I forgot to add that the reference in VMHB was from 1734! Please let us know
if anyone comes up with more information. Always interesting to know about
these "forgotten" things. Thanks.
EGG
Eric G. Grundset
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alyson L. Taylor-White [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: Birth Night Festivities
Thanks - we were wondering if it was maybe the King's birthday, and
later
George Washington's. ATW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grundset, Eric" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: Birth Night Festivities
> I poked around in a few things, found one reference in Swem, and
didn't
> learn a whole lot other that it was an annual event (vol. 26
Virginia
> Magazine of History and Biography). Bet someone at Colonial
Williamsburg's
> Library would know.
>
> Eric G. Grundset
> Library Director
> DAR Library
> 1776 D St., N.W.
> Washington, DC 20006-5392
> 202-879-3313
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Tarter [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: Birth Night Festivities
>
> I think that references before the Revolution are almost
certainly
> to
> commemorations of the king's and/or queen's birth.
Afterward, I
> shouldn't be
> surprised to find that the tradition transformed into a
> commemoration of
> George Washington's birth.
>
> Brent Tarter
> The Library of Virginia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alyson L. Taylor-White
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> Sent: 29 March, 2002 2:01 PM
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> Subject: Birth Night Festivities
>
>
> This one has us stumped. The reference to attendance in
18th
> century
> Virginia of "Birth Night Balls" and other festivities
seems to
refer
> to the
> King prior to the Revoluntion, and continues to have some
context
> after the
> war. What were "Birth Night Balls" for, and where does
the
> tradition come
> from - someone's birthday like the monarch? These
references have
> mostly
> been discovered in letters from young ladies who are
anticipating
> these
> exciting events in the "Metropolis" of Richmond circa
1790s.
Thanks!
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