The Spoils of War
Did you know… …that General Anthony Wayne, ardent soldier of the American Revolution, fiercely proud third-generation Pennsylvania colonist, became a southern plantation owner at the end of the war? That’s right. In 1782, the Georgia General Assembly gave Wayne a sprawling rice plantation called Richmond, twelve miles upriver from Savannah, as thanks for helping roust the last of the British Army out of that colony in the closing months of the war. Perhaps gratitude was only
My "Nancy Drew" dream come true at Grumblethorpe
When I first decided I wanted to be a historian—when I was about 13—my idea of a historian’s job was something between National Treasure and Nancy Drew. I wanted to uncover a trove of documents in somebody’s 300 year old attic and solve a long forgotten mystery. In the ten years that have elapsed since then, my idea of a historian has become much more about books, archives, and curation. Fortunately for me, the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks has hired
