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The diary of Robert Rose : a view of Virginia by a Scottish colonial parson, 1746-1751

Title
The diary of Robert Rose : a view of Virginia by a Scottish colonial parson, 1746-1751 / edited and annotated by Ralph Emmett Fall ; map prepared and drawn by Murray Fontaine Rose.
Author
Rose, Robert, 1704-1751.
Publication
Verona, Va. : McClure Press, 1977.

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Additional Authors
Fall, Ralph Emmett.
Description
xxii, 400 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Diary of Robert Rose (1704-1751), an Anglican clergyman, who immigrated from Scotland to Essex County, Virginia in 1724, married twice, and moved to Albemarle County, Virginia. His " ... chronicle of day-by- day events in 1746-1751 is a reliable prime source of many aspects of pioneering life in two of Virginia's early parishes of the Church of England: St. Anne's Parish in Essex County where he served in 1725- 1748, and St. Anne's Parish in Albemarle County where he was the first minister in 1744-1751 ... ", 7394ZWICB.
Subject
  • Rose, Robert, 1704-1751 > Diaries
  • Rose, Robert, 1704-1751
  • Rose
  • Church of England > Clergy > Diaries
  • Church of England
  • Clergy > Virginia > Diaries
  • Clergy
  • Virginia
  • United States, Virginia, Essex > History
  • United States, Virginia, Albemarle > History
  • United States, Virginia > History
Genre/Form
Diaries.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN
77088039
OCLC
  • ocm03521548
  • 3521548
  • SCSB-103892
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library