Cassandra Britt Farrell
Senior Map Archivist | Library of Virginia
Cassandra Britt Farrell is a Ph.D. student in the history department at George Mason University and is an affiliate with the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Cassandra earned her B.A. in history from Bryan College and her M.A. in history from Old Dominion University. She has a particular interest in spatial history and digital storytelling and is planning and preparing for a future map exhibition at the Library of Virginia, where she is the Senior Map Archivist. She’s interested in early America, cartography, and the varied and sundry uses for maps.
Sept. 13, 2024
Episode 10: The Stamp
In the mid-1760s, British fears that a new war with France was only a matter of time leads King George III and his ministers to draw up plans for a permanent army in North America, and a Stamp Tax on the colonies to pay for …