizabeth, and her husb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCK_tradesmen-on-governor-harveys-lot-1630s_Williamsburg-VA.html
Despite the success of tobacco, the crown instructed Virginia's governors to diversify and encourage trades in the colony. Governor Sir John Harvey supported this endeavor. During the 1630s, he employed a variety of tradesmen on this property incl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCJ_inside-a-home_Williamsburg-VA.html
All that was left of this home was the foundation of a fireplace and two rows of stains in the soil. The house was built on wood posts sunk directly into the ground. Changes in the color of the soil show where the holes were dug to sink the posts.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCI_an-upper-class-neighborhood-1630s-1699_Williamsburg-VA.html
From the 1630s to the end of the 17th century, this area along Backstreete boasted some of the finest dwellings in Jamestown. Governors, councilmen, burgesses, and lawyers all made this neighborhood home.
Richard Kemp, an ardent supporter of Go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBCH_a-diverse-jamestown-household-1620-1640_Williamsburg-VA.html
By 1624, William Peirce, a "beloved friend" of governor Francis Wyatt, built a house - "one of the fairest in Virginia" - on this lot. Peirce, captain of the governor's guard and the colony's cape merchant, also served as lieutenant governor, comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBBK_efforts-to-build-a-town-1660-1699_Williamsburg-VA.html
The foundations of the multi-dwelling structure that stood here match the dimensions called for in legislation passed by the General Assembly in September 1662.
This row rouse was standing by September 1668 when the justices of James City Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBBH_gardens-and-crops_Williamsburg-VA.html
Tobacco, sassafras - the Jamestown gardener was distracted by quick-money crops for export to Europe. Tobacco was even grown in the streets. In 1624 the General Assembly tried to aid the struggling silk and wine industries by ordering each plot ow…