  Fithian expresses love for, 139-140 letters to, 8-9, 12-13, 35-36, 53, 115-116, 139-140, 179-180, 210-212, 212-214 second marriage to Joel Fithian, 240 Dr. John, 14, 105, 107, 240 Reading, 100, 105, 247 Beaufort (ship), 156 Bedford, Miss, 106 Beef, 75, 90 "Belinda," 170 corresponds with Fithian, 170 "Belle Ville," Richmond County, Giberne home, 241 "Bellfield," York County, Diggs home, 248 Benson, Capt., 154 "Berkeley," Charles City County, Harrison home, xxii Bernard, John, quoted, 237 Bertoldo in Corte (opera), 246 Bett (dairy girl), 157 Betting, 29, 154, 162, 186, 190 Beverley, Harry, of "Hazelwood," ideas on education, xvii Robert, of "Blandfield," plans education for son, xviii Bible, 92, 111 Billiards, 109 Birds, 75, 76, 78, 96 Biscuits, baked in Carter's mills, 75 Bitters, Pinkstone, 76 Canals, 75 Canoes, 75, 192 Caps, 125 Cards, 29, 57, 65, 72, 104, 108, 161, 163, 247 Carpenters, 202 Carpenter's shops, 37 Carr, Mr., 51 Carriages, 47, 157 Carter, Anne Tasker (Nancy), xxx, 20, 25, 27, 28, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 55, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 66, 75, 86, 90, 110, 111, 115, 122, 125, 128, 132, 133, 142, 146, 156, views on slavery, 92 wide reading and knowledge of, 66 George, xxvi Harriot Lucy, xxx, 82, 83, 110, 119, 133, 134, 138, 146, 193, 202, 206, 246 description of, 49 marries John James Maund, 246 pranks of, 193 schooner named for, 29, 243 tastes mercury, 54 John Tasker ("Tasker"), xxx, 133, 135, 215 Judith, see Beale, Judith (Carter) Landon, xviii, 237, 245 diary of, cited, 237 supports free school, 248 Lucy, of "Sabine Hall," 136 "Nancy," see Anne Tasker Carter Polly, of "Sabine Hall," 157 Priscilla, xxx, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 55, 56, 60, 62, 63, 65, 74, 75, 83, 90, 92, 110, 115, 122, 128, 133, 135, 136, 138, 147, 133, 134, 243, 244, 246154-155 attends races, 24-25, 150-151, 154 Carter approves teaching of, 93 catalogues library at Nomini Hall, 119 Col. Lee offends, 52 completes Latin thesis, 158 contrasts Virginia with New Jersey, 60-61, 100, 159-163, 167-168 corresponds with "Belinda," 170 death of parents, 239 declines additional pupils, 25 despondency of, 108, 109, 114-115, 127, 171 early life and education of, xxv, xxxii, 159, 205, 239 enters Presbyterian ministry, xxxii George Lee offends, 57, 244 hesitation over going to Virginia, 7, 9-10, 16, 46-47 illness and death of, xxxii later career of, xxxii letters from, to Elizabeth Beatty, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 35-36, 53, 115-116, 139-140, 179-180, 210-212, 212-214 to Benjamin Carter, 198-199 to Nancy Carter, 215-216 to Priscilla Carter, 214-215 to Robert Carter III, 217 to Robert Bladen Carter, 201-202, 216 to Nathaniel Donnald, 173-174 to Samuel Fithian, 117 to Rev. Enoch Green, 21, 26-27 to Andrew Hunter, Jr., 4-5 to Andrew Hunter, Sr., 113 to George Lee, 151 to John Lowe, 126, 207-208 to John McCalla, 175-176 Gregory, Mr., gardener, 68, 74, 78, 245 Griggs, (Grigg), Capt., 52, 76, 243 visits Nomini Hall, 31 Grimes, Miss, 6 Grist mills, 82, 246 Grog, 142 Grubb, Mr., 125, 128, 130, 157, 171, 172, 175, 177, 179 Guitars, 28, 30, 36, 51, 55, 71, 79, 132, 133, 216 Gusts (storms), 144 Guthrie, Capt., 138 Ha-has, xx, 238 Hale, see Heale Halkinson, Mrs., 209 Hamilton, Mr., merchant, 29, 195 accident of, 69 Hammond, Expositor of the New Testament, 111 Handkerchiefs, 29, 168 Hanover County, 244 Harmonicas, 30, 181, 243 Robert Carter plays on, 37, 158 Harness, 189 Harpsichords, xxii, 123, 124, 157 at Hobb's Hole, 156 at Mount Airy, 95, 152 at Nomini Hall, 26, 36, 111, 121 Harriot (ship), 149 Harrison, Col., of Maryland, 59 Col., of Virginia, 195 Benjamin, of "Berkeley," 248 Hartshorn, spirits of, 32 Hats, gold-laced, 69 Hay, 81 Headdress, 90, 145 see also Baltimore Iron Works Irwin, Mr., 8, 15, 17 Isle of Wight County, 129 Jail fever, 68, 69 James' Powder, 133 James River, 172 Jennifer, Thomas, 206 Jennings, Mr., 29, 90 Jessamines, 147 John (table servant), 54, 142 as musician, 120 Jones, Alice (Flood), 69, 244 Betsy, 180 Elizabeth (Cocke), 244 Col. Thomas, 243, 244 Dr. Walter, 39, 68, 69, 122, 157, 243, 244 member of American Philosophical Society, 69 family, 63, 87, 244 Junius, Letters, 91, 92 Keith, Mr., 106 Magazines, 89, 188 Manor houses, activities about, xxiii-xxiv architecture of, xx-xxi description of interiors, xxi-xxii names of, xxii sites of, xxiii two entrances to, xxiii see also Great houses Manor plantations, xv, 237, 246 as centers of estates, xv as residences of proprietors, xv, 237 in Northern Neck, xxx-xxxi Manufactories, xvi on estate of Robert Carter, xxviii see also Mills Manure, 89 Marble, Sienna, xxi Marches, 57 Marcus Hook, N. J., 107 Marlborough, Md., 97, 109, 209, 247 "Marmion," King George County, Fitzhugh home, xxii "Mars Hill," Richmond County, Fauntleroy home, 241 Marshall, James, tutor, 48, 134, 247-248 Marshes, xiii Martha (servant), 54 Mashell, Daniel, 16 Masonic Order, 69 Mathematics, xvii see also Arithmetic; titles of catalogue in Appendix Mathews, Mr., steward, 86 Mattox Bridge, 96, 110, 247 Mattox Church, 96, 110 Maund, E., 246 John James, 246 see also Carter, Harriot Lucy Mead, 106 Meddleton, see Middleton Medicine, xviii see also titles of catalogue in Appendix Menzies, Mr., tutor, xviii Merchant Mills, 68, 75, 82, 246 Merchants, 23, 173, 174, 176, 242 at Dumfries, 196 at Hobb's Hole, 154, 248 at Leeds, 196 planters as, xxix, 44 center of Carter estate, xxvii-xxviii clerks at, 38, 177 see also Francks, Dr. Henry; Randolph, Mr. compared to Mount Airy, 94 dancing school at, 32-34, 87-88, 123-125, 178-179 description of, xxix-xxx, 80-82, 110, 115-116 fire destroys great house, 246 Fithian arrives at, 19 gardeners at, 44, 63 gardens at, 67, 78-79, 81, 83, 112, 116, 118, 123, 125, 145, 150, 156, 178 graves at, 61, 245 guests at, passim housekeeper at, 55, 134, 185, 243 see also Stanhope, Sarah library catalogued, 119, 247 life at, described by Fithian, 31-32, 116 music at, see Music offices at, 80-82 orchards at, 90 owned by descendants of Robert Carter, 246 park planned for, 44 plans of residence, 59-60, 146, 181 poplar avenue at, 73, 81, 142 postillion at, 42, 70, 146 provisions consumed at, 75, 199 quarters of Fithian at, 81 "pginternal">53, 117 see also titles of catalogue in Appendix Pictet, Benjamin, Theologia Christiana, Fithian studies, passim Piedmont Virginia, Presbyterian Church in, 73, 245 Tidewater plantation economy spreads to, 238 Pierce, Miss, 67, 200 Pilasters, xxii Pines, 76, 89, 144 Piscataway, Md., 97, 109, 209, 247 Pitt, William, 91 Plantations, of Robert Carter III, xxviii names of, xxviii separated by wooded tracts, xxiii, 238 size of, xiv-xv typical activity on, xxiii-xxiv see also Manor houses, Manor plantations Planters, aristocratic ideals of, xvi correspondence with merchants overseas, xvi, xxii desire polite accomplishments for sons, xvi-xvii dominate social and political life, xv education of children of, see Education extravagance and debts of, 27 homes modeled on residences of English gentry, xix hospitality of, xxiii, 29, 43, 90, 238-239 libraries of, xvii-xviii not absentee landlords, xvi varied economic functions of, xvi, xxviii-xxix Plater, Gov. George, of Maryland, 246 Plato, 91 Pleurisy, 75 Plows, xxiv, 88-89 Plums, 90 Poetry, 24, 72,73 Carter comment on, 71 Pokeberries, 206 Politics, see American Revolution, Planters Pomegranates, 194 Pope's Homer, 39, 112 Porpoises, 135 Porter, 57, 77, 90, 138, 141, 208 Port Penn, Del., 98, 99, 107, 108, 72-73 slaves work on, 202-203 "Sabine Hall," Richmond County, Carter home, 136 entertainment at, 171-172 falling gardens at, 237-238 Saddle-bags, 19 Sailors, 69, 77 Sallust, 20, 28, 37, 128 Salt, 129 Saltpeter, 171 Salt works, xxviii Sam (barber), 54, 91, 158, 199 Sanford, Miss, 67 Mr., 54 Sashes, 206 Savins, 74, 76, 89, 144, 178 Schoolmasters, 63, 176 Scotchmen as, 25 take orders in Anglican Church, 25, 243 Schoolrooms, xxi, 31, 34, 59 tutor barred out, 34 Schooners, 67, 145, 153 owned by Carter, 67, 77 Scotchmen, gutenberg@html@files@40044@40044-h@40044-h-10.htm.html#Page_242" class="pginternal">242, 244, 245 Strawberries, 110 Sukey (slave), 86, 184-185 Supper, at Nomini Hall, description of, 34 Surveying, xvii, 191, 199 books on, xviii see also titles of catalogue in Appendix Susannah (ship), 122 Swallow (ship), 106, 112 Swearing, in Maryland, 108 Swift, Jonathan, 171, 190 Swine pox, 138 Scythes, 133 Taliaferro, Polly, 136, 248 family, 248 pronunciation of name, 248 Tappahannock, 241 see also Hobb's Hole Tarts, 33 Tasker, Anne (Bladen), xxvii, 239 Benjamin, xxvii Frances Anne, see Carter, Frances Anne (Tasker) family, social and economic position of, xxvii Taverns, 18, 53, 96, 109 called ordinaries in Virginia, 117 Tayloe, Col. John, of "Mount Airy," xxxi, 24, 69, 77, 94, 102, 120, 142, 148, 152, 155, 201, 242, 245, 246, 247, 248 Elizabeth, 247 Kitty, 95, 121, 136, 152 Polly, 95, 121, 136, 152 Bob Carter admires, 121 Rebecca, see Lee, Rebecca (Tayloe) Rebecca (Plater), 96, 110, 208, 247 Tyre, Dictionary, 25 Ucomico Church, see Yeocomico Church Ucomico River, see Yeocomico River Umbrellas, 144 Universal Magazine, quoted, 71-72, 73 Upper Marlborough, Md., 97, 209, 247 Urania, or a choice collection of Psalm-Tunes, Anthems and Hymns, 247 Valentines, 58, 62, 65, 245 for Priscilla Carter, 65, 230-233 Valley of Virginia, xxxii Vice, erroneous impressions concerning prevalence in Virginia, 9, 46-47 Violins, 30, 57, 121, 207 see also Fiddles Virgil, 74, 82, 83, 128, 138, 152 Virginia, characteristic dress of women, 29 compared with New Jersey, 60-61, 100, 159-164, 167-168 false impression regarding ungodliness in, 9, 46-47 fasts in, 110, 111, 112 General Assembly of, 117 dissolved by Governor, 110, 112 General Court of, 26, 95, 199, 203 Governor of, dissolves Assembly, 110, 112 @html@files@40044@40044-h@40044-h-9.htm.html#Page_211" class="pginternal">211 Yeocomico Church (Ucomico Church), Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Page 197: "to Multiply 12£ 12s 12-1/2d by itself, (closing " supplied) Page 229: I thherefore (replaced thherefore with therefore) Page 213: about three in in the Afternoon (removed repeated in) Page 248: promiinent (replaced with prominent) |
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