Decorated brass book clasps found near Jamestown which may have been used on an early Bible or prayer book
The officials of the Virginia Company of London, admonishing the first settlers to serve and fear God in order to plant a successful and prosperous colony, advised:
Lastly and chiefly the way to prosper and achieve good success is to make yourselves all of one mind for the good of your country and your own, and to serve and fear God the Giver of all Goodness, for every plantation which our Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted out.
Seemingly the advice was carried out, for from the small settlement on a tiny island in the James River grew a great and mighty nation.
Communion silver used in the Jamestown church after 1661. Both the chalice and paten were made in London, and donated to the church by Lt. Gov. Francis Morrison (or Moryson) in 1661. On both pieces is the legend: “Mixe not holy thinges with profane.”
Select Bibliography
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- ——. “Lime Preparation at Jamestown in the Seventeenth Century.” William and Mary College Quarterly, pp. 1-12. January 1938.
- ——. “Notes on the Use of Pewter in Virginia During the Seventeenth Century.” William and Mary College Quarterly, pp. 227-241. April 1938.
- Bruce, Phillip Alexander. Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. 2 Vols. New York. Peter Smith. 1935.
- Forman, Henry Chandler. Jamestown and St. Mary’s. Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins Press. 1938.
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- Harrington, J.C. Glassmaking at Jamestown. Richmond, Va. The Dietz Press, Inc. 1952.
- ——. “Seventeenth Century Brickmaking and Tilemaking at Jamestown, Virginia.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, pp. 16-39. January 1950.
- ——. “Some Delft Tiles Found at Jamestown.” The Magazine Antiques, pp. 36-37. January 1951.
- ——. “Tobacco Pipes from Jamestown.” Quarterly Bulletin Archeological Society of Virginia, June 1951.
- Honey, William B. European Ceramic Art from the end of the Middle Ages to about 1815. New York. 1949.
- ——. Glass: A Handbook and a Guide to the Museum Collection. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1946.
- Hudson, J. Paul. “The Story of Iron at Jamestown, Virginia—Where Iron Objects Were Wrought by Englishmen Almost 350 Years Ago.” The Iron Worker, pp. 2-14. Summer 1956.
- —— and C. Malcolm Watkins. “How Pottery Was Made at Jamestown, Virginia—Where Englishmen First Made Earthenware Vessels in the New World Over Three Hundred Years Ago.” The Magazine Antiques. January 1957.
- Innocent, C.F. Development of English Building Construction. University Press. Cambridge, England. 1916.
- Lane, Arthur. A Guide to the Collection of Tiles. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. 1939.
- Peterson, Charles E. “Some Recent Discoveries at Jamestown.” The Magazine Antiques, pp. 192-194. May 1936.
- Peterson, Harold L. Arms and Armor in Colonial America. Stackpole Company. Harrisburg, Pa. 1956.
- Sonn, Albert H. Early American Wrought Iron. 3 Vols. Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York. 1928.
- Watkins, C. Malcolm. “The Lamps of Colonial America.” The Magazine Antiques, pp. 187-191. October 1937.
Other publications of the National Park Service relating to Jamestown
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