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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2003 Special Collections staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Jameson Family Papers, 1756-1872. MS 70.1 3 items. English Jameson Family. Thomas Jameson, 1745-1771. Dorothea Graham Jameson Ayres, 1768-1848. David Jameson, Jr. Administrative Information Access

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Jameson Family Papers, Manuscript MS 70.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

 Acquisition Information

Gift, 1970.

 Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1317.1.

 Biographical/Historical Information

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.

 Scope and Content Information

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.

 Arrangement

Chronologically arranged.

 Additional Descriptive Data Bibliography

David Jameson's letter is quoted in:

William and Mary Quarterly, 1st series, VIII. 1899-1901: 254. Index Terms Family Names: Jameson family. Persons: Ayres, Dorothea Graham Jameson, 1768-1848. Ayres, Samuel. Jameson, David, Jr. Jameson, Thomas, 1745- 1771. Robinson, John, 1704-1766. Tyler, John, 1742-1823. Subjects: Arithmetic--Early works to 1900.