A Guide to the Samuel Marston Daybook, 1766-1774
A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 80.3.2
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Preferred Citation
Samuel Marston Daybook, Manuscript 80.3.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1980.
Alternative Form
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
- Marston, Samuel.
- Labor and laboring classes--England--History--18th century.
- Daybooks