Topic: Daily Life
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Jolley Allen in The Boston Post Boy
This newspaper advertisement shows the variety of imported goods that Jolley Allen sold in his Boston shop in 1768. Most of Allen’s business involved selling cloth and millinery items, which...
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Kite, Woodcut
This is an image of a child playing with a kite. Boys and girls in colonial America usually spent most of their time helping with chores on the farm or...
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Manuscript Music Book
This music book may have belonged to Thomas Jefferson’s wife, Martha Wayles Skelton. Music was an important part of the education of young people, especially females, because it could be–in...
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Money Scales with Case
This money scale was used to weigh precious metals to determine their value. Gold and silver coins were weighed to ensure that they had not been cut or shaved. Although...
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New Hampshire Gazette
In 1765, the New Hampshire Gazette was one of roughly two dozen newspapers in British colonial America. From Nova Scotia to the West Indies, these newspapers kept colonists up-to-date on...
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New Hampshire Gazette
In 1765, the New Hampshire Gazette was one of roughly two dozen newspapers in British colonial America. From Nova Scotia to the West Indies, these newspapers kept colonists up-to-date on...
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Schoolhouse at Tuckahoe
This photograph shows the Tuckahoe plantation one-room schoolhouse where Jefferson began his formal education. His family lived at Tuckahoe between 1746 and 1751 because his father, Peter, was guardian to...
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Slate and Pencil Grouping
These items were found at Mulberry Row, site of the slave quarters at Monticello. Archaeologists discovered coins, pottery, needles, and other evidence of family and community life. Enslaved people worked...
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The Commercial Conduct of the Province of New-York Considered
This article rebukes certain wealthy New York gentlemen for their frivolous purchases and use of imported luxury items. During the 1760s, Parliament imposed new taxes on goods imported from England....
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