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	Berkeley Plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 100 acres (0.4 km²) on the banks of the James River on Virginia State Highway 5 in Charles City County, Virginia.
		It is believed that Berkeley Plantation was named in honor of one of Colonial Virginia's more popular 17th century royal governors, Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) (although his own plantation in nearby James City County was named Green Spring).
		His son, Benjamin Harrison V, a signer of the American Declaration of Independence and a governor of Virginia, was born at Berkeley Plantation, as was his son William Henry Harrison, a war hero in the Battle of Tippecanoe, governor of Indiana Territory, and ninth President of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berkeley_Plantation (330 words)

	Plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Plantations are also sometimes known as "man-made forests" or "tree farms", though this latter term more typically refers to specialist tree nurseries which produce the seedling trees used to create plantations.
		Plantations may include introduced trees not native to the area, including (in a few cases) unconventional types such as hybrid trees and genetically modified trees.
		Plantations are grown by state forestry authorities (for example, the Forestry Commission in Britain) and/or the paper and wood industries and other private landowners (such as Weyerhaeuser and International Paper in the United States).
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Plantation (1613 words)

	James River Plantations: Berkeley - Between Richmond and Williamsburg
		Berkeley, on the James River between Williamsburg and Richmond, is the birthplace of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a U.S. President.
		Benjamin Harrison, son of the builder of Berkeley and the plantation's second owner, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and three-time Governor of Virginia.
		Berkeley Plantation is located 18 miles west of Williamsburg and 35 miles east of Richmond on Virginia Route 5, The John Tyler Memorial Highway.
	www.jamesriverplantations.org /Berkeley.html (408 words)

	Berkeley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berkeley is the name of several places, all eventually deriving from Berkeley Castle in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, from whom the noble family of Berkeley derive their name, and for which several vessels of the British Royal Navy have been christened "HMS Berkeley Castle".
		They honour either Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia and co-proprietor of New Jersey, in whose honour Berkeley Plantation in Tidewater Viginia was named; or Bishop George Berkeley.
		"Berkeley" may refer to the University of California, Berkeley, also known as "UC Berkeley" or "Cal"; not to be confused with Berkeley College, which is not Berkeley College, Yale, nor the Berklee College of Music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berkeley (382 words)

	Green Spring Plantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Green Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles (8 km) west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of Colonial Virginia's more popular governors, Sir William Berkeley (1605 to 1677) and his second wife, Frances (née Culpeper) Stephens Berkeley, whom he wed in 1670.
		It is believed by many historians that the well-known Berkeley Plantation in nearby Charles City County was named in his honor, as were Berkeley County and Berkeley Springs, both of which are now located in West Virginia.
		The plantation originally encompassed a 2090 acre (8.5 km²) experimental farm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Spring_Plantation (449 words)

	James River Plantations in Virginia
		Berkeley is considered by some to be the most historic plantation in the country.
		Berkeley was settled in 1619 when thirty-eight men from Berkeley Parish in England landed on Virginia soil.
		The plantation was named after his daughter Evelyn, it was assumed it was to be part of her dowry, but she never married.
	ks.essortment.com /jamesriverplan_rwee.htm (994 words)

	Berkeley Plantation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley plantation was first settled in 1619, just.....Almighty God." Hello Copyright © 1997-2003 Berkeley Plantation All rights reserved.....Visit...
		Shirley, Sherwood Forest, Evelynton and Berkeley Plantation are manificent examples of the grand manor homes during the early days...
		Sherwood Forest, Shirley, Westover, Evelynton and Berkeley plantation are manificent examples of the...
	www.eastbayforclark.com /berkeley-plantation.html (163 words)

	The First Thanksgiving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Plantation is the site of other American firsts: George Thorpe, an Anglican priest, brewed the first bourbon whiskey in America in 1621, and Benjamin Harrison III created the first commercial shipyard in 1691.
		Berkeley Plantation was also home to many important figures and events in our nation's history.
		Berkeley Plantation is also home to the familiar tune "Taps," which Gen. Daniel Butterfield composed while camping at Berkeley.
	www.familytreemagazine.com /articles/berkeley.html (554 words)

	California Heartland - Program 521
		Berkeley Plantation is one of the first great estates in the new world.
		Halfway between Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia, this sprawling plantation with its boxwood gardens and acres of crops, overlooks the historic James River.
		His son built the oldest three-story, brick building in Virginia when he constructed the stately manor house and Benjamin the V was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as the father of William Henry Harrison, our ninth president.
	www.californiaheartland.org /archive/hl_521/berkeley.htm (400 words)

	Berkeley Plantation - the most historic James River Plantation in Virginia.
		Berkeley Plantation - the most historic James River Plantation in Virginia.
		A tour of the boxwood-terraced gardens at Berkeley Plantation will reflect the owners’ careful attention to the garden fashions of the 18th and 19th century.
		Includes a conducted tour of Berkeley Plantation’s 1726 mansion, a Civil War museum, film presentation and a visit to the monument where General Daniel Butterfield composed “Taps” during the Civil War.
	www.berkeleyplantation.com /calendar.html (528 words)

	Berkeley Plantation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Plantation one of the first great estates America comprises about 100 acres on the of the James River in Virginia.
		The Harrisons were not able to possession of Berkeley Plantation after that war it passed through several owners' hands and into disrepair.
		In 1907 it was bought John Jamieson a Scotsman who had served a drummer boy in the Union army the Civil War and it was his Macolm Jamieson (who inherited it in 1927) Malcolm's wife Grace who restored the manor the beauty that attracts visitors from all the country and other parts of the too.
	www.freeglossary.com /Berkeley_Plantation (471 words)

	Off-Site Dining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Plantation - Built in 1726, sitting on ten acres of land, Berkeley, the birthplace of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a United States President, is considered Virginia's most historic plantation.
		Shirley Plantation - The oldest plantation in Virginia, Shirley was settled in 1613, six years after the settlement of Jamestown Colony.
		Westover Plantation - Built around 1730 by William Byrd II, founder of Richmond, this beautifully lush plantation is known for its secret passages to escape from the Indians, magnificent gardens, and architectural detail.
	www.williamsburghosphouse.com /offsitedining.htm (548 words)

	Today in History: December 4
		By 1700, a plantation economy dependent on slave labor was firmly entrenched in eastern Virginia.
		Berkeley Plantation, built at Berkeley Hundred by the Harrison family in 1726, was one of several impressive James River plantations constructed during the first part of the seventeenth century.
		Nearby Shirley Plantation, begun in 1723, was the birthplace of Ann Hill Carter, mother of Civil War general Robert E. Lee.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/dec04.html (1951 words)

	Berkeley Plantation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 100 acres on the banks of theJames River in Virginia.
		Benjamin Harrison IV built the mansion on the estate in 1726 and married Anne Carter, daughter of Robert "King" Carter of LancasterCounty, Virginia, who was the most powerful land baron in the area.
		The Harrisons were not able to regain possession of Berkeley Plantation after that war, and it passed throughseveral owners' hands and fell into disrepair.
	www.therfcc.org /berkeley-plantation-129813.html (183 words)

	Berkeley Plantation - - , (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Plantation - and,.Berkeley plantation was first settled in 1619, just twelve years after Jamestown.
		Berkeley Plantation was settled by thirty-eight brave men from Berkeley Parish.
		Berkeley plantation was first settled in 1619, just twelve years after Jamestown.
	www.comfortinnrichmond.com /Berkeley_Plantation_1361_2.htm (76 words)

	First Scholarship Fund
		Bishop George Berkeley bought 3-5 slaves during his brief stay in the New World between 1728 and 1731, to work on his Rhode Island plantation, Whitehall (14).
		The person leasing the plantation around the time of the 1774 census included four fl people as members of his household, and most fl people so listed were slaves.
		Assuming slaves worked the old Berkeley plantation, then Yale's own land was worked by slaves, and Yale's first scholarship was funded for up to 50 years with money earned from slave labor.
	www.yaleslavery.org /Endowments/e2schol.html (470 words)

	James River Plantations - Plantations near Williamsburg VA
		A plantation since the 1600s, the park is run as a working farm.
		The plantation was established in the eighteenth century by Virginia's prominent Southall family.
		The early to mid 18th century plantation house is furnished with authentic 17th- and 18th century antiques and has some interesting original interior architectural details.
	www.williamsburgonline.com /attract/attract_plantation.html (951 words)

	Berkeley College
		In 1999, after renovating Berkeley College, Yale engraved Berkeley's story onto the floor of a public gathering space in the basement of the college.
		In 1999, Yale celebrated Berkeley's vision as a "great missionary effort." This vision involved kidnapping 10-year-old Native American boys, sending them to a remote island for re-education, and then releasing them once they were ready to evangelize their former homeland.
		These same engravings describe Berkeley's gift to Yale of a slave-worked plantation, the gift for which Berkeley's name is now remembered with the name of a college.
	www.yaleslavery.org /WhoYaleHonors/berk.html (251 words)

	James River Plantations in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia - Let Sunny Day Guide help plan your next family vacation ...
		Located midway between Williamsburg and Richmond, Berkeley Plantation is the most historic plantation on the James River.
		Berkeley is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence and three times governor of Virginia.
		In 1907, Berkeley was purchased by John Jamieson, a drummer boy in McClellan’s army.
	www.sunnydayguide.com /williamsburg/features/plantat.html (208 words)

	Visit Berkeley Plantation from Williamsburg, Virginia.
		Berkeley plantation was settled on 4th December 1619, when early settlers from England landed at Berkeley and observed the first official Thanksgiving in America, offering thanks for their safe arrival and decreeing that thenceforth the day should be honored annually.
		Berkeley is one of the finest of all the Virginia plantations with ten acres (four hectares) of formal terraced boxwood gardens and lawn extending for a quarter-mile (half-kilometer) from the front of the house to the James River.
		Leave Berkley on Route 5 west to Shirley Plantation, Virginia's oldest, containing many seventeenth century portraits, silver, furniture and possessions of the present family whose ancestors built the house in 1660.
	williamsburg.rezcenter.com /berkeley_plantation.shtml (204 words)

	Go home with William Henry Harrison
		The wood-frame plantation house that Harrison built, a few hundreds yards from this Cliff Road setting, was destroyed by fire in 1858 - 17 years after his death.
		It was in the brick plantation house at Berkeley, which dates to 1726, that William Henry Harrison was born.
		Abraham Lincoln traveled to Berkeley twice, urging Gen. George McClellan to renew an attack on Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy.
	cincinnati.com /travel/stories/112402_travlede.html (1981 words)

	Virginia: Thanksgiving at Berkley Plantation.
		Visitors to Berkeley any time of year won't want to miss touring the grounds, gardens and the three-story manor house to learn other interesting Berkeley facts.
		Berkeley is the birthplace of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of ninth U.S. President William Henry Harrison and the ancestral home of 23rd U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.
		A free ceremony commemorating the first Thanksgiving ceremony of the English colonists at Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County at 2 p.m.
	www.familytravelfiles.com /ezine/articles/518.asp (612 words)

	- Plantations -
		Shirley Plantation - The oldest plantation in Virginia, Shirley was settled in
		This 800 acre plantation was begun in 1723 and completed in 1738, and is largely in its original state.
		Shirley Plantation displays four brick outbuildings, forming a Queen Anne forecourt, believed to be the only remaining example in America of this style.
	www.sterling-events.com /plantations.html (559 words)

	Williamsburg Plantations
		Shirley is the oldest Plantation in Virginia, settled in 1613 and is the oldest family owned business in North America.
		Location of the first official Thanksgiving in America, Berkeley Plantation was the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison.
		Built in 1726, Berkeley is furnished with rare antiques of the period.
	www.williamsburgtickets.com /colonialwilliamsburgplantations.htm (316 words)

	National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Berkeley)
		William Henry probably wrote his 1841 inaugural address at Berkeley in the room in which he had been born.
		By the time of the Civil War, the plantation was known as Harrison's Landing.
		The unmarked grave of signer Benjamin Harrison is located in the family cemetery, a quarter of a mile southeast of the plantation house.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/declaration/site47.htm (464 words)

	Knoxnews.com/realestate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Berkeley Park, named for Berkeley Plantation, one of the original Colonial plantations on the St. James River in Virginia, has since sold out its first phase of development.
		Berkeley Park has changed all that through its design and especially its entrance, which features a two-tiered, 8-ton, hand-carved careta stone fountain topped with lifelike bronze great blue herons custom sculpted and cast by artist Walter Palmer.
		Designed in a plantation style, the clubhouse lies on 2.25 wooded acres and will be predominantly red-hued, queen-sized General Shale brick, similar to Virginia plantation homes.
	web.knoxnews.com /classifieds/realestate/03132004.cfm (912 words)

	Berkeley Plantation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Berkeley County, land known as the Keystone tract provides a buffer...
		The debate, sponsored by the Berkeley College Republicans and BAMN, an organization...
		In Berkeley County, the Keystone tract provides a buffer between urban growth and...
	www.wikiverse.org /berkeley-plantation (325 words)

	National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (Other Sites - Virginia)
		The plantation, acquired by the present owner's father about 50 years ago, was restored beginning in 1937 and is open to the public.
		Shirley Plantation was one of the earliest Virginia tobacco plantations, originally settled in 1613 and producing for export by 1616.
		The house is Georgian, with two-story porticos on both main facades; a double-hipped roof with a single pineapple finial; gabled dormers on all four sides of the roof; and a square, three-story, brick central bulk with deep, denticulated cornice.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitee19.htm (1960 words)

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