A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 33.1
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Humphrey Harwood Account Book, Manuscript MS 33.1, John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1933.
Alternative Form
Also available on microfilm (M-50) and as photocopies
(PH/02/04 and PH/02/05)
Humphrey Harwood (d. 1788), was a brickmaker and builder in
Williamsburg, Va., who worked for many residents of
Williamsburg and its vicinity and on most of the public
buildings of the town.
Account book of Humphrey Harwood (d. 1788). Ledgers C and D
contain the accounts of Harwood's estate, which were settled
by his son, William (1768-1794), and by an unidentified
person. Among people for whom Harwood worked were John Ambler,
James Anderson, Samuel Beall, John Blair, Lewis Burwell,
Nathaniel Burwell, William Byrd III, James Carter, Dr. William
Carter, Richard Charlton, John Coke, Jesse Cole, Alexander
Craig, John M. Galt I, Robert Greenhow, Mrs. Hallam, Mrs.
Margaret Hunter, Philip Moody, Mary Stith, Richard Taliaferro,
John Travis, St. George Tucker, Benjamin Waller, Thomas
Wharton, and George Wythe.