The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Lewis, Zachary, 1731-1803.
Title: Account
book [copy]
Dates: 1762-1775
Call No.: Doc. 1457
Acc. No.: 06x89
Quantity: 1 compact disk
Location: 31 J
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Zachary Lewis (1731-1803) was
the son of Zachary Lewis, Sr. He was a
jeweler and watchmaker in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Account book of jeweler and watchmaker Zachary Lewis, covering 1762-1775. The book lists names of customers; repair, purchase, or service rendered; and payment for services by cash or trade. Gold, silver, and crystal were used in the repair or creation of watches and jewelry. Customers included Patrick Henry, James Madison, and John Marshall.
Downs Collection has digital images of this volume on a CD. Prints of most of the images are available; users needing larger images may request to use the CD. (Front and back covers and some scraps of paper laid into the volume which bear only numbers but no text were not printed out.) The original volume is held by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Compact disk purchased from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Clock and watch makers - Virginia.
Clock and watch making -
Jewelers - Virginia.
Merchants -
Business records -
Account books.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 31 J
Name index to Doc. 1457
(acc. 06x89)
Acuff,
Timothy 39
Acuff,
Cain 45
Almand,
John 41
Anderson,
Matthew 4, 46
Anderson,
William 44
Arnold,
Benj'a 27
Arnold,
Edmund 34
Baker,
Thomas 53
Barksdale,
Wm. 8
Barret,
Robt. (Rev.) 1
Barret,
Charles 34
Baynham,
(Doctr.) 43
Beard,
John 16
Becheton,
John 47
Berger,
John 9
Bibb,
Bibb,
Robert 35
Bichley,
John 4
Bohannon,
Ambrose 25
Bradburn,
John 20
Bradburn,
Isaac 20
Brownson,
Martha (contra) 15
Buchannon,
Henry 33
Bullard,
Ambrose 33
Bullard,
Robt. 5, 37, (contra) 2
Bullet,
Cuthbert 11
Bulloch,
James 21
Cain,
Bamet 34
Car,
John 10
Carnahan,
John 36
Carr,
Betsy 29
Carr,
Samuel 54
Carter,
Edward 12
Carter,
George 51
Carter,
John 33
Carthrae,
John 15, (contra) 48
Cason,
(Mrs.) 42
Champ,
William 17
Charles
(Old Charles), the mulatto 54
Chen,
John 16
Chin,
John (Sheriff) (contra) 14
Chrutchfield,
Stapleton 41
Clayton,
John 41
Cole,
John 13
Coleman,
Caleb 49
Coleman,
Cleson 53
Coleman,
Eliz. 30
Coleman,
James 2
Coleman,
Nicey 42
Coleman,
Richard 15
Coleman,
Robt. 12
Collin,
(Mr.) 21
Colson,
Thos. (contra) 20
Cook,
Thomas 33
Cosby,
Charles 28
Crane,
John 53
Crenshaw,
Charles 25
Culliam,
Thos. 19
Curtis,
Rice 8
Curtis,
Rice, Jr. 51
Dabney,
(Mr.) 10
Dabney,
George (Capt.) [no page number given]
Dabney,
John (Capt.) 38
Dandridge,
Nat (
Darracott,
John 8
Darracott,
Thomas 2
Darracott,
William 8, (contra) 28
Dawson,
Musgrove 5
Divers,
James 30
Doswell,
Thomas 51
Duerson,
Joseph 33
Durret,
George 28
Durret,
Rich'd 23
Easter,
Arbam 11
Edward,
(Doctor) 10
Ellis,
Bartlet 24
Emerson,
Anne 44
Eperson,
John 46
Eperson,
Paul 8
Estes,
Abraham 42
Farish,
Letty 17
Fearson,
William 18
Finley,
David 39
Fleming,
Mourning 14
Fleming,
Wm. 51
Flemming,
Robert 28
Fontaine,
Peter (
Ford,
Christopher 31
Fraser,
James 12
Fry,
Henry 54
Garret,
John 27
Garret,
Wm. (contra) 32
Gilbert,
Henry, Jr. 46
Gilmer,
Peachy 44
Goodall,
Richard 42
Goodin,
Robt. 8
Goodloe,
George 29
Goodloe,
Robert 2
Gordon,
Charles 4
Gordon,
George 16
Green,
Wm. (
Guy,
George 7
Harper,
Joseph 47
Harris,
John 12
Hatter,
Benjamin 31
Hatter,
John 52
Hattres,
John (contra) 15
Hawkins,
John 40
Hawkins,
John (contra) 16
Hennen,
Patrick 5
Henry,
Patrick 11
Herndon,
Edward 52
Herndon,
Joseph 50
Herndon,
Zach'y 19
Hickerson,
John 53
Hodges,
Francis 29
Horn,
Nicolas 10
James,
Christopher 29
Johnson,
H. (contra) 15, 27, 51
Johnson,
Henry (contra) 41
Johnson,
Jane 50
Johnson,
Rich'd 27
Johnson,
Thomas 48
Johnson,
Wm. 51
Johnston, Agnes 25
Johnston,
Thomas 35, 43
Jones
(contra) 10
Jones,
Gabriel, Jr. 13
Kennedy,
Lewis,
Ben (contra) 3
Lewis,
John 13
Lewis,
John (
Lewis,
Walter (contra) 22
Lewis,
William 46
Littlepage,
Betty 32
Littlepage,
James (
Longan,
Augustin 12
Longan,John
Luck,
Samuel 53
Madison,
George 26
Madison,
James 20
Madison,
Samuel 21
Marshall,
John 24
Maury,
Jas. (contra) 44
McAllister,
(Mr.) 39
McClune,
Robert 30
McGeorge,
John 54
Megee,
William 16, 21
Meriwether,
Francis 32
Meriwether,
John 47
Meriwether,
Mary 36
Meriwether,
Thomas 40
Minor,
Garrett 41
Minor,
Joseph 7
Minor,
Lucy 14
Minor,
Owen 13
Minor,
Sarah 15
Minor,
Thos. (contra) 15, 29
Mitchel,
Jas. 40, (contra) 12, 22
Mitchel,
John 13
Morris,
Richard 40
Morris,
Thd. (contra) 25
Nelson,
Wm. (contra) 30
Niglesworth,
Jas. 15
Old,
John 39
Old
Charles, the mulatto 54
Oveton,
Samuel (Capt.) 47
Overton,
William 48
Owen,
Richard 53
Pannel,
Ann 23
Parish,
Joel 22
Parker,
William 6
Pemberton,
John 24
Pen,
John 40
Pendexter,
John 25
Pendleton,
Harry 19
Philips,
Richard, Jr.
Price,
John (Capt.) 9
Price,
Thomas 22
Prior,
Joseph 46
Pulliam,
Thos. 37
Quarles,
William 48
Raglan,
John 1
Raglan,
Samuel (Capt.) 46
Rawlins,
James 3
Red,
James 5
Rice,
Samuel 26
Richard,
Thomas 43
Richards,
Thos. (contra) 39
Richardson,
David 43
Roan,
John 1
Robinson,
Harry 41
Robinson,
James 5
Robinson,
John 44
Robinson,
Joseph 11
Rogers,
Lucy 50
Shackelford
(contra) 10
Shackelford,
Ambrose 31
Shackelford,
John 24
Sims,
George 3
Slaughter,
George 14
Slaughter,
John 2
Smith,
David 24
Smith,
Dorothea 42
Smith,
L. (Miss) 46
Smith,
Sarah 38
Smith,
Wm. 47, (contra) 35
Snelson,
William 6
Strother,
French 14
Stubbelfield,
Beverly 42
Stubblefield,
George 22, 48
Sutton,
William 43
Swift,
Thos. 21
Tate,
Zacheus 3
Taylor,
Richard 35
Taylor,
Robert 35
Taylor,
Thomas 40
Terril,
Harry 29
Terril,
Peter 44
Thennon,
Pat. 21
Thomason,
George 49
Thompson,
(Rev. Mr.) 18
Thompson,
William (Capt.) 20
Thornton,
Fras. (contra) 17
Thorton,
John 4
Thurston,
Wm. (contra) 16
Tickel,
(Rev'd Mr.) 29
Tod,
Charles 8
Tollen,
David 26
Tompkins,
Harry 4
Tompkins,
Robert 6
Towles,
Oliver 17, 52
Towles,
Thomas 51
Trevilian,
Thos. 27
Trig,
Judith 26
Tuerman,
John 50
Tuning,
Mrs. 31
Vass,
John 7
Vass,
Reuben 18
Venable,
Abraham 48
Walker,
John 23
Waller,
Agatha 15
Waller,
Benjamin 44
Waller,
John 3, (contra) 24
Waller,
Wm. 43
Walles,
John 34
Walton,
John 19
Walton,
Sim 7
Walton,
Simeon 14
Watson,
James 32
Watson,
John 27
Watson,
William 30
Webb,
Ann 50
White,
Wm. 41
Whitfield,
John 34
Whitten,
John 52
Willaby,
Joseph 48
William,
(Mr.) 10
Willis,
Stephen 44
Winslow,
Ben. 30
Winston,
James 6
Winston,
John 50
Winston,
(Old Mrs.) 47
Winston,
William 46
Wood,
Joseph 36
Woodroof,
Dar'd (contra) 46
Woodroof,
David 31
Woodroof,
Rachel 31
Woolfolk,
John 41
Woolfolk,
Robt. 33
Wyatt,
Thomas 16
Yancey,
John 6
Zachariah,
(Mr.) 10