Zachary Lewis Account Book, 1762-1775.

Access and use

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
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Zachary Lewis Account Book, Manuscript MS 86.11, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Zachary Lewis; 1731-1803.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Zachary Lewis Account Book, Manuscript MS 86.11, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Account book of Zachary Lewis, documents an eighteenth-century Virginia jewelry/watchmaking business and the uses of gold, silver, and crystal in the repair or creation of jewelry and watches. Account book lists names of customers; repair, purchase, or service; and payment for services by cash or trade. Included are accounts of Robert Bullard, Nat. Dandridge, Patrick Henry, James Littlepage, James Madison, John Marshall, and John Waller. Also listed are several members of the Coleman, Dabney, Darracott, Fleming, Garret, Goodloe, Graves, Herndon, Johnson, Lewis, Madison, Meriwether, Minor, Robinson, Shackelford, Smith, Stubblefield, Thompson, Waller, Walton, Winston, and Woodroof families.

Biographical / historical:

Zachary Lewis (1731-1803), son of Zachary Lewis, Sr., was a jeweller and watchmaker.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1986.
Physical description:
5 items.