Colonial Williamsburg Research Division Web Site

Webography, Historic Area / Revolutionary City

The following electronic resources lead the researcher to bibliographic and textual information about eighteenth-century Williamsburg.

Internet Resources from Colonial Williamsburg

Map of the Town
View a modern map of Colonial Williamsburg.

E-Williamsburg
The "Time Map" shows what buildings existed in Williamsburg at any time in the 18th century. The "Reference Map" connects building location with its documentation.

Virtual Williamsburg
3D computer models of selected buildings, such as the second Capital, that would have been in Williamsburg in 1776.

See the Places
A brief introduction to the historic buildings.

88 Original Structures
A list of 88 buildings in the Historic Area that date from the eighteenth century, arranged by block and building number.

Research (Division) Report Series
This in-house series reflects over 60 years of historical, architectural, and archaeological research for each lot and each house in the Historic Area at Colonial Williamsburg. View or search documents by author, title, or location.

Research (Archaeology) Reports
Summaries of recent excavation and research projects undertaken by members of the Department of Archaeological Research.

House Reports
Summaries of recent research by Colonial Williamsburg's Architectural Research Department.

Anderson's Blacksmith and Public Armoury Reconstruction
Six structures on the Anderson site are to be reconstructed (2010 - ) to the late 1770s when James Anderson was the Public Armourer for the new Commonwealth of Virginia.

Coffeehouse Reconstruction
The reconstruction of Richard Charlton's Coffeehouse is documented in a blog and by a webcam.

York County Probate Inventories
Selected from the York County Records, Wills and Inventories, Volumes 21 and 22 (1760-1771 and 1771-1783 respectively) ,show belongings at death of property owners in Williamsburg.

Selected Manuscripts
Transcribed from the originals in the Rockefeller Library, these include account books, letters and other papers of colonial government officials and tradesmen.

Colonial Williamsburg Journal Index (Database)
An author/title keyword index, 1978-2003, to the colorfully illustrated journal which features the culture, arts and political heritage of Virginia's eighteenth-century colonial capital. Photocopies of articles can be requested through interlibrary loan.

Images of the Historic Area can be ordered from the Visual Resources Collection.

Articles from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal are available on the Internet.

History of the Restoration
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, rector of Bruton Parish Church dreamed of eighteenth-century Williamsburg preserved and worked to achieve that dream.

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Historic Buildings Virginia Williamsburg
Williamsburg VA
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History

Subscription Resources (available only to Colonial Williamsburg staff)

America's Historical Imprints
Search simultaneously: Early American Imprints Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 and Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819. (Available only on computers on the CWF network; contact Reference Desk, 565-8510, for assistance.)

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the renowned bibliography by Charles Evans - the definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Full-text books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the distinguished bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

ECCO, Eighteenth-Century Collections Online
Search full-text of 150,000 printed volumes for "Williamsburg".