Colonial Literacy
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Butterworth
The back of the Benjamin A. Butterworth's Deed of Emancipation.
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Edmund Dickenson
The last Will and Testament of Williamsburg cabinetmaker Edmund Dickenson, March 28, 1778.
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Edmund Dickenson
Notation of Edmund Dickenson's "balance of full pay," July 7, 1783. Dickenson served at Valley Forge and was killed during the war.
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Susan Riddick
Susan Riddick's penmanship on "Her Book," May 6, 1804.
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Susan Riddick
A poem by Susan Riddick of Williamsburg, May 6, 1804.
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John Dickenson's will
John Dickenson leaves his "soul to Almighty God" and his estate to "beloved wife Mary Dickenson," June 8, 1801.
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John Dickenson's will, page 2
On the will's second page, John Dickenson "set my hand and affixes my Seal," June 8, 1801.
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Codicil to John Dickenson's will
John Dickenson's codicil to his will leaves "my Negroes" to nephew William Chapman, Sept. 21, 1801.
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