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Presents an illustrated alphabet book that celebrates people, places, and things associated with Colonial Williamsburg.

Mary Geddy, a ten-year-old girl in Williamsburg in 1776, is excited about the colony of Virginia's vote for independence, but sad that her best friend, whose father is loyal to the crown, will be moving back to England, and worried that the vote will mean her father must fight in a war.

In volume three in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg is invited to the Governor's Palace, but when her mother becomes seriously ill, Felicity sadly reconciles that there will be no new gown and no chance to go to the Palace.

Ann, a young girl in eighteenth-century Williamsburg, wants to become a doctor like her father, but she is not allowed even to study Latin or mathematics.

In volume four in a six-volume American Girl series, nine-year-old Felicity Merriman from colonial Williamsburg receives a guitar for her birthday, disobeys her mother by taking it out to show her friend, Elizabeth, and overhears a conversation that could mean danger for the colonists.

In 1774 Williamsburg, Virginia, Felicity helps the irritable Mrs. Burnie do laundry and learns a secret that seems to explain her behavior. Includes notes on the history of eyeglasses and instructions for making a pair of lorgnettes, glass lenses attached to elegant handles.

In colonial Williamsburg, nine-year-old Felicity's dancing skills improve when she changes from wearing clumsy shoes todainty slippers but ultimately she learns that "Gracefulnessis in the foot, not the shoe." Includes information on the education of girls in colonial America, focusing on dance, and presents square dance instructions.

Gives an account of life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and how its inhabitants were affected by the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Follows the life of thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, from May 1774 to December 1775, as he serves his indentureship with a music teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia, and witnesses the growing rift between patriots and loyalists, culminating in the American Revolution.