Frequently Asked Questions

Information about the following topics (in the eighteenth century) is often requested. Perhaps your question can be answered by the Colonial Williamsburg Website:

Animals

• Dogs and more dogs
• Horses, American Cream
• Horses, Canadian
• Sheep
• Rare Breeds Program

Christmas

• Visiting Colonial Williamsburg at Christmas
• Eighteenth-Century Customs
• Dessert for the Eyes
• Wassailing
• Williamsburg's Long Christmas
• Wreaths, Garlands, Ropes and Fruit

Food and Drink from Colonial Virginia

• Foodways Webography provides web resources, a select bibliography and suggests approaches to research.
• Dairies
• Kitchens
• The Pineapple in Colonial Williamsburg
• Winemaking
• Recipes from the Taverns
• Turkey
• Vegetables

Health and Medicine

• The Apothecary
• Bathing
• Colonial Germ Warfare
• Colonial Spas
• Medical Practices

Money and Its Value Compared to Modern Times

• "How Much is that in Today's Money?"

Pirates in Virginia

• "When Blackbeard Scourged the Seas"

George Washington

• Washington in Williamsburg
• Rules of Civility
• Taking the Measure of Washington… Once More
• Images Relating to George Washington

The Workaday World

• Eighteenth-century Trades
• Tradesmen in the Virginia Gazette (database)