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  by John H. Garrett, Jr.
  ISBN13: 978-1-4134-7063-5 (Trade Paperback)
  ISBN: 1-4134-7063-7 (Trade Paperback)
  ISBN13: 978-1-4134-7064-2 (Hardback)
  ISBN: 1-4134-7064-5 (Hardback)
  Pages: 168
  Subject: HISTORY / General

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Paperback prices reflect 15% discount off retail
Hardback prices reflect 10% discount off retail

Description

Virginia’s early colonists, imbued with the enlightenment of England’s Renaissance, were as educated as England could afford. Colonial Well of Knowledge is a neglected story of their qualities and determination to create an educated and cultured civilization in Virginia’s wilderness. By the early 1620s, powerful forces at work for a college were becoming entrenched in the colony’s culture and political fabric. They steadily enriched a wellspring of intellectual and cultural resources. Reflecting the Virginia people as a whole, leaders of America’s first representative legislature channeled the indefatigable forces at work for a college through the 1691 General Assembly. The result was the Royal Charter for a college.

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