This Day (Nose Out of Joint Edition)
On this day in 1757, Landon Carter—among the most huffily self-important of colonial Virginia‘s gentry—had his nose particularly out of joint.* He had fussed with his son, also Landon Carter,… Read More»
Tag: Landon Carter’s Diary
Landon’s Day (Spiritus Libertate Edition)
On this day in 1776 [okay, yesterday; sorry], a Thursday, Landon Carter, still obsessed with the weather, the credit given to Patrick Henry, and his runaway slave Moses, entered the… Read More»
Landon’s Day (A Good Drink Edition)
On this day in 1776, a Tuesday, Landon Carter entered the following into his diary: A pleasant morning and some rain in the night which I most sincerely thank the… Read More»
Landon’s Day (Oysters in July Edition)
On this day in 1776, a Monday, Landon Carter entered the following into his diary: Out of the 8 bushels oysters, I had six pickled and two bushels for dressing.… Read More»
Landon’s Day (Safe & Sound Edition)
On this day in 1776, a Monday, Landon Carter, on hearing that five of his runaway slaves were in a Middlesex County jail, entered the following into his diary: Last… Read More»
Landon’s Day (Give Me Liberty? Give Me a Break Edition)
On this day in 1776, a Sunday, Landon Carter—having mistakenly heard his rival Patrick Henry is dead and now worked up over Henry’s renown for having opposed the Stamp Act… Read More»
Landon’s Day (God & Mammon Edition)
On this day in 1776, a Saturday, Landon Carter, worried about a number of escaped slaves and taking unseemly joy in the rumored death of Patrick Henry, entered the following… Read More»
In Which We Delve Far Too Deeply into Petty Augers, Only to Find No One Is Left Reading
The other day, alert reader Marc Anderson noticed the phrase “Petty Auger” in one of Landon Carter’s diary entries. “I’m assuming the transcriber was not familiar with near the same… Read More»
This Day (Cucumis Ex Nihilo Edition)
On this day in 1639, the future Virginia governor William Berkeley was knighted at Berwick-upon-Tweed. In 1835, Mary Custis Lee, daughter of Robert E. and the Mrs., was born. And… Read More»
Landon’s Day (Miserable & BBQ’d Edition)
On this day [actually yesterday; sorry!] in 1776, a Tuesday, Landon Carter, several of whose slaves, led by a man named Moses, had recently escaped, entered the following into his… Read More»
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