by gwffoundation | Nov 6, 2019 | Historic Kenmore, History of Slavery, Kenmore Enslaved Community Project, Lives & Legacies
The staff of Historic Kenmore & George Washington’s Ferry Farm regularly conducts research into the enslaved communities that existed at both Kenmore and Ferry Farm during the Lewis and Washington family occupations. Most of the surviving information about...
by gwffoundation | May 11, 2018 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, Cash Arehart, Site Supervisor of the Capitol Building at Colonial Williamsburg presented a lecture titled “Credit and Coinage: The Economy of Colonial Virginia.” Using Kenmore’s Fielding Lewis as an example, he discussed currency,...
by gwffoundation | Mar 23, 2016 | Archaeology, George Washington's Ferry Farm, History of Slavery, Lives & Legacies
In this day and age, it is easy to discover the particulars of someone’s life simply with the click of a button. Phone number, age, home address, professional resume and more can easily be obtained by searching through public records on the Internet or at the...
