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
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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 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> 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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