Project Gutenberg 2012-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 378 Watkins, C. Malcolm 68067314 The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia An Archeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer, Including Data Supplied by Frank M. Setzler and Oscar H. Darter Produced by Pat McCoy, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia" by C. Malcolm Watkins is a historical account written in the late 20th century. The work focuses on the archaeological and historical investigations of Marlborough, a colonial port town in Stafford County, paying particular attention to its origins, evolution, and the influential figure of John Mercer. It explores the material culture of colonial Virginian life through the lens of artifacts and historical documents, offering insights into the societal structures of the time. At the start of the text, Watkins introduces the motivations behind the archaeological and historical investigations that took place at Marlborough, a town established as a port under colonial law. The preface outlines the contributions of various scholars and the logistics of excavation, highlighting the limited yet significant findings connected to John Mercer's occupation and the town's rise and decline. The opening chapters discuss the struggles of establishing port towns in Virginia and the failure of Marlborough to thrive, offering context for its eventual decline as a viable community after the burning of its courthouse and the lack of economic activity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40255/40255-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mercer, John, 1704-1768 Plantation life -- Virginia Excavations (Archaeology) -- Virginia -- Marlborough Marlborough (Va.) -- Antiquities F206 Text Browsing: Archaeology Browsing: History - American Category: History - American Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1161372 2025-06-16T11:30:15.114242 text/html 1048416 2012-07-16T08:40:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4510902 2025-06-16T11:30:50.853044 application/epub+zip 4520768 2025-06-16T11:30:24.207281 application/epub+zip 313264 2025-06-16T11:30:17.178239 application/epub+zip 5273271 2025-06-16T11:31:03.810974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5208495 2025-06-16T11:30:43.913062 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 584424 2022-09-18T12:23:06.702012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 642731 2023-09-17T13:20:34.840605 text/plain 16287 2025-06-16T11:31:04.028965 application/rdf+xml 9608 2025-06-16T11:30:17.558191 image/jpeg 1693 2025-06-16T11:30:17.372195 image/jpeg 4474479 2025-06-16T11:30:15.521241 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia