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9781943642168 English 1943642168 Historian Neil Hughes believes his 1819 House built by Quaker Samuel Hough in Waterford, Virginia, provides a metaphorical door to 300 years of local history. A House in Time begins in 1660, when Samuel Hough s great-great grandfather Richard is born, and King Charles the Second of Great Britain grants to six right, trusty and well-beloved companions title to 5.2 million acres of Virginia s Northern Neck, in which the events of this book take place. In 1744, Samuel s grandfather, John Hough, leaves Bucks County in Pennsylvania and settles near what would become the town of Waterford. Hughes aim is to understand how a small Virginia village came into being and got caught up in the extraordinary events that both divided and defined America from the mid 17th to the late 20th century. He begins by writing about the people who built the house then reaches out to their ancestors, relatives, friends, enemies, and a host of others who helped make American history. A House in Time relates the clash of cultures that occurs as Quakers who believe in non-violence and the equality of all mankind under God are caught up in the imperial expansion of two great European powers, the American colonies fight for independence, the conflict over ownership of the American landscape and the subjugation and removal of Native Americans, the importation and mistreatment of African slaves, the early struggle for women s rights, the industrialization of local agriculture, the impact of the Evangelical Movement on the Quaker faith, a Civil War dividing all Americans into friend or foe.In the manner of author Bill Bryson in At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Hughes starts at his own front door and eloquently brings America s history to life there. He quotes Bryson who observes that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up, in one way or another, in your house. Houses are not refuges from history. They are where history ends up. "
9781943642168 English 1943642168 Historian Neil Hughes believes his 1819 House built by Quaker Samuel Hough in Waterford, Virginia, provides a metaphorical door to 300 years of local history. A House in Time begins in 1660, when Samuel Hough s great-great grandfather Richard is born, and King Charles the Second of Great Britain grants to six right, trusty and well-beloved companions title to 5.2 million acres of Virginia s Northern Neck, in which the events of this book take place. In 1744, Samuel s grandfather, John Hough, leaves Bucks County in Pennsylvania and settles near what would become the town of Waterford. Hughes aim is to understand how a small Virginia village came into being and got caught up in the extraordinary events that both divided and defined America from the mid 17th to the late 20th century. He begins by writing about the people who built the house then reaches out to their ancestors, relatives, friends, enemies, and a host of others who helped make American history. A House in Time relates the clash of cultures that occurs as Quakers who believe in non-violence and the equality of all mankind under God are caught up in the imperial expansion of two great European powers, the American colonies fight for independence, the conflict over ownership of the American landscape and the subjugation and removal of Native Americans, the importation and mistreatment of African slaves, the early struggle for women s rights, the industrialization of local agriculture, the impact of the Evangelical Movement on the Quaker faith, a Civil War dividing all Americans into friend or foe.In the manner of author Bill Bryson in At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Hughes starts at his own front door and eloquently brings America s history to life there. He quotes Bryson who observes that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up, in one way or another, in your house. Houses are not refuges from history. They are where history ends up. "