Thank you for this video. Samuel Murphy does a nice job explaining about the fisheries along the Potomac. Also, great thanks to the re-enactors who pointedly remind us, simply by their presence, who was out there doing most of the dirty work. I often do not accurately visualise who was doing the labour on farms and plantations in the 18th century. Every time you are talking about the work being done on Washington’s estates, there are the enslaved being an integral part of how the work got done. Thank you for your candor.
Excellent video, I had no idea that so many fish were caught and that so much of Mount Vernon's income came from the fishing industry. Thank you for your continuing mission to educate people on George Washington and Mount Vernon!
Thank you for this video. Samuel Murphy does a nice job explaining about the fisheries along the Potomac. Also, great thanks to the re-enactors who pointedly remind us, simply by their presence, who was out there doing most of the dirty work. I often do not accurately visualise who was doing the labour on farms and plantations in the 18th century. Every time you are talking about the work being done on Washington’s estates, there are the enslaved being an integral part of how the work got done. Thank you for your candor.
Excellent video! He is a great speaker on the subject, very natural and unrehearsed.
Excellent video, I had no idea that so many fish were caught and that so much of Mount Vernon's income came from the fishing industry. Thank you for your continuing mission to educate people on George Washington and Mount Vernon!
Well done video...thanks.
Great video
Nice video
What's the fish population in the Potomac now compared to Washington's time?
Did they ever use 12 inch fishing rods to fish on beaches? or is that more of a later thing?
thank you for the video mount Vernon!
I'm sure Washington enjoyed eating fish, because it's soft to eat, and he had so few teeth.
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fishing is mean