PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00406:: John Lyle Diary, ca. 1783)//EN" "viwc00406.xml" A Guide to the John Lyle Diary, ca. 1783 Diary, John Lyle MS 2003.8 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/29/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the John Lyle Diary, ca. 1783 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2003.8

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Diary ca. 1783 MS 2003.8 On site. 1 item. English Lyle, John, fl. 1783 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

John Lyle Diary, Manuscript #MS 2003.8, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2003

Biographical/Historical Information

None available.

Scope and Content

The diary, dating to 1783, belonged to shoemaker John Lyle, a resident of Essex County, Virginia. It is a record detailing the names of persons from whom he had received commissions and the amount of payments, as well as notes to himself and a very brief war record. Collection also includes Lyle's military discharge. Lyle was discharged after 8 years of loyal service to His Majesty's army. He served in the 71st regiment under Major General Thomas Stirling and Captain Alexander MacLeod. The seat of the regiment was in Jamaica.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Lyle, John, fl. 1783 Stirling, Thomas MacLeod, Alexander, fl. 1780 Subjects: Shoemakers-Virginia-Essex County Geographical Names: United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783