Finally, a history podcast for folks on the go & in the know. Who can spare an hour these days? Give us 20 minutes, and we'll inform and entertain you! From Stratford Hall Historic Preserve in Westmoreland County, Virginia, join Director of Research Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey as he reads over the shoulder of letter-writers of yesteryear. What to expect? Once a month we feature an historical letter from a onetime resident, associate, ally, or friend of Stratford Hall. Whether the topic is wine ...
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Send us a text Back to school with Stratford Mail! This month we think about educational opportunity in the Virginia colony. The rural Northern Neck was slow to develop the kind of city and district schools found in the more densely populated New England colonies. This posed no problem for elites, who could afford to engage private tutors for their…
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Send us a text Before Beatlemania, there was Marquismania! 200 years ago this August, the Marquis de Lafayette returned to these shores after an absence of 40 years. In his 13-month 'farewell tour' of the 24 United States, the nation he helped to found, the Marquis was cheered and celebrated by grateful crowds in the hundreds and thousands. As the …
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Send us a text Sociologist Émile Durkheim taught us that the study of human mourning raises a window on human values and lifeways. Returning after a brief hiatus, Stratford Mail ponders elite deathways in the Northern Neck, with close attention to the opinions of Robert Carter III, as recorded by Philip Vickers Fithian, the tutor at Carter's Nomini…
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Send us a text Hannah Lee Corbin was undeniably a force to be reckoned with. She attracts interest from scholars and history-lovers alike, whether for her unusual private life, her defection from the established Anglican faith of her family, or her general independence of spirit. Hannah is sometimes celebrated as an 18th century proponent of women’…
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Send us a text In commemoration of Black History month, Stratford Mail considers a trio of portraits of Black women and men, two of whom were enslaved at Stratford Hall under Colonel Philip Ludwell Lee. The stories of Sawney, Henrietta Steptoe, and Louisa Thomas, however partial and fragmentary, offer valuable lessons of resistance and resilience i…
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Send us a text 1778, British-occupied Philadelphia. The American alliance with France and defeat at Saratoga have depressed the British outlook on the war. General William Howe pays the cost, resigning his command of British land forces. Only days from the order to withdraw from Philadelphia, Howe's officers organize a fabled farewell blowout calle…
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Send us a text Join Dr. Steffey for a special edition of Stratford Mail. In this final episode of Season 1, Hallowtide is upon us, and as the veil between the worlds grows thin, our minds turn to the 'hereafter,' and perhaps to the departed who haunt our here and now. What's the connection between historic sites like Stratford and ghosts? Which mem…
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Send us a text As conflict with England escalated, delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress foresaw the need for diplomatic and intelligence services. On 29 November 1775 the Committee for Correspondence was born, soon becoming the Committee for Secret Correspondence, and ultimately the Committee for Foreign Affairs on 17 April 1777. In the beginn…
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Send us a text On October 19, 1774 a tyrant minority in Annapolis compelled traders James Dick & Anthony Stewart to burn the merchant brigantine Peggy Stewart. The so-called Annapolis Tea Party differed from its Boston precedent in that there were no disguises, no concealing cover of night. The disposition of the Peggy Stewart and its cargo were to…
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Send us a text In 1787 Thomas Lee Shippen, an American student at Inner Temple, London, shipped a hat to his sister Anne Home Livingston in Philadelphia. Nancy, as she was called by kith and kin, was living at Shippen House with her parents after her marriage to a scoundrel with a taste for scandal and no taste for divorce fell through. Tommy Shipp…
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Send us a text If you’ve visited Stratford Hall since 2016, you likely noticed the looming full-length portrait of British statesman WIlliam Pitt the elder in our parlor. Standing at 8 feet by 5 feet, it’s difficult to miss! That painting reproduces the original now hanging in the Westmoreland County Museum. From the hand of Maryland painter Charle…
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Send us a text Virginia wine has made a comeback from its bleak beginnings. Cultivation failed to make native grapes competitive with European vintages, and European vines struggled to adapt to the challenges of foreign climates, soils, and pests. Interest in producing good quality wine from native grapes persisted across centuries, and was a preoc…
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Send us a text 1773. A letter and gift from prominent British abolitionist Granville Sharp prompt a thank you from Arthur Lee, whose antislavery writings circulated among abolitionists at home and abroad. Sharp may have encountered Lee in London, or possibly become acquainted through his abolitionist correspondent in Philadelphia, Anthony Benezet, …
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Send us a text A letter full of life and light from 12-year-old Alice Lee (1749-1789) of Blenheim plantation in Charles County, Maryland, to her second cousin William Lee of Stratford, a commercial agent for Virginia tobacco living in Tower Hill, London. Alice speaks her mind on 'tying the knot,' her eccentric Virginia relation known as 'the Squire…
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Send us a text This month Elizabeth Jackson gives a piece of her mind to Martha Corbin (Turberville) of Portobago on the Rappahannock River and reports on a special event at Stratford. Working with letters from yesteryear we realize emphatically that the 'Devil is in the details,' and often those details lie just beyond our grasp. In consequence we…
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Send us a text Controlling the narrative is at the center of this month's microcast. As tensions escalate between Britain and the colonies, Americans residing and working in London experienced a unique set of difficulties, especially Americans involved in the production and dissemination of political intelligence. In a letter dated 6 March 1785, Ar…
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Stratford Spartans vs Memorial Mustangs
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Stratford Spartans vs Bridgeland Bears Football
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Collins Tigers Football Part 2 10/27
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Collins Tigers 10/27
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Stratford Spartans vs. Spring Woods Tigers 10/13/2017
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Bi-District Boys Playoff 🏀 Stratford Spartans vs Westfield Mustangs
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Boys 🏀Stratford Spartans vs Klein Forest Golden Eagles
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Pregame between Stratford 🏀 vs Klein Forest Golden Eagles
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HALFTIME UPDATE 🏀 Klein Forest Golden Eagles vs Stratford Spartans
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Boys Basketball 🏀Stratford Spartans vs Memorial Mustangs
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Oak Panthers Football Post Game
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Oak Panthers Football 10/27
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Klein Collins Tigers vs Stratford Spartans Football 10/21
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Memorial Mustangs vs Stratford Spartans Football 10/14
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Northbrook Raiders vs Stratford Spartans 9/30
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Forest Eagles Football 9/23
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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Forest Football 9/23
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Stratford Spartans vs Elsik Rams Football
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Alvin Yellowjackets vs Stratford Spartans Football
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State Golf Meet Interview- Coach Tim Johnson
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Boys Soccer- 2nd Half- Stratford Spartans vs Houston Lee
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Boys Soccer- 1st Half- Stratford Spartans vs Lee Generals
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Part 2- Bi-District Boys Basketball- Houston Stratford vs Sharpstown Apollos
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Bi-District Boys Basketball- Houston Stratford vs Sharpstown Apollos
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AREA PLAYOFFS- Stratford Spartans vs Temple Wildcats
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PREGAME SHOW--STRATFORD SPARTANS VS TEMPLE WILDCATS
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Stratford SPARTANS vs. Waltrip Rams Playoffs Part 2
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