Inquiry into Dr. Campbell's Burned Down Home

Item

Creator

Blair, John.

Title

Inquiry into Dr. Campbell's Burned Down Home

Description

An advertisement in the Virginia Gazette (Rind). It informs the reader that Dr. Campbell's plantation home on Tanner's Creek has been burned down, and that the British government is offering a generous award of 40 pounds for any information related to the incident. Dr. Campbell offers an additional 100 pounds.

Date

1768-09-22

Source

Colonial Williamsburg

Contributor

Viar, Anastasia

Bibliographic Citation

The Virginia Gazette (Rind), September 22, 1768.

Spatial Coverage

The advertisement took up a small section of the third page of the newspaper edition it was printed on.