When was it published?

March 11, 1773 in The Virginia Gazette

Domestic News March 11, 1773

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Robert Bolling, House Of Burgesses, Treasurer

Q: What keywords are associated?

Robert Bolling, Grape Cultivation, Wine Making, House Of Burgesses, Buckingham, Colonial Agriculture

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

The House of Burgesses directs the Treasurer to pay Robert Bolling of Buckingham 50 pounds sterling annually for five years to support his grape cultivation and wine-making experiments in Virginia's upper regions, hiring a foreign expert for instruction.

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The Honourable the House of Burgesses, upon the Memorial of Robert Bolling, Esquire, of Buckingham, have directed the Treasurer to pay to that Gentleman fifty Pounds Sterling yearly, for the Term of five Years, in Order to enable him to prosecute his Scheme of cultivating Grapes, for the making of Wine; which he is convinced, from Experiments, may be propagated in the upper Parts of the Country, with singular Advantage to those possessed of such mountainous Lands as are scarcely fit for any other Purpose. He has engaged a Foreigner, thoroughly acquainted with the Business, in all its Branches, to instruct him therein; which we heartily wish Success to, as it appears to be an Object of the greatest probable Utility to this Colony.

What sub-type of article is it?

Agriculture Politics

What keywords are associated?

Robert Bolling Grape Cultivation Wine Making House Of Burgesses Buckingham Colonial Agriculture

What entities or persons were involved?

Robert Bolling House Of Burgesses Treasurer

Where did it happen?

Buckingham

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Buckingham

Key Persons

Robert Bolling House Of Burgesses Treasurer

Outcome

payment of fifty pounds sterling yearly for five years to enable prosecution of the scheme.

Event Details

The Honourable the House of Burgesses, upon the Memorial of Robert Bolling, Esquire, of Buckingham, have directed the Treasurer to pay to that Gentleman fifty Pounds Sterling yearly, for the Term of five Years, in Order to enable him to prosecute his Scheme of cultivating Grapes, for the making of Wine; which he is convinced, from Experiments, may be propagated in the upper Parts of the Country, with singular Advantage to those possessed of such mountainous Lands as are scarcely fit for any other Purpose. He has engaged a Foreigner, thoroughly acquainted with the Business, in all its Branches, to instruct him therein.