Jameson Family Papers, 1756-1872.

Location of collection:

Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

P.O. Box 1776

Williamsburg, VA 23187

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Douglas Mayo

Email: dmayo@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8521

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Summary

Creator:

Jameson Family. Thomas Jameson, 1745-1771. Dorothea Graham Jameson Ayres, 1768-1848. David Jameson, Jr.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Arithmetic exercise book containing examples of worked problems and a section for the student to practice. Inscribed on both recto and verso "Thomas Jameson His Book 1756," and near the spine "D. Grayham Jameson her Cyphering book October the 5th [l]780[?]." Written inside the covers of the volume are the names Dolly Graham Jameson, Graham Jameson, and "Thomas Jameson 1760, Williamsburg, etc---."

The two pieces include a letter, May 13, 1795, D[avi]d Jameson, Jr., Caroline [County, Va.], to Samuel [Ayres], n.p., concerning money due from Speaker Robinson's estate and from John Tyler. The second piece is a nineteenth-century religious poem.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Jameson (1745-1771) married Mary Robinson, daughter of Thomas Robinson, grammar school master at the College of William and Mary from 1742 to ante 1763. Thomas and Mary had a daughter, Dorothea ("Dolly") Graham Jameson (1768-1848), who married Samuel Ayres, a Kentucky silversmith, in 1792.

Acquisition information:

Gift, 1970.

Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:

3 items.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Arithmetic--Early works to 1900.