Flowerdew Hundred Papers, 1673-1893. Accession 28758, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Web Link: Library of Virginia’s Guide to the Flowerdew Hundred Papers, 1673 – 1893
University of Virginia Flowerdew Collections and Exhibits
The family of Mary and David Harrison, through the Flowerdew Hundred Foundation, gave the hundreds of thousands of artifacts that comprise the Flowerdew Hundred Collection to the University of Virginia Library in 2008. Their generosity ensures that the collection continues to be accessible for study, enabling current and future generations of researchers to realize the collection’s possibilities.
Web Link: News Report of Harrison’s Major Gift to the University of Virginia
Web Link: Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture
Web Link: Flowerdew Hundred: Exploring a Cultural Landscape Through Archaeology
Web Link: Layers of the Past: Discoveries at Flowerdew Hundred
1930s Library of Congress Photograph of Flowerdew Hundred, State Route 639, Hopewell, Hopewell, VA
Web Link: Library of Congress Image Record and Documentation
Note: Wilcox (Willcox) House at Flowerdew Hundred, built 1804, demolished 1955.
Accounts and Photographs of the 1864 Civil War Pontoon Bridge Across James River at Weyanoke to Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
Web Link: Army Historical Foundation Account of the Historical Significant of the Bridge
Note: Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant’s Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Shows construction of a pontoon bridge crossing the James River from Wilcox Landing (Weyanoke) on the northern bank of the James River to the Flowerdew Hundred Plantation on the southern bank of the river. Completed after midnight on June 15th, 1864 General Grant’s Army of the Potomac began crossing on the pontoon bridge by mid-morning. Photographer: James Gardner, 1832- .
Web Link: Library of Congress Image, Documentation and Source Citation Information
Web Link: Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art Image, Photographer and Provenance, and Citation Information.
Note: The Bald Cyprus tree in this photo still stands on the property.
Poythress Message List Posts on Rootsweb Mentioning Flowerdew Hundred (1997 – March, 2020)
John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress Symposium: 1619 and the Making of America (Online Video Recording)
“The symposium that brought together respected scholars to explore the intricate encounters of Africans, Europeans and native people during this significant period in America’s history. In 1619, a Dutch ship with about 20 Africans on board entered a port at the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. This event is known as the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America.” “According to the Virginia muster records of 1624, 1625, 21 Africans lived in the colonized area of Abraham Percy’s plantation, now known as Flowerdew Plantation or Flowerdew Hundred.”
Webcast Link: Symposium: 1619 and the Making of America