Chapter IX: Part 9

Coke's Reports temp Eliz^a Reg 1.10
Dalton's Officium Vicecomitum 1.
Coke upon Littleton 1.
Cokes 2^d, 3^d & 4^{th} Institutes 2. 4
Cooks Reports 1.
Laws of Virginia fol^o printed two 1. 4
Compleat Clerk 12.
Swinburne [18th-century author] 12.
Laws of the Sea 14.
Godolphin's Orphans Legacy 9.
Symboleography 14.
Sheppards Grand Abridgment 1.10.
Three Sets of Wingates Abridgm^t of Statutes 15.
Instructor Clericalis in 7 parts 1.15.
Woods Institutes 2 vol 8vo 12.
Placita Generalia 5.
Tryals per pair 5.
Practical Register 6.
Law of Obligations & Conditions 3.6
Reads Declarations 4.
Clerks Tutor 6.
Prasca Cancellaria 6.
Fitzherberts new Naturabrevium 6.
Brownlows Declarations 6.
Clerks Guide 3.6
Melloy de Jure maritime 6.
Grounds of the Law 3.
Compleat Attorney 5.
Terms of the Law 5.
Finch's Law 3.
Doctor & Student 3.
Greenwood of Courts 3.6
Law of Conveyances 3.
Practice of Chancery 5.
English Liberties 2.
Reports in Chancery 3.
Meriton 3.
Exact Constable 1.
Littletons Tenures 2.
Written Laws of Virginia 25.
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£46. 7.6
Woodbridge of Agriculture
The Compleat Angler
Salmons Dispensatory
The accomplished Cook
History of the Royal Society

March y^e 4th 1730, I promise to deliver the above mentioned
books being fifty two in number to M^rJohn Mercer or his Order
on demand.

Witness my hand the day & year abovewritten.

Rob^t Beverley
Test John Chew Copy

APPENDIX F

Credit side of Mercer's account with Nathaniel Chapman

[From Ledger B. Nathaniel Chapman was Superintendent of the Accokeek Iron Works.]

1731

Sep 9 By Ball^[a.] bro^[t.] from fol 36 £ . 2.4
By 500 2^d Nails @ 2/5 p m . 2.5
By 500 3^d D 3/ 3.
By 1^m 4^d D^o 4/ 4.
By 6^m 6^d D^o 5/ 10.
By 4^m 8^d D^o 7/9 1.11.
By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.18.
By 8^m 12^d D^o 12/ 1.16.
By 2^m 20^d D^o 14/ 1. 8.
By 1 handsaw file 5^d .5
By 1 p^r mens wood
heel shooes 6/6 6.6
By 1 half Curb
bridle 6/ 6.
By 1 halter 2/4 2.4
By 1 boys hat 2/ 2.
25 By 1 coll^d thread 3/ 3.
Oct 29 By 16 1-1/2 20^d }
Nailes }2000 20^d @ 1. 6.
By 27 1-1/2 24^d D^o } 13/
By 2^m 8^d D^o 7/ 15.6
By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.16.
By 5^m 12^d D^o 12/ 3.
January 1 By 1 p^r girls Shooes
By 4y^{ds} Cotton 2/4 9.4
By 1 double Girth 2/ 2.
By 1 Garden hoe
By 2-1/2 y^{ds} Kersey 4/1-1/2 10.3-3/4
By 1-1/2 y^{ds} Shalloone 1/9 2.7-1/2
By my Ord^r in favour of W^m Holdbrook 4. 1.3-1/2
By 2 hanks sowing Silk 9^d 1.6
By Cash overpaid 1.2
By 1-1/2 y^d Garlix N^o 24 2.5
10 By 1 Iron pot g^t 36^l-1/2 at 4^d 12.2
By 1 bushel Salt 2.6
By 1 new Axe 5.
By 1 p^r pothooks & wedges 16^l-1/2 at 8^d 11.
Feb. 7 By 1 plough & Swingle tree fitted
of w^{th} Iron 9.6
By 5 narrow hoes 12.6
By 2 grubbing hoes 10^l-1/2 at 8^d 7.
By 1 Ironwedge 4^l-1/2 at 8^d 3.
By 2 new horse Collars 8.
By 2 p^r Hames & Ironwork 1.6
By 2 p^r Iron traces g^t 19^{lb} at 8^d 12.8
By Iron door Latch 9
By 1 Ironrake 1.6
By 2 Heaters
By putting a leg in an old Iron pott
Mar By 17-1/2 double refin'd Sugar @ 16^d 1. 3.
By 100^l Sugar 35/& 3 gall^s Rum 7/6 2. 2.6

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£28.15.8-3/4

APPENDIX G

Overwharton Parish Account

[From Ledger B]

------------------------------------+---------------------------------
|
Overwharton Parish Dr. | Contra
|
1730 |1730
March | March 15
To a Book to keep the | By W^m Holdbrook's fine
Parish Register £1.11. | for Adultery £5
To drawing Bonds between | By Ebenezer Moss's for
Blackburn & the | swearing & Sabbath
Churchwardens ab^t | breaking 1.15.
building the Church 1. | By Edward Franklyn's for
To fee v Moss 11.8 | swearing when reced 3.
Ballenger |
Cabnet | --------
| £9.15.
|
15 |
To 1/3 W^m Holdbrooks's |
fine 1.13.4 |
To 1/3 Eliz^a Bear's D^o |
To fee v Franklyn 1. |
To paid Burr Harrison by |
Ord^o Vestry 2.10. |
------- |
£8.11 |
£1.4 |
------- |
£9.15 |
1732 |1732
April |
To fee v Coulter £ .15. | March 25
| By Ball^a 1.4
| By Eliz^a Ballengers fine
| for a bastard
| By Alice Jefferies' D^o
| By Ann Holt's D^o

APPENDIX H

Colonists Identified by Mercer According to Occupation

[From Ledger G]

William Hunter Merchant Fredericksburg
Jonathan Foward Merchant London
William Stevenson Merchant London
Robert Rae Merchant Falmouth
Robert Tucker Merchant Norfolk
David Minitree Bricklayer [Williamsburg]
Thomas Ross Merchant Alexandria
William Monday Carpenter
Abraham Basnett Oysterman
John Booth Weaver
John Pagan Merchant Fairfax
John Grigsby Smith Stafford
Francis Hogans Wheelwright Caroline
Doctor Spencer [Physician] Fredericksburg
William Threlkeld Weaver
Elliott Benger Loftmaster Gen'l.
William Brownley [Bromley] Joiner
Andrew Beaty Joiner
George Wythe Attorney-at-Law Williamsburg
William Jackson Wheelwright Stafford
James Griffin Carpenter
William Thomson Tailor Fredericksburg
Jacob Williams Plasterer
Joseph Burges Plasterer
Henry Threlkeld Merchant Quantico
Cavan Dulany Attorney-at-law [Prince William?]
Peter Murphy Sawyer
John Fitzpatrick Weaver
Cuthbert Sandys Merchant Fredericksburg
Henry Mitchell Merchant Occaquan
John Harnett Ship Carpenter Nanjemoy
John Graham Merchant Essex
Fielding Lewis Merchant Fredericksburg
Robert Duncanson Merchant Fredericksburg
John Fox Smith Fredericksburg
Robert Gilchrist Merchant Port Royal
Robert Jones Attorney-at-Law Surrey
[Jonathan] Sydenham & Hodgson Merchants King George
Watson & Cairnes Merchants Nansemond
William Prentis Merchant Williamsburg
William Mills Weaver Stafford
Thomas Barry Bricklayer
Edward Powers Shoemaker Caroline
Clement Rice Shoemaker King George
William Ramsay Merchant Fairfax
Andrew Sproul Merchant Norfolk
Richard Savage Merchant Falmouth
Charles Dick Merchant Fredericksburg
William Miller Horse Jockey Augusta
Charles Jones Tailor Williamsburg
Peter Scott Joiner Williamsburg
William Copen [Copein] Mason Prince William
John Blacke Gardener Marlborough
Richard Gamble Barber Williamsburg
Launcelot Walker Merchant
John Rider Waterman Maryland
John Proby Pilot Hampton
John Hyndman Merchant Williamsburg
James Craig Jeweler Williamsburg
Robert Crichton Merchant Williamsburg
John Simpson Wheelwright Fredericksburg
George Charleton Tailor Williamsburg
Hugh MacLane Tailor Stafford
William Kelly Attorney Prince William
Walter Darcy Harnessmaker
John Carlyle Merchant Fairfax
---- Kirby Mason King George

APPENDIX I

Materials Listed in Accounts with Hunter and Dick, Fredericksburg Alphabetical Summary of Materials listed in Ledger G in Mercer's accounts with William Hunter and Charles Dick, merchants of Fredericksburg. Definitions are based on information in _A New Oxford Dictionary_, Webster's _New International Dictionary_ (second edition, unabridged), _Every Day Life in the Massachusetts_ Bay Colony, by George F. Dow (Boston, 1935), and a series of articles by Hazel E. Cummin in _Antiques_: vol. 38, pp. 23-25, 111-112; vol. 39, pp. 182-184; vol. 40, pp. 153-154, 309-312.

ALLAPINE: A mixed stuff of wool and silk, or mohair and cotton.

BOMBAYS: Raw cotton.

BOMBAZINE: A twilled or corded dress material of silk and worsted,
sometimes also of cotton and worsted, or of worsted alone. In
black, used for mourning.

BROADCLOTH: A fine, smooth woolen cloth of double width.

BUCKRAM: A kind of coarse linen or cotton fabric, stiffened with
gum or paste. Murray quotes Berkeley, _Alicphr_ ... (1832), "One of
our ladies ... stiffened with hoops and whalebone and buckram."

CALAMANCO: A light-weight material of wool or mohair and wool,
sometimes figured or striped, sometimes dyed in clear, bright
colors, and calendered to a silky gloss to resemble satin.

CALICO: Murray defers to Chambers' _Cyclopaedia_ definition (1753):
"An Indian stuff made of cotton, sometimes stained with gay and
beautiful colours ... Calicoes are of divers kinds, plain, printed,
painted, stain'd, dyed, chints, muslins, and the like." It is not
to be confused with the modern material of the same name.

CAMBRIC: A fine white linen or cotton fabric, much used for
handkerchiefs and shirts, originally made at Cambray in Flanders.

CAMLET: A class of fine-grained material of worsted or mohair and
silk, sometimes figured, sometimes "watered." _Moreen_ is one of
its subtypes.

CHECK: Any checked, woven or printed, material.

DUFFEL: A woven cloth with a thick nap, synonymous with _shag_.
Made originally at Duffel, near Antwerp. In a passage quoted by
Murray, Defoe (_A Tour of Great Britain_) mentions its manufacture
at Witney, "a Yard and three quarters wide, which are carried to
New England and Virginia."

FRIEZE: A coarse woolen cloth with a nap on one side.

GARLIX: Linen made in Gorlitz, Silesia, in several shades of
blue-white and brown.

HOLLAND: A linen material, sometimes glazed, first made in Holland.

KERSEY (often spelled "Cresoy" by Mercer): A coarse, long-fiber
woolen cloth, usually ribbed, used for stockings, caps, etc.

SHALLOON: A closely woven woolen material used for linings.

PRUNELLA: A stout, smooth material, used for clergymen's gowns, and
later for the uppers of women's shoes.

TAMMY: A plain-woven worsted material, with open weave. Used plain,
it served for flour bolts, soup and milk strainers, and sieves.
Dyed and glazed, and sometimes quilted, it was used for curtains,
petticoat linings, and coverlets.

TARTAN: Woolen cloth woven in Scotch plaids.

In addition to these fabrics, there are listed "China Taffety," "Silv^r Vellum," "worsted," "Pomerania Linnen," "Russia Bedtick," "Irish linnen," "1 yd. India Persian," "worsted Damask," "Mechlin lace" (a costly Belgian pillow lace, of which Mercer purchased nine yards of "No. 3" at five shillings, and eight yards of "N^o 4" at six shillings), "sprig Linnen," and "6 silk laces at 4-1/2."

For trimming and finishing, one finds white thread, black thread, nun's thread, brown thread, blue thread, red thread, colored thread (all bought by the pound), gingham and hair buttons, "gold gimp ribband," "pair Womens buckles," fringe, coat buttons, vest buttons, scarlet buttons, silver coat buttons, shirt buttons, "mettle" vest buttons, "fine" shirt buttons, "course" shirt buttons, "Card sleeve buttons," silver sleeve buttons, and cording. There were several purchases of haircloth, used principally in stiffening lapels and other parts of men's clothing, but used also for towels, tents, and for drying malt and hops.

APPENDIX J

Account of George Mercer's Expenses while Attending the College of William and Mary

[From Ledger G]

Son's Maintenance at Williamsburg, Dr.

1750
April 5
To Cash £ 1. 7.6
To D^o p^d M^r. Robinson for Entranc £4.12.
M^r. Graeme D^o 4.12.
M^r. Preston D^o 4. 6. 8
M^r. Davenport D^o 1.12. 6
Housekeeper 3.10.
for Candles 15.10
for Pocket money 3. 6. 4 22.15.4
--------
To Cash p^d for Lottery Tickets 7.10.6
To D^o p^d for washing 1. 1.
To M^r Dering for Board 5.
To Peter Scott for mending a Table 2.6
To Housekeeping at Williamsburg for sundrys Viz
A Featherbed & furniture £8.
A Desk 1. 1. 6
An oval Table 1. 1.
3 Chairs 7/ 1. 1. 11. 3.6
--------- --------
July
To General Charges for sundrys Viz
To Cash p^d M^r Preston as advanced for
George £2. 3
to George 2. 3
to the Usher 1.11. 3 5.17.3
---------

August
To Cash p^d the Nurse attending J^{no}
& Ja^s £2. 3.
to John & James 1. 1. 6 3. 4.6
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To W^m Thomson for Taylors work 3.10.6
Septemb^r
To Cash to George 1. 1.6
October
To D^o to D^o to John James & Nurse 6. 9.
To John Holt for sundrys 4. 5.7-1/2
To James Cocke for D^o 1.15.9
To Covington the dancing master 2. 3.
To James Power for Cash to George 2.3
To William Prentis for sundrys 18. 1.3-1/2
To Rich^d Gamble for two wigs & shaving 5. 7.3
To Books for sundrys 22. 4.7-1/2
To W^m Thomson for Taylors work 1. 9.6
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£126.13.1-1/2

APPENDIX K

John Mercer's Library

[From Ledger G]

"The prices are the first Cost in Sterling money exclusive of Commission, Shipping or other Charges."

Sterling
LAW BOOKS

_Abridgments_
Cases in Equity abridged £ 18.
Danvers's Abridgment 3 vol 3.10.
Viner's Abridgment 6 vol 8. 8.
Davenport's Abridgm^t of Coke on Littleton 2.
Hughes's Abridgm^t 2 vol 10.
Ireland's Abridgm^t of Dyer's Reports 2.
Rolle's Abridgm^t interleaved 2 vol 5.
Salmon's Abridgm^t of the State trials 1.15.
Statutes abridged by Cay 2 vol 2.10.
State trials abridged 1 vol 5.6
Virginia Laws Abridged 8.

_Conveyancing_
Ars Clericalis 1 vol 4.6
Compleat Conveyancer 5.
Clerk's Guide 5.
Clerk & Scriveners Guide 8.
Herne's Law of Conveyances 2.
Lawyer's Library 3.6
West's Symboleography 5.

_Courts & Courtkeeping_
Attorneys Practise in C B 6.
Attorney's Practise in B R 2 vol 12.
Coke's Institutes 4^{th} Part 15.
RK Crown Circuit Companion 6.
History of the Chancery 2.6
AR Practise in Chancery 2 vol 7.
Practick Part of the Law 6.
GI Rules of Practise commonplaced 4.
Practise of Chancery 1672 1.6
AR Harrison's Chancery Practiser 6.

_Crown_
Coke's Institutes 3rd Part 15.
Hale's History of the Pleas of the Crown 2.10.
2 vol/
Hawkins Pleas of the Crown 1.10.
Hale's Continuation of the Crown Laws 2.6
Sutton de Pace Regis 5.

_Dictionaries_
Consell's Interpreter 10.
Jacobus's Law Dictionary 1. 8.
Law French Dictionary 6.
RI Students Law Dictionary 5.
AR Term's de la Loy 5.

_Entries_
Aston's 3.
TA Brown Lows' Declarations 12.
AR Bohun's Declarations 6.
Brown's modus intrandi, 2 vol 12.
Clift's 1.10.
Coke's 1. 1.
Lilly's 1. 5.
Mallory's Quarer Impedit 17.
Placila generalia & specialia 3.
Rastallo 1. 1.
Robinson's 10.
Read's Declarations 3.
Vidiano 10.
Thompson's 1.
_Justices of Peace_
Justicio vade mecum 2.
Keble's Assistant to Justices 5.
Manual for Justices 1641 2.

_Maxims_
Doctor & Student 3.6
Finch's Law 4.
Francis's Maxims of Equity 8.
Hale's History & Analysis of the Laws 6.
Hale's Hereditary Descants 1.6
Hawks's Grounds of the Laws of England 3.
Perkins's Laws 2.6
Treatise of Equity 8.6
Woods Institutes of the Laws of England 1. 5.

_Miscellanies_
Booth's Real Actions 8.
GI Baron & ferne 6.
Billinghurst of Bankrupts 1.6
Britton 5.
Brown of fines & Recoveries 5.
Coke's Institutes. Comments on Littleton
Part 2 3.
GI Cane's English Liberties 2.
GI Curson's Laws of Estates tail 4.6
Domat's Civil Law 2 vol 2. 0.
Dugdale's Origine's Judiciales 2.
Duncomb's Trials perpais 6.
Ejectments, Law of 5.
GI Errors, Law of 6.
GI Everyman his own Lawyer 5.
Evidence, Laws of 6.
GI Jacoba's Lex Mercatoria 5.
GI Jus or Law of Masters & Servants 3.
Landlord's Laws 3.
GI Law Quibbles 4.6
Laws of Liberty & Property 2.
March's Actions for Slander & Arbitrations 4.
Molloy de jura maritimi & navali 7.
GI Obligations Laws of 5.
Sea Laws 12.
GI Treatise of Trover & Conversion 2.
GI Trespasses (Law of) Vi & armis 6.
Virginia Laws Purvis's 12.
Virginia Laws by Parks 2 Vol 2.
Uses & Trials (Law of) 6.
GI Usury (Law of) 2.6
Freeholders Companion 5.
Turnbull's System of the Civil Law 2 vol 12.
Jacobs's Collection of Steads for commonplaces 1.6
Chronica Iuridicialia abridged 4.
Naval Trade 2 vol. 10.
GI Law & Lawyers laid open 2.6
Freeholders Companion 5.
Law of Devises & Revocations 3.6
Piffendorf's Law of Nature & Nations 1. 8.
Views of Civil & Ecclesiastical Law 2.6
Study & Body of the Law 3.
Treatise of Bills of Exchange 2.6

_Parliament_
Cases in Parliament 16.
Hunt's Postscript 4.

_Readings_
Alleyne's 9.
Anderson's 1.15.
Barnardiston's 1. 1.
Bentses & Dalison's 10.
Bridgman's 18.
Bulstrode's 4. 4.
Brownlow's & Goldenborough's 7.
Carter's 8.
Carthero's 1. 2.
Cases in Chancery 3 P^{ts} 1.10.
Cases in B R & B C from 2^d W^m 12 Mod 1.10.
Cases in Law & Equity by Macclesfield 10 Mod 1. 4.
Coke's 11 Parts 15.
12 & 13 Parts 7.
Comberbach's 17.
Croke's 3 vol 2.12.6
Cary's 3.
Clayton's 3.6
Davis's 11.
Dyer's 1.11.6
Farraday's 7 Mod 9.
FitzGibbons's 14.
Gilbert's Rep^{ts} in Equity & Excheq^r 15.
Godbolt's 1. 1.
Hardres's 2.10.
Hetley's 10.
Hobart's 16.
Holt's 1.10.
Hutton's 13.
Jenkins's Centuries 16.
Jones's (D^r. W^m.) 2. 5.
Jones's (Tho^s.) 15.
Keble's 3 vol 1.15.
Keilway's 14.
Keylings 9.
Lane's 16.
Latch's 8.
Leonard's 4. 4.
Loving's 3 Parts 2 vol 2. .
Ley's 7.
Lilly's 9.
Littleton's 11.
Lutneyche's 2 vol 4. 4.
Modern Cases in Law & Equity 8 & 9 Mod 1. 4.
Modern Reports 6 vol 5. 5.
Moore's 18.
Marsh's 3.
Noy's 16.
Owens 16.
Palmer's 12.
Plowden's 2. 5.
Pollersten's 2. 2.
Popham's 14.
Precedents in Chancery 1. 5.
Raymond's (D^r. Tho^s.) 2.10.
Reports in Chancery in Finch's time 16.
Rolles' Reports 2.10.
Reports in Chancery 4 vol 15.
Salkeld's 3 vol 2.16.
Savile's 6.
Saunders's 1. 7.6
Sherver's 2 vol 2.
Select Cases in Can S. in Ld. King's time . 8.
Siderfin's 2.
Skinner's 1.10.
Styles's 1.10.
Talbot's Cases in Equity 15.
Tothill's Transactions in Chancery 1.6
Vaughan's 2.10.
Ventris's 1.15.
Vernon's 2 vol 2. 5.
Wynch's 16.
William's 2 vol 2.16.
Year Books 9 vol 3. 7.6
Yelverton's 5.
Zouch's Cases in the Civil Law 2.6
Cases in Chan & B R in Ld Hardwick's time 12.
Special & Select Law Cases 1641 6.

_Sheriffs_
Treatise of Replevins 3.

_Statutes_
Keble's Statutes 2.10.
Statutes concerning Bankrupts 2.6

_Tables_
Index to the Reports 12.
Repertorium Iuridicum 2.

_Tithes & Laws of the Clergy_
Hughes's Parson's Law 1.6

_Wills Ex^{rs} &c_
Godolphin's Orphan's Legacy 12.
Meriton's Touchstone of Wills 1.6
AR Nelson's Lex Testimentaria 7.
GI Swinburne of last Wills 6.
Wentworth's Office of Executors 2.

_Writs_
AR Bohun's English Lawyer 5.
Fitzherbert with Hale's Notes 16.
Fitzherbert's Natura Brevium 6.
Registrum Brevium 1. 1.

_Omitted_
Laws of Maryland 1.
Statutes of Excise 1.6

OTHER BOOKS

_Arts & Sciences_
Alian's Tacticks of War 8.
Smith's Distilling & Fermentation 5.
Weston's Treatise of Shorthand 1. 1.
Weston's Shorthand Copybook 4.

_Classicks_

{Greek Grammar 2.6
GM {Greek Testament 3.6
Martial 2.6

_Dictionaries_
Colgrave's French Dictionary 15.
Salmon's Family Dict. 6.
Bailey's English Diet 7.
GM Schrevelii Lexicon 7.6
Echard's Gazetteer's Interpreter 3.6
Cole's English Dictionary 2.6

_Divinity_
Tillotson's Sermons 3 vol 2.10.
Bibles trua 1.10.
Leigh of Religion & Learning 10.
Stillingfleck's Origines Sacra 1.
Life of King David 6.
Newton on Daniel 3.
The Sum of Christian Religion 10.
Weeks Preparation 2.6
Whole Duty of Man 2.6
The Sacrament explained 2.
The Country Parson's Advice 1.6
Addy's Shorthand Bible .10.
Atterbury Lewis's Sermons 2 vol 10.6
Atterbury Francis's Sermons 4 vol 1. 2.
South's Sermons 6 vol 1.12.6
AS Warburton's divine Legation of Moses 2 vol 16.6
Revelation examin'd with Candour 2 vol 9.6
Scott's Christian Life 1.

_History_
Universal History 4 vol 9.11.6
Rushworth's Collections 8 vol 8.16.
Rapin's History of England 2 vol 2.10.
Keating's History of Ireland 1. 1.
Burnet's History of his own Times 2 vol 2.10.
Purchas's Pilgrimage 1.
Cop's History of Ireland 2 vol 2.10.
History of Europe 13 vol at 5/ 3. 5.
Historical Register 26 vol at 3/ 3.18.
Antiquitatum variarum Auctores 2.6
History of the Turks 4^{th} vol 4.6
Jeffery of Monmouth 4.
Burnet's History 3 vol 9.
Bladen's Caesar's Commentaries 4.6
History of the Fifth General Council 12.
Machiavel's History of Florence 4.
Roman History Echard's 5^{th} vol 4.
Lehontan's Voyages 2^d vol 4.
Description of the 17 Provinces 2.
The English Acquisitions in Guinea &c 2.
Burnet's Travels 1.6
Heylyn's Help to English History 3.6
History of Spain 1.6
Catholick History 2.
History of Virginia 2.6
DuStalde's History of China 4 vol 1.

_Husbandry & Gardening_
Quintinye's Gardener 1.
Woodbridge of Agriculture 8.
Evelyn's Sylvia 12.
Houghton's Husbandry 4 vol 1. 2.
Bradley's Husbandry 3 vol 15.
Gardening 2 vol 6.
new Improvements 6.
ancient husbandry 4.
practical Discourses 8.
Farmer's Director 2.6
Ladies Director 2.6
Hop Garden 1.6
Dictionarium Rusticum 6.
CD Monarchy of the Bees 1.6
A Discourse of Sallets 1.
Pocket Farrier 1.
Miscellanies of the Dublin Society 5.
{Spectator 8 vol 1.
GM {Tatler 4 vol 10.
{Addison's Works 4 vol 10.
{Guardian 2 vol 5.
Pope's Letters 2 vol 5.
Present State of Great Britain 6.
Persian Letters 2 vol 5.
Sedley's Works 1 vol 5.
Carson's Lucubrations 2.
Acc^t of Society for Reformation of Manners 2.6
Aristarchus Anti Bentlianus 2.
Dissertation on the Thebaan Legion 2.6
Secret History of Whitehall 2.
The Western Martyrology 2.6
GM Memoria Technica 2.6
Erasmus's Praise of Folly 2.6
Turkish Spy 5 & 6 vol 4.
Tom Brown's Letters from the Dead to the Living 2.6
The Intelligencer 2.6
Rone's Lives 4.
The Dublin Almanack 1.
Maxims & Reflections on Plays 2.
Report about Silver Coins 1.6
Essay for Amendment of them 2.
Feltham's Resolves 4.
The Minister of State 6.
Treatise of Honour 5.
Lyropadia 6.
Hutchinson on Virtue 4.
T. Scott on the Passions 2.
Lansdowne's Works 3 vol 7.6
Works of the Learned 13 vol 4.11.
Boyle's Adventures 3.
Leisure Hours Amusement 3.

_News & Politicks_
London Magazine 11 vol 3.17.
Gentlemen's Magazine 4 vol 1. 6.
The Britton 2.6
Common Sense 2 vol 6.
The Freeholder 2.6
The Craftsman 6 vol 18.
Pues Occurrences 5.
The True Britton 2 vol 12.

_Philosophy & Mathematicks_
Rarities of Gresham Colledge 16.
Bacon's natural History 10.
Physiologia 12.

GF Derham's Physico Theology 5.
Astro Theology 4.
Sturmy's Mariners Magazine 14.
Gordon's Cosmography 5.
Geography 5.
Ozanam's Mathematical Recreations 5.
Atkinson's Epitome of Navigation 5.
General Steads for natural History 1.6
Seaman's Calendar
RI Newton's Opticks 6.
Keill's Astronomy 6.
Baker's Microscope 5.6
Mathew's Invenitis 3 vol 15.

_Physick & Surgery_

JM Salmon's Herbal 2 vol 2.12.
{Dispensatory 6.
JM {Synopsis Medicina 8.
{Ars Chirurgica 8.
{Medicina Practica 6.
JM Beerhaave's Method of the dying Physic 4.
JM Sydehamii Opuscula 4.
JM Wiseman's Surgery 2 vol 10.
JM Sanctorius's Aphorisms 5.
Quiney's Dispensatory 6.6
JM Strother on Sickness & Health 3.6
JM on Causes & Cures 2.6
JM Criticon Febrium 2.6
Shaw's Practises of Physick 2 vol 10.
Arbuthnot of Aliment 3.6
JM London Dispensatory 3.6
AS Andrey on Worms 4.
JM Friends Emmencologia 3.
JM Pitcarn's Dissertationes 6.
JM Friends' Praelectioned Chymica 2.6
AS Short's Dissertation on Coffee & Tea 2.6
JM Robinson Consumptions 5.6
JM Drake's Anatomy 2 vol 10.
JM History of Physic 2 vol 8.
JM Mead on Poysons 4.

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Prior's Works 3.
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GM Homers Iliad 6 vol 15.
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The Syren 4.
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APPENDIX L

Botanical Record and Prevailing Temperatures

Dates when flowers, trees, and plants bloomed in 1767, with
temperatures, extracted from John Mercer's journal, in back of
Ledger B

_Temp._
March
21 46-63 Daffodil
Hyacinths 6
Violet
Narcissous
22 60-69 Almond
Apricot
24 37-47 Plum sm^l
30 45-48 May Cherry
Cucumber hotbed
31 44-52 Beans
Pease

April
1 47-48 Dwarf Iris
2 41-52 Peach
Hyacinth s d 10
D^od 5
Cowslips
3 44-50 rain all night & morn
6 44-46 D^o all night & day
7 44-50 Cherry y & b D^o all night
Plum Comm.
Wild currant
9 48-32 Peach d bl
Asparagus
Radishes
Crown Imperial
12 44-54 Tulip early
13 54-62 Pear
Wall flower
15 48-53 Frittillary rain all night
16 46-60 Green Sagia
17 48-55 Prickson
18 48-60 Columbine
Tulips
Strawberry
20 34-60 Lilac
Catchfly Julia

April
22 46-51 Jonquil
24 46-62 Formantil
26 70-78 Syringa
Persian Lilac
Honeysuckle Virg^a
Hyacinth dw ... purp.
28 60-65 Iris la^r blue
Narcissus w.
30 64-70 Parrot Tulip

May
1 54-60 Rose
3 53-57 Mourn^g bride rain in the night
Peony w^t
Hyacinth dou. bl.
4 55-63 Purple Stocks D^o in the night & morn.
5 59-66 White D^o
6 54-67 Agerolis
Peony red
7 60-72 Honeysuckle
8 59-72 Spiderwort
Horsechestnut
Snow drop
9 59-65 Yellow Lilly
Borage
10 59-65 Fraxinella
11 66-68 Yellow s Rose
Fringe tree
12 64-68 Grass pinks
13 63-70 Annual stock
14 65-72 Madeira Iris
Sweet w^m
15 60-76 Corn Hay fine rain in the night
16 60-70 Spiraea frietus
17 56-74 Feath^r Hyacinth

May

18 67-80 Corn Hay Whitsunday
19 70-82 White rose
20 72-83 Poppy
Bladder Senna
21 75-80 Foxglove
Swamp Laurel
Sm^l bl. Iris
Scorzancea
Monthly Rose
Orange
Lemon
Citron
22 73-84 Indian Pink a fine rain
23 72-76 Larkspur
24 63-68 Queen's july fl.
25 61-70 Wing'd pea
26 63-70 Monks hood
27 65-72 Catch fly
28 68-79 Apscynum
Sago
29 71-79 Sparrow Wistle
L. Weymouth's world
30 75-77 Sp Broom A fine rain
Dorch. yell Rose
31 73-80 Great Poppy

June

1 73-70 Pinks
2 64-73 Gumbogia
3 64-79 W^r Lilly
Apscinum vine

June

4 74-76 Prickly pear
5 70-64 Jessamine A fine rain
6 60-71 Holyock
7 63-73 Crysanthemum
Virg^a Spike
Sweet Sultan
Orange Lilly
9 65-70 Cat Spa
14 70-81 Flos Adonis
15 72-82 Pleurisy root
17 75-82 Yucca
African Marigold
19 70-78 Southern wood
23 70-82 Elacampana
24 74-82 Rock Rose
Oriental Asmart
29 82-92 Afr marigold y.

July
3 Althaea frutea
5 70 Coxcomb rain all day
7 72-84 Amaranth ordes
8 74-80 Virg^a Saffron
9 75-87 Partridge berr^s
11 84-84 Passion flow^r
16 73-76 Marvel of Peru
18 76-84 Swamp Sweet
20 76-86 Martagon Virg.
23 76-85 Cardinal fl.
Sunflower

APPENDIX M

Inventory of Marlborough, 1771 [John Mercer's widow, Ann Roy Mercer, died at Marlborough September 2, 1770. By the next spring, James Mercer was operating Marlborough as one of four plantations owned by him. The overseer was Thomas Oliver. At the end of May 1771 Oliver drew up a statement of the conditions of the plantations and made a detailed inventory. This document has been reproduced in facsimile in _A Documentary History of American Industrial Society_.[216]

The following excerpts consist of the inventory, as it applied to Marlborough only, and of Oliver's statement at the end. The "return," as he called it, covered the period from May 1 to May 31, 1771. The reference to advertising the "sale" is apparently concerned with one of the unsuccessful public sales of John Mercer's personal property.]

56 Horn Cattle
28 Cavallrey
128 Sheap
. Swine
22 Plowes
8 Clevices
8 Clevispins
11 leading lines
4 Chaine traces
4 Roap traces
8 Bridle Bitts
8 Back bands
8 Haimes
6 Ox Yoaks
3 Ox Chains
2 Ox Carts
1 Waggons Compleat
4 Horse Harness d^o
4 Horse Collers
12 Swingle trees
. Threshing Instruments
4 Fanns
2 Sieves
1 Riddles
1 Halfe bushel Measure
1 Halfe Barrel Measure
1 Harrows
10 Hillinghows
17 Weeding hows
8 Grubbing hows
1 Syder press
1 Syder Mill
15 Axes
4 Wedges
1 Iron Shovels
4 Spades
3 Hay forks
. Hay Rakes
2 Dung forks
13 Scythes
4 Cradles
. Sickles
8 Sheap Shears
1 Barns
2 Grainerys
3 Corn Houses
5 Stables
4 Stock locks
1 Padlocks
6 Mealbags
1 Boats
1 Schoos
1 Cannow
1 Seaines
2 Cross cutt Saws
1 Whip Saws
2 Hand Saws
3 Adzes
5 Chisels
1 Hammers
1 Frows
2 Gimblets
2 Drawing knives
7 Broad Axes
1 Gouges
1 Compasses
3 Augers
2 2 Yard Rules
1 Chalk lines
3 Sawfiles
1 Curriers knives
1 Tanners knives
1 Tobacco Cask Branding Irons
5 Iron Potts for Negroes
1 Grinding Stoans
6 Scyth stoans
1 Sarvants
29 Negroes in Crop
25 Negroes out of Crop
9 Hyerd out
63 Total amount of Negroes

N.B. the Casuality in sheap are 11 sold to M^r Lowery. 1 to Doct^r Clemense. 1 held for the house. dy'd a little time after being Castrated 5 (18) as in the Collem of decress. 1 Calfe dy'd five days after Being Cutt. the remainder of the stock in good Condition. two mares excepted. the work of the Mill going on as well as Can be Expected till M^r. Drains is better. the Schoo and Boat unfit for Any Sarvice whatsoever till repair'd. if Capable of it. the foundation of the Malt house wants repairing. the Manor house wants lead lights in some of the windows. the East Green House wants repairing, the west d^o wants buttments as a security to the wall on the south side. the Barn, tobacco houses at Marlborough & Acquia must be repaired as soon as possible. The two tobacco houses at Belvaderra are in good order. five stables on Marlborough plantation must also be repair'd before winter. we have sustai'd no damage from Tempests or Floods. it will Expedient to hyer a Carpinder for the woork wanted can not be accomplish'd in time, seeing the Carpenders must be taken of for harvest which is Like to be heavy. I will advertise the sale at Stafford Court and the two parish Churches to begin on the 20th of June 1771. this is all the intelligence this month requiers. P.S. The Syder presses at each plantation & Syder Mill at Marlbrough to tally Expended ... Negro Sampson Marlbro Company Sick of the Gravel. Negress Deborah Sick of a Complication of dis^s. Negro Tarter acqui Company Sick plurisy. Negress Phillis sick Accokeeck Company Kings Evil Negro Jas Pemberton at Marlb^h Sick Worme fever.

ThS. Oliver
For
Ja^s. Mercer Esq^r

FOOTNOTES:

[216] Edit. John P. Commons (New York: Russell & Russell, 1958), vol. 1, facsimile opp. p. 236. Quoted through kind permission of Russell & Russell, publishers.

Index

_Abridgment of the Laws of Virginia_, 24, 62-63; second edition, 50,
53
Accokeek: plantation, 12, 62; ironworks, 23, 24, 25, 47, 162, 193
Act for Encouraging Adventurers in Ironworks, Mercer's protest
against, 23
Acts for Towns (1662), 5;
(1680), 5, 7
Act for Ports (1691), 7, 10, 34;
suspension of, 8
Act for Ports (1705), 8, 12, 22, 45, 83, 177;
suspension of, 9
Adie, Hugh, 118
agricultural implements:
hoe, 25, 170 (illustr.)
plow, 25;
drill plow, 59;
iron for, 34;
colter for, 73, 168-169 (illustr.)
scythe, iron, 113, 114, 168 (illustr.), 171
spade, 170-171
Alexander, Robert, 12, 22
Alexandria, 50, 52, 53
Alexandria Library, viii
Allan, William, 34
Allen, William, 184
Ambler, Richard, 16
American Philosophical Society, vii, viii, 69; _Year Book_ of, viii
Amson, Doctor, 46
amusements:
cards, 51
dancing, 33, 34
game counters, 26 (illustr.)
horse racing, 20, 26, 43
loo, 20, 26
lottery, 34
music, 33, 34; books on, 43
pitching, 20
quoits, 20
racing (unspecified), 17
wagers, 26
wrestling, 26
Anderson, Thomas (brickmaker,) 28, 35
andirons, 17, 162 (illustr.)
Andrews, George (ordinary keeper), 11, 12, 13, 23, 44, 82, 177;
inventory of, 183
"Antigua Ship," 47
apothecary, 36 (_See also_ medicine)
Aquia (plantation), 62
Aquia Church (_See under_ church)
Aquia Creek, 11, 12
archeological techniques, 70
arches, 36, 91, 94
architect, 36 (_See also_ joiner; carpenter)
architecture, books on, 37, 38, 43, 98
_Architecture of A. Palladio_, 98 (illustr. from)
art, books on, 43, 200
Ashby, ----, 53
Ashby, Thomas, vii
Astbury, Thomas (Staffordshire potter), 108, 138, 139
Astbury, Thomas, Jr. (Staffordshire potter), 139

Bacon, Nathaniel, 10
Bagge, Edmund, 17, 192
Bailey, ---- (brewer), 55
Bailey, Worth, viii
ball, musket, 155, 157 (illustr.)
Ballard, Thomas, 12, 14, 17, 22
Ballard, William, 177
Balthrop, ----, 51
Barber, William, 12
Barradall, Mr., 58
Barry, Ed, 18
Barry, Thomas (bricklayer), 36, 91, 95, 102, 104, 105
basaltes ware (_See under_ stoneware)
basins, 25, 39;
earthenware, 125;
pottle, 39, 138
Basnett, Abraham ("oysterman"), 35
Battaley (Battaille), Mosley, 16, 17;
Mercer's account for, 185
Bayley, Ambrose, 10, 11
Beach, Daniel, 184
Beach, Peter, 12, 13;
inventory of, 184
Beaty, Andrew (joiner), 36
bed (_See under_ furniture)
bed cord, 17
Belchier, John (cabinetmaker), 40
Belfield, Mr., 42
Belle Plains, 28
Belvedere (plantation), 62
Bensen, Thomas, 185
Berkeley, Governor, 47, 97
Berryman, ----, 22
beverages:
ale, 33, 55, 56;
arrack, 145;
Barbadoes spirits, 145;
beer, 55, 145, 146 (Bristol);
bottles for, 145-152;
brandy, 36, 145;
chocolate, 32;
cider, 16, 33, 62, 145, 146, 149;
citron water, 146;
claret, 17, 18, 33, 46, 145;
coffee, 32;
corn, 145;
gin, 150-151;
lime juice, 17;
Lisbon, 145;
Madeira, 25, 145;
"Mint [water]," 146;
"Orange flower [water]," 146;
porter, 56;
punch, 13 145;
rum, 17, 33, 42, 145;
sherry, 145;
"Tansey,' 146;
tea, 32;
wine, 33, 145, 145 (Fyall)
(_See also_ bottle; cup; glass; chocolate pot; teapot)
Beverley, Robert, 8, 21, 51, 97, 192
biography, books of, 43
birds, singing, 33;
birdcage, 33
Biscoe, W., vii
Black, William, 33, 178
Blacke, William (gardener), 58
blacksmith, 35, 167, 174 (_See also_ ironworks)
Bland, Theodorick, 7, 8. 10, 177
Blane, John, 25
boat, 62;
canoe, 25;
"Schoo" (schooner), 62, 177;
sloop, 15, 16, 32, 42, 177
bones, animal, 111
bookplate, John Mercer's, iv (illustr.)
books, 14, 17, 20, 33, 34, 36, 42;
Mercer's reading, 191;
purchase of, 191-192, 198-208;
sale of, 61-62
Booth, John (weaver), 32
botanical record, 209-210 (_See also_ garden)
bottles, 25, 56, 145-152;
canary, 145;
cider, 149;
closure for, 145;
gin, 112, 150-151 (illustr.);
medicine, 152, 153 (illustr.);
methods of making, 146-149;
octagonal, 149 (illustr.);
scent, 152;
smelling, 32;
snuff, 32, 151 (illustr.), 152;
spirits, 111, 150 (illustr.);
stoneware, 39;
wine, 72, 107, 111, 112, 119 (illustr.), 145-149 (illustr.), 173,
178;
wine, seal for, 31 (illustr.), 73, 111, 146-149 (illustr.)
bowl:
creamware, 141;
delftware, 137 (illustr.);
earthenware, 124 (illustr.), 127 (illustr.);
porcelain, 144;
redware, 125, 126, 128;
stoneware, 136;
whiteware, 143
box iron, heaters for, 17, 162 (illustr.) (_See also_ smoothing iron)
Boyd's Hole, 18, 35, 51
Braddock, General, 52
Braintree (Mass.), 151
brands, on tobacco casks, 29-30
brass, 17, 39, 59, 72, 73, 108, 155 (_See also_ specific forms)
Braxton, Colonel, 26
Brent, George, 12
Brent, Giles, 7, 12, 22;
widow of, 12;
heirs of, 177
Brent, Giles, Jr., 7
Brent, Robert, 12
Brent, William, 23, 26
Brent, William (infant), 45, 177;
house burned, 63
brewer, 55, 58;
house for, 178
brewery, 55, 56-57, 61, 178;
sale at, 56;
sale of, 61;
still, 26, 61
(_See also_ Marlborough, buildings)
brewing, books on, 43
Brick House (village in New Kent County), 27
bricklayers, 35, 36, 103-104, 118
bricklaying, 94-95; 103-104, 111, 112;
Flemish bond, 72, 121
brickmaking, 35 (_See also_ building materials)
bridge, 35
bridle, 25;
bit for, 73, 169 (illustr.), 171 (illustr.)
Bromley, William (turner), 36, 38, 39, 50, 98
Bronough, John W., 64
Brook (village), 28, 67
Brooke, William, 26
_Brooks_ (ship), 26
broom, hearth, 39
Brunswick Town (North Carolina), 108
brush, curry, 18, 172
bucket, 39
Buckland, William, 52
buckle:
brass, 72, 155 (illustr.), 156 (illustr.);
iron, 170;
pewter, 52;
silver, 32
Buckley ware (_See under_ earthenware)
Bucknell (Oxford County), 58
Buckner, William, 7, 8, 21, 22, 177 (_See also_ Marlborough, survey
1691)
Bucks County Historical Society, viii, 28
building materials:
ballusters, 36, 96
bricks, 9, 11, 18, 35, 36, 67, 68, 71, 72, 91, 94, 102, 107, 109
(illustr.), 112;
sizes of, 90, 95, 104, 121
clapboards, 25
concrete, 92 (illustr.), 93 (illustr.)
flagstones, 35, 86, 97, 101, 102, 121
gold leaf, 36, 95
lime, 9, 35, 69
linseed oil, 36
lumber, 9, 18, 25, 34, 36
marble, 96
mortar, 35, 69, 102, 162
oystershells, 16, 18, 35, 69, 107, 108, 111
paint, 36
plaster, 96, 97 (illustr.), 102, 121
shingles, 34
stone, 35, 36, 68, 71, 72, 86, 87, 89, 91 (illustr.), 92 (illustr.),
94 (illustr.), 101
Bull Run Quarters, 29, 30, 42;
slaves at, 41, 58
bullet (_See_ ball)
Buncle, Alexander, 17
Burges, Joseph (house painter), 36
Burwell, Carter, 35
buttons, 25, 42, 47, 52, 155;
brass, 155;
copper, 155, 156 (illustr.);
horn, 58;
Sheffield-plated, 155;
shell, 155;
silver, 155;
white metal, 42, 58, 156 (illustr.)
Byrd, William, 46

cabinetmakers, 25, 35, 40
candle, 40;
beeswax for, 41;
myrtle wax for, 41;
tallow, 41
candle box, 20
candlemolds, 17
candlestick, 14, 17, 20 (brass), 39, 40, 41, 153 (glass, illustr.)
(_See also_ sconce)
canoe, 25
Canton, Mark, 42
Cantrell, William (servant), 58
Carlyle, John, 30
Carlyle, Sarah, 30
Caroline Courthouse, 27, 28
carpenter, 36, 50, 62, 91, 118;
apprentices, 50
carpet, 13
cart (_See under_ vehicle)
Carter, Charles, 28
Carter, Lucy, 118;
marriage to Nathaniel Harrison, 118
Carter, Robert ("King"), 118
carver, 36, 40
casks, 29, 30, 55, 56, 61, 145, 146;
hogsheads, 26, 30, 31, 33, 145;
"pipes," 33, 145
Cavanaugh, Philemon, 17
Cave, John, 13, 23, 28, 42
Caywood, Louis, 97
Cedar Point, 18
celt, Indian, 73, 119 (illustr.)
ceramics, 68, 105, 125-144;
Indian, 108;
methods of manufacture, 135-136
(_See also_ specific forms and types)
chair (_See under_ furniture)
chaise (_See under_ vehicle)
chalk, 155, 171
chamberpots: stoneware, 88, 132 (illustr.);
yellowware, 126
Chambers, John, 18
Champe, Major John (merchant), 31, 35, 54
Chapman, Nathaniel, 25, 35, 49, 162, 166, 169, 170-171;
Mercer's account with, 193
charger, delftware, 137; pewter, 39
chariot (_See under_ vehicle)
charities, John Mercer's, 47
Charles City Courthouse, 9
Charleston, George (tailor), 32
chelloes, 18
chest (_See under_ furniture)
Chew, John, 192
chimney, 12, 20, 36, 97, 102, 105 (_See also_ mantel; fireplace)
china, 39, 144 (_See also_ porcelain)
Chinn, John, 20
Chinn, Rawleigh, 17, 20, 25
chinoiserie, 136, 137, 140 (illustr.), 142
Chiswell's Ordinary, 51
Chiswell Plantation, 97
chocolate pot, copper, 39
Chotank Church, 10
church:
Aquia, 27, 37, 46-47, 52, 145;
undertaker for, 46, 47;
church plate, 46 (_See also_ Overwharton Parish)
Chotank, 10
Hanover, 35
Mattaponi, 35
New Kent, 35
Pohick (Fairfax), 37
Potomac, 27, 28, 46, 54 (_See also_ Overwharton Parish)
Stafford Parish, 10
church, brick, 46
cider press, 62 (_See also_ beverages)
Clark, John (servant), 52
Cleve (plantation), 28
clothing, 31-32;
breeches, 34, 42, 52, 58, 59;
"Russia," 59
children's, 34
coat, 42;
greatcoat, 31, 59
gloves, 18, 31, 34;
mittens, 34
handkerchief, 31
hat, 17, 18, 25, 31, 52, 58, 59;
"Castor," 31;
hood, 31
hose, 18
indentured servant apparel, 52, 59
jacket, 58, 59
liveries, 42
mourning, 47
neckcloth, 52
petticoat, 31
shirts, 52, 58
shoes, 17, 18, 31, 34, 42, 52, 58
slave apparel, 42, 58, 59
stockings, 31, 34, 52, 58, 59
suit, 31, 32
trousers, 52
vest, 34
waistcoat, 32
(_See also_ textiles)
coach (_See under_ vehicle)
coachman, 42
coal, 56, 107, 108
coffin, child's, 17
coins, 119, 155-156 (illustr.)
Coke, John (silversmith), 39
colander, 20
College of William and Mary, 20, 34, 47, 99, 121;
account of George Mercer's expenses while attending, 197
Collings, Jn^o, 149
Collins, Robert, 18
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., viii, 30, 149
comb: curry, 18, 169, 172 (and brush);
horn, 32;
ivory, 16, 32;
wig, 25
Combe, ----, 53
combed ware (_See under_ earthenware)
Cooke, John, 64, 96, 125
cooper, 56;
house for, 55
Cooper, Macartney, Powel & Lyde, 40
Copein, William (mason), 37, 91
copper, 17, 55, 103, 119, 178 (_See also_ specific items)
corks, 56, 145
court: Spotsylvania, 27;
Williamsburg, 27
courthouse:
Caroline, 27, 28, 53
Charles City, 9, 121, 122
Elizabeth City, 9
Hanover, 98, 118 (illustr.), 121, 122
King William, 23 (illustr.), 51, 53, 98, 120 (illustr. floor plan),
121, 122
Marlborough, vii, 8, 11, 45;
(1691), 28;
cleaning, 13, 184;
construction of, 11;
contract to build, 10;
destruction of, 9, 11;
location of, 11, 44, 67;
trial in, 12;
New Kent, 27, 28, 51
Potomac Creek, vii, viii, 7, 10, 11, 20, 28, 49, 99, 177;
architectural analysis of, 121;
artifacts from, 119-121;
burning of, 118;
excavations, 115-122;
excavation plan of, 118;
historical background, 115-118;
map showing location of, 116, 117;
surveys, 115
Stafford (_See_ Potomac Creek)
Warwick, 11
Westmoreland, 54
Williamsburg, 121
York (1692), 11, 121
courthouses, brick, 11, 118
Covington, ---- (dancing master), 34
cows, 17, 20, 61
Craig, James (jeweler), 47
creamware (_See under_ earthenware)
Cresap, Thomas, 49
Crichton, Robert (merchant), 32
crops: barley, 56;
corn, 42, 56, 57;
hops, 56, 62;
malt, 55, 56;
peas, 59;
rice, 57;
turnips, 59;
wheat, 59
(_See also_ food; tobacco)

_Cumberland_ (ship), 31
cup, 39;
chocolate, 17, 144;
coffee, 39, 144;
custard, 17, 144;
dram, 13;
fuddling, 137;
handle, 137;
tea, 17, 72, 136, 144;
delftware, 137;
earthenware, 127 (illustr.),
porcelain, 72, 144;
silver, 13, 39;
stoneware, 39, 144;
yellowware, 128 (illustr.)
curry comb, 18, 169 (illustr.), 172 (and brush)
curtains, 13;
bed, 13;
fittings, 172;
rings for, 13, 156 (illustr.), 162-163
Custis, Daniel Parke, 31
Custis, John, 31

Dade, Francis, 26
dancing master, 32, 33, 34
Daniel, Peter, 27, 52
Darlington Library, viii
Darrell, Sampson, 10, 11, 28
Darter, Oscar H., vii, viii, 67
Davis, Boatswain, 35
Dekeyser, ---- (dancing master), 33
delftware, 88, 107, 114, 136-137, 173;
English, 111, 134 (illustr.), 136, 138
(_See also_ specific forms)
Dering, William (dancing master), 32, 34
Dick: "Mr. Dick's Quarter," 53
Dick, Alexander, 51
Dick, Charles (merchant), 31, 34, 39, 132, 144, 165, 167;
textiles listed in Mercer's accounts with, 196
Dick, William, 51
dish, 39;
chafing, 17;
oblong, 136;
sugar, 39;
brass, 17;
pewter, 25, 39, 160 (illustr.);
silver, 39;
stoneware, 136
doctor, 41, 46 (_See also_ medicine)
Dogge, John, 17
Donaldson, Captain, 31
door knobs, 39;
brass, 167
doors, 37, 38 (illustr.)
Downham, William, 184
Drains, Mr., 62
ducks, 25
Dulaney, Daniel, 31
Dunmore, Lord, 63

earthenware, 13, 16, 17, 20, 25, 129
"agate," 108, 173
black-glazed, 119, 139
Buckley, 72, 107, 111, 113, 114, 126-128, 130 (illustr.), 173
combed ware, 126, 173
creamware, 111, 141, 173
marbled, 138-139
molded-rim type, 125-126
North Devon gravel-tempered, 111, 126, 173
pearlware, 140 (illustr.), 141
polychrome, 140, 143
queensware, 139 (illustr.), 140
redware, 114, 125-126, 128
shell-edged, 140, 141-142
Tidewater type, 73, 111, 124-125 (illustr.), 173
tortoiseshell ware, 128 (illustr.), 139
transfer-printed, 143-144
whiteware, 112, 140 (illustr.), 173
yellowware, 107, 111, 126, 128 (illustr.)
(_See also_ specific forms)
Edgeley, ----, 16
education, 34;
hornbook, 33, 34;
slate, 156, 158;
slate pencil, 111, 156, 158;
tutor, 34
(_See also_ College of William and Mary)
Edwards, Elizabeth, 39
_Elizabeth_ (ship), 26
Elizabeth City Courthouse, 9
Elliot, George (turner), 36, 96
Elzey, Thomas, 117
Emo, Lord Leonardo, 98