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Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Biographical information of John Clayton [manuscript] ca. 1964.

Title: Biographical information of John Clayton [manuscript] ca. 1964.

Biographical notes of this English naturalist and clergyman are by John Cook Wyllie [8 l. 28 cm.]--The following works have manuscript notes by Wyllie: Robert Boyle's works 1772, vol. 6 [3 l. 28 cm.], Sloan manuscript 1008, ff334-335r [7 l. 28 cm.], The philosophical transactions for the year 1693-94, 1712, 1715, 1732-44; and Clayton's observations concerning Virginia [ca. 35 l. 31 cm.].

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647950423 View

Sabin, Frank T.,. An account of the Indians in Virginia : and of some remarkable things in that country / collected out of some letters from a minister in Virginia : some few things are inserted concerning the English there, & the bucaniers in some places of America.

Title: An account of the Indians in Virginia : and of some remarkable things in that country / collected out of some letters from a minister in Virginia : some few things are inserted concerning the English there, & the bucaniers in some places of America. an dom 1689.

Notes compiled in England, probably extracted from letters written in Virginia by John Clayton, a Jamestown, Va., minister from 1684 to 1686 and a successful tobacco planter, who by 1688 had returned to a parish in England.

ArchivalResource: [2], 44 p., bound ; 19 cm.

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The complete mariner : or a treatise of navigation trigonometrically, by logarithmetical numbers, and the geometrical construction by scale and compass. Also, the orthographic projection of the sphere astronomically, 1731.

Title: The complete mariner : or a treatise of navigation trigonometrically, by logarithmetical numbers, and the geometrical construction by scale and compass. Also, the orthographic projection of the sphere astronomically, 1731.

Manuscript treatise or classroom notes on navigation with title page printed in Williamsburg, Virignia on February the 18th, 1731 by William Parks for the library of James Hubard. Also includes "Tobacco Ships in Caps [?] Clark 1765," with a list of the number of hogsheads received from James Hubard, Sr., John Clayton, Sr., Dr. George Johnston, Thomas Walker, Thomas Whiting; and a memorandum on the debt of Mordacai Booth.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (57 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25382722 View

Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Description of fencing at Jamestown by Reverend John Clayton in a letter to Robert Boyle, 1685.

Title: Description of fencing at Jamestown by Reverend John Clayton in a letter to Robert Boyle, 1685.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 17 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9897696 View

Jamestown (Va.). Papers, 1629-1952.

Title: Papers, 1629-1952.

Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Includes promotional literature advertising the site as a tourist attraction; engraving of the landing at Jamestown; print, 1828, depicting the first legislative assembly in America (taken from Goodrich's History of the United States of America); photostat of pages from court journal, 1629, of James City County, Va.; photostat, of letter, 1688 August 17, of John Clayton, which contains description and map of Jamestown Island; and copy of article, n.d., written by George C. Gregory concerning loghouses at Jamestown. Also includes deed, 1682, from John Page to William Sherwood, photographs of archaeological digs, photographs of artifacts; architectural sketch of monument and commonplace book, n.d., which includes an engraving of Jamestown.

ArchivalResource: 54 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26289186 View

Complete Mariner, 1731.

Title: Complete Mariner, 1731.

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Ebeling, Christophe Daniel, 1741-1817. Auszüge aus Brickel & Claiton : manuscript, undated.

Title: Auszüge aus Brickel & Claiton : manuscript, undated.

Autograph notes and excerpts in German translation of Brickell's The natural history of North-Carolina (publ. 1737, pp. 277-407); and Clayton's A letter from Mr. John Clayton (publ. 1694-1695, pp. 143-162).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (36 p.) ; 21 cm.

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American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.

Title: Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

Though the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection is composed of items that do not fall readily into any other existing collection, the two dominant intellectual areas represented in the collection are Early American History and History of Science.

ArchivalResource: 25.0 Linear feet

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Clayton, John, 1657-1725. Letter, [16]84 Ap[ril] 24, James Citty [James City Co., Va.] to [Edward Williamson?].

Title: Letter, [16]84 Ap[ril] 24, James Citty [James City Co., Va.] to [Edward Williamson?].

Has arrived in Virginia after twelve week voyage; General Assembly is meeting; by order of Governor and Council he is ordered to preach; describes people and colony. Requests account of all new books and experiments.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 29 x 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19609312 View