a. Plantation—
extent,
sheds for drying tobacco,
slave quarters,
barns, rolling roads,
chapel,
house.
b. Food—
wild turkey,
venison,
oysters, hominy,
corn pone.
c. Amusements—
hunting,
dancing,
singing by slaves.
d. Travel—
boats,
horse.
e. Affairs of interest—Virginia news.
Claiborne’s trading post in the Chesapeake.
Relations with the Indians.
English politics (Charles I, Cromwell, and Parliament.)
Military arrangements in the settlement.
Currency for trading.