The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1774(1774)
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Printed by Purdie and Dixon.
John Page Diary.
John Page of Rosewell plantation was a U.S. congressman and Virginia governor. Entries include household accounts for barbers, county levies, coffee and other goods, and services; daily listings of weather conditions at Rosewell plantation and elsewhere; notes on the progress of wheat, corn, and barley crops. Also scattered notes, observations, and scientific measurements.