Jim, do you have a list of the others who were "busted?" Marsha in WV Jim Watkinson wrote: >Dear listers (and pardon the cross): > > > >I'm reading an indictment for illegal gaming. The games played at Paul >Verdier's tavern in Orange County, VA in 1803 were "whist, Loo, All >fours and three up." I know what the first three are. Can anyone >explain "three up"? By the by, one of those busted at the game was the >future president James Madison. Think of him trying to run TODAY. >Can't you see the headlines and debate topics. > > > >Best wishes and thanks in advance. > > > >Jim Watkinson > > > >James D. Watkinson, Ph.D. > >Archives > >Library of Virginia > >[log in to unmask] > >804.692.3804 > > > > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html