James Maury letter to Jonathan Boucher

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

James Maury letter to Jonathan Boucher, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet One legal size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James Maury letter to Jonathan Boucher, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a single letter of friendship from James Maury to Jonathan Boucher of Albemarle, Virginia. Both men were Anglican clergymen of Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

James Maury was an alumnist of the College of William & Mary and a Virginia clergyman for the Anglican church. Maury is none for his role in "the Parson's Clause" where Patrick Henry first rose to prominence for opposing Maury and supporting the General Assembly's right to establish its own clergy payment method. Maury established a classical school for boys, at which Thomas Jefferson was one of his students.

Jonathan Boucher was a clergyman for the Anglican church, as well as a teacher and philologist. Boucher taught at St. Bees School before he moved to Virginia in 1759 and became a private tutor for Virginia planter families. At the time this letter was writte, Boucher was the Rector of Hanover. Additionally, Boucher kept a school where John Parke Custis (George Washington's stepson) was one of his charges. Custis and Boucher became close friends.

This letter was written by James Maury to Jonathan Boucher, care of Colonel Thorton.

Arrangement:

The James Maury letter to Jonathan Boucher letter is arranged into one series.

Physical description:
Several large tears along fold seams that have been taped. Tearing along edges of page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard