PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00014::Guide to the Samuel Marston Daybook//EN" "viwc00014xml]" A Guide to the Samuel Marston Daybook, 1766-1774 Marston, Samuel, Daybook, 1766-1774 MS 80.3.2 Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2002 By the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All rights reserved.

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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2002 Special Collections staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Samuel Marston Daybook, 1766-1774. MS 80.3.2 1 vol. (24 p.) English Samuel Marston Administrative Information Access

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Samuel Marston Daybook, Manuscript 80.3.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Purchase, 1980.

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Also available on microfilm (M-1585)

 Biographical/Historical Information

Samuel Marston was an English laborer, possibly itinerant, of the 18th century.

 Scope and Content Information

Manuscript record, probably of English origin, of services carried out, individuals for whom services were performed, and payments received. Services rendered include hoeing, mowing, sowing flax, cultivating corn, planting, plowing, shearing sheep, making mortar and building stone walls, cutting and hauling wood, hauling bricks and iron ore, framing, working on wells and dams, tending coal pits, and working on roads. A hymn by Dr. Watts appears on one of the pages. Place names mentioned are Brintwood, Chester, and Exeter.

 Index Terms Persons: Marston, Samuel. Subjects: Labor and laboring classes--England--History--18th century. Genre and Form Terms: Daybooks