Card Playing

Packs of cards were the most common forms of property included among the items listed in estate inventories. In 1665 Capt. Jeremiah Fisher owned nine packs while Jonathan Newell owned eight packs. They were residents of York County. As you can surmise, playing cards were broadly used on the plantations for socialization.

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Card Playing in Colonial Virginia

Card playing was among the most common forms of property included in the inventories of personal estates of Virginians. In 1665 Captain Jeremiah Fisher owned as many as nine packs, and a few years later, Jonathan Nwell owned as many as eight packs. Source: Henry County Records, Vol. 1677-92, orig. p. 313

18th century deck of cards.
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