Colonial Roots

This volume contains abstracts from The Daily National Intelligencer (formerly The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser), Washington, D.C.'s first newspaper. Entries include classified ads, presidential appointments, marriage and death notices, congressional lists, advertisements, runaway slave notices and reward postings, tax lists, notable court cases, letters, accounts of military affairs, maritime information and other noteworthy events in and around the nation's capital. These abstracts are a vital resource for researching ancestors living in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. because they connect family names to businesses, occupations, locations, estates, relationships, associations, and specific dates. The abstracts chronological, with an index of surnames, vessels and tracts. 1999. 572 pp.