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Alexander
Purdie, Virginia Gazette,
January
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1, 1776
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TO:
1976
OCTOBER
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October
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1976
DJE
October 2, 1776
Two
DRP
Chair- Makers,
Journeymen
and
a
Wheelwright
will
meet
with
good
encouragement
by
applying to
A
JNR
Shiphard.
John Shiphard,
employed
1771.
by
from
Alexander
He had opened
Craig
his shop
journeyman harnessmaker
1761. Shiphard entered business for himself after Craig died in
Capitol Landing Road by 1772 and expanded his work to include
first appeared
London,
in
on
in
Williamsburg
as
a
coachmaking as well as harnessmaking. In 1775 he announced in the Virginia Gazette:
John Shiphard, Coach, Chaise, and Harness Maker, from LONDON, Informs the Public that he has
now
on
Hand
a
neat
Phaeton,
double
and
single
Riding Chairs, & c. which he will dispose of on
reasonable Terms, for Cash, European or West India Goods. He returns his most grateful Thanks to
all those who have hitherto favoured him with their Custom, and hakes this Method to inform them,
as well as the Public in general, that he is determined to spare neither Pains nor Expense in prose-
cuting the different Branches of his Business to the Satisfaction of all who may please to employ him.
He will repair Carriages as above- mentioned,
either in the Wheels or Bodies, and will attend to the
greatest Punctuality.
During the Revolution, Shiphard rented several buildings to the state that were used for
barracks. He continued to work in Williamsburg until 1785, when he gave his property to his
children.
October 7, 1776
On October 11, 1776, the Virginia Gazette reported:
The General Assembly of the free and independent State of Virginia met at the Capitol, in this
City on Monday last.
The first General Assembly under the new state constitution met at the Capitol on October 7.
The constitution provided for members of the Virginia Convention to return as the first House of
Delegates. Elections were held for this session only for the Senate. Annual elections were held in
the spring thereafter and the Assembly ordinarily met twice a year, in May and October.
At the first session,
Edmund Pendleton
was elected Speaker of the House of Delegates and
Archibald Cary Speaker of the Senate. Thomas Jefferson gave up his seat in the Continental
Congress
to attend the session to be certain that reforms
he considered
essential
to a republic
were
carried out.
October 10- 16, 1976
October 10, 1776
Good encouragement will be given to journeymen shoemakers, especially those who understand
making of Boots, by
Robert Gilbert.
Robert
Gilbert,
a
boot and
shoemaker,
established
his business
in
Williamsburg "
near the
Capitol" in 1768. He announced in the Virginia Gazette his expertise in making nearly every known
form of footwear:
PB
BB
INH
FG
�Robert Gilbert, Boot and Shoemaker,& e. Hereby acquaints the publick that he has opened shop
near the Capitol in Williamsburg, where he intends carrying on his business in all its branches, viz.
shoe or channel, calf or buckskin boots, jockey do. and spatterdashes, mens plain, sticked, spring,
and woodhealed, shoes and pumps, calf or dogskin; campaign, single, double or turned channels,
slippers, blue or red turkey, cork soles, and galloches; womens leather, stuff, silk, and braided shoes
and pumps, slippers, cork soles, galloches, and clogs. As he imports the whole of his materials from
Great Britain, where punctual payments are required, he proposes supplying Ladies and Gentle-
men with any of the above articles on the most reasonable terms, for ready money. Those who
please to favour him with their custom may depend on their work being speedily executed, in the
genteelest and newest fashions, and in such a manner as he hopes will merit a continuance of their
favours.
During the Revolution, Gilbert carried on an extensive business of supplying shoes and boots for
the army. In 1780 he made 165 pairs of boots for the mounted troops for which he received over
e27, 000 of nearly worthless money.
Gilbert continued to work in Williamsburg until 1783, when he moved to Richmond.
October
10,
1776
Grove Camp, near Williamsburg, October 10, 1776.
The subscribers want to employ workmen immediately to build STABLES for the first and second
squadrons of light horse. Those who are willing to undertake the business are desired to apply, as
soon as possible, to Edward Irving or John Dandridge, quartermasters.
Grove Camp, one of several military encampments in and around Williamsburg, was located at
Waller' s Grove on Capitol Landing Road. The encampment was established in the late summer of
1775 and was one of the points where Virginia troops assembled before their march to Washington' s
army. In 1778 Benjamin Waller, owner of the Grove, was reimbursed k.370 for the " Timber and
Wood" that the soldiers had used from the Grove.
Compiled by Harold B. Gill, Jr.
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“<em>These Boisterous Times…</em>” The Week in ’76 was a newsletter produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Department of Preservation and Research in 1976. Compiled by historian Harold Gill, the newsletter consisted of notable entries from the Virginia Gazette newspaper dated 1776 along with some additional historical background of the mentioned event or person. The newsletter was intended to assist Colonial Williamsburg’s interpreters with adding additional emphasis to events associated with 1776 during the celebration of the American Revolution Bicentennial (United States Bicentennial) in 1976.
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These Boisterous Times October 1-16, 1976
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1976-10-16