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Shopping Stories: Revealing Lives through the Ledgers, A Lecture by Molly Kerr
Join the Alexandria Historical Society for a lecture by Molly Kerr, whose recent research has focused on store accounts from the 18th century for what they tell us about the people, places, events, and material culture of the communities of Colchester and Alexandria, Virginia. Account books detail a wealth of information from a community that is quite different from the typical prose of a letter or diary. They often reveal insights into the lives of less recognized members of a community, like the enslaved and women, through their accounts and purchases by, and on behalf of them by others. Learn what can be revealed about a community in and around eighteenth-century Alexandria, Virginia, from store ledgers.
Molly Kerr is a Founding Director at History Revealed, Inc. With educational interests in cultural anthropology (University of Mary Washington, BA) and archaeology (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, MA), her professional experience ranges from contract archaeology to teaching teachers how to make history more engaging in the classroom to the creation of a database cataloging the enslaved of George Washington.
Tickets are $5 for non-members at the door and free to members of the Alexandria Historical Society. Memberships can also be purchased/renewed at the event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
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