The early artisans & mechanics of Petersburg, Virginia, 1607-1860
Subtitle: the building of a multi-cultural maritime community
By: by Ronald Roy Seagrave
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denver, Co
Language: eng
Number of pages: 541
ISBN-13: 9781432750589
Other titles: Early artisans and mechanics of Petersburg, Virginia, 1607-1860
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-486) and index.
Table of contents: title: Petersburg's historical time line; title: Carpenters; title: Slaters; title: Painters; title: Brick-makers & brick-layers; title: Examples of early house-wright craftsmanship; title: 18th century imported goods into Petersburg; title: Wigmakers & barbers; title: Milliners; title: Weavers, tailors & seamstress; title: Hatters; title: Shoemakers, cordwainers & cobblers; title: Soap & candle makers; title: Tanners & butchers; title: Artists, musicians & theater performers; title: Photographers; title: Early lawyers and constables; title: Book-binders, papermakers, printers & presses; title: Saddlers; title: Gunsmiths; title: Physicians, apothecaries, dentists & druggists; title: Blacksmiths; title: Machinists, mechanics, and engineers; title: Tobacconist; title: Bakers; title: Millers; title: Stone-cutters & masons; title: Coopers; title: Pewterers, brass, copper, iron & tinsmiths; title: Silversmiths; title: Silver platters; title: Clock and watchmakers; title: Wheel-wrights & carriage-makers; title: Furniture-makers; title: Furniture examples with a Petersburg provenance; title: Petersburg's potters; title: Rope-makers & cordwiners; title: Shipwrights, boat builders & watermen; title: 1860.