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Tradesmen in the Virginia Gazette
Summaries
Summary of All Advertisers Summary of all advertisers by occupation, with first date and last date
of ad, with live links to ads.
Advertisement Totals
Per Year A table showing number of Gazette issues researched alongside the number
advertisements found for each year in the database records. A good beginning
to looking at the data.
Trade Totals A table that shows the total number of advertisements in the database
(including duplicates) for each different trade.
Advertiser
Statistics A table showing unique and duplicate advertisement totals for each distinct
tradesman in the database. Also a short paragraph about database statistics.
Trade Count
by Year How many advertisements (including duplicates) for a given trade, per
year.
Trade Count by Location How many advertisements for a given location, by
year.
Williamsburg
Area Trades Number of ads, by year and by trade, for James City County and York County.
Skilled Slaves Advertisements that specified that the tradesman was African American.
Monthly Total Graphs A page of links to full page graphs that show monthly advertisement counts
for several years. An insight into seasonal patterns.
Master Table, 1740-1771 First of two tables that
compile names, trades, dates, and advertisement descriptions.
Master Table, 1776-1780 Same as above, for the period 1776-1780.
