https://www.masonslegacies.org/files/original/27731a9e954401f26c128354cc01f4f2.png 1f556d155c2515a2cd22b7a7dd724d1f Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fairfax County Minute Book, 1772-1773 Subject The topic of the resource Liquor License Court Minutes Description An account of the resource This is an image from the Fairfax Court Minute Book for 1772-1773. On this page from Novemeber 6th, 1773, the bottom of the page states, License is granted Sopia Beall to keep an Ordinary who with John West acknowledged a bond for the same.” This shows how a female named Sopia Beall was given a liquor license to maintain and run an Ordinary. The courts had to provide all liquor licenses and males were the main recipients in the 18th century. The Historic Fairfax Courthouse currently maintains this minute book. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Historic Fairfax Courthouse Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 November 1773 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brenna Reilley