The diary of Robert Rose
Subtitle: a view of Virginia by a Scottish colonial parson, 1746-1751
By: edited and annotated by Ralph Emmett Fall ; map prepared and drawn by Murray Fontaine Rose.
Contributors: Fall, Ralph Emmett.
Publisher: McClure Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Verona, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Rose, Robert, 1704-1751 -- Diaries.; Church of England -- Clergy -- Diaries.; Clergy -- Virginia -- Diaries.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.