Mss. 39.4 V82ci Jamestown

Scope and content:

Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection. Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces.

Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of "The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619." (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items.

Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces.

Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats.

Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.

Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.

Photograph of a section of the church yard. Undated. 1 piece.

Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.

Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces.

Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.

Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.

Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.

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College of William and Mary
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