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Sower, Christopher, 1695-1758. Bible, 1763.

Title: Bible, 1763.

Several pages of a Bible originally published by Christopher Sauer of Germantown, Pa., printed on paper produced in Williamsburg, Va., by William Parks. Includes part of Chapter 9 and all of Chapters 10-13 of Nehemiah and Chapters 1-3 of Esther.

ArchivalResource: 8 p. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14053773 View

Hunter, William, d. 1761. Printing office journal, 1750-1752.

Title: Printing office journal, 1750-1752.

Journal of William Hunter's printing office. Accounts with Williamsburg residents and others for printing, advertisements in the Virginia Gazette, bookbinding, postage and stationery. Includes Hunter's household accounts. Types of books represented in the journal include novels, lawbooks, Virginia Almanacks, Bibles, prayer books, cyphering books and other printed items.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26924868 View

Leases to John Blair and John Dixon, 1746-1750.

Title: Leases to John Blair and John Dixon, 1746-1750.

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00160.xml View

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

Hoffman, Paul P.,. Virginia Gazette daybooks, 1750-1766 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: Virginia Gazette daybooks, 1750-1766 (inclusive), [microform].

The two daybooks contain the records of the daily transactions of the printing office founded by William Parks for the years 1750-1752 and 1764-1766. Records of the sales and distribution of the newspapers are included as is the sale of advertising space. The printing business also functioned as the leading and, probably, the only bookseller in the colony, and among the entries are ones describing the purchase of books, the price paid, and the purchaser.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145079203 View

Virginia Gazette. Daybooks, 1750-1752, 1764-1766.

Title: Daybooks, 1750-1752, 1764-1766.

These daybooks contain the daily business transactions of the printing office founded in Williamsburg, VA by William Parks (1730), run by William Hunter (1750-1761), and taken over by Joseph Royle in 1761. Includes sales of and advertising in the newspaper "Virginia Gazette," sale of books and other reading material, and postage costs (as the newspaper office was also the Williamsburg post office).

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122568222 View

Complete Mariner, 1731.

Title: Complete Mariner, 1731.

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00074.xml View

Virginia Gazette. Daybooks, 1750 July 28 - 1752 June 27; 1764 January - 1766 January.

Title: Daybooks, 1750 July 28 - 1752 June 27; 1764 January - 1766 January.

These records contain two daybooks; the first, 1750-1752, kept by William Hunter, and the second, 1764-1766, kept by Joseph Royle. The daybooks list sales of paper, printing services, books, and advertising for the Gazette.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86162653 View

Williamsburg (Va.). Court of Directors. Leases to John Blair and John Dixon.

Title: Leases to John Blair and John Dixon. 1746-1750.

Concerns leases on two lots in Market Square, Williamsburg, Virginia. Includes names of two mayors of the town (George Gilmer and John Harmer), the recorder (Benjamin Waller), and several aldermen (John Amson, Gilmer, Walter King, William Parks, William Prentis, and Peyton Randolph). The names of adjoining lessors in the square are also given.

ArchivalResource: [4] p. ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9237501 View

Swem, E. G.,. William Parks [scrapbook].

Title: William Parks [scrapbook].

Materials concern William Parks' work as a printer in Williamsburg, Va.; include reproductions of his work.

ArchivalResource: [2] typescript leaves, [10] copies of microfilm pages, [1] newspaper clipping, [1] journal clipping, [11] photocopies ; 28 cm. and smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80957478 View

Bible excerpt, 1763.

Title: Bible excerpt, 1763.

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00187.xml View