THE UNWELCOME CUSTOMER. August 17, 1772 Publisher: J. Smith Publisher: Robert Sayer (1725-1794) After work by: John Collet (1725?-1780) Engraver: James Caldwell Origin: England, London http://tinyurl.com/6plrzuh Colonial Williamsburg Collections

SHOP-LIFTER DETECTED APRIL 25, 1778 Publisher: Robert Sayer & John Bennett After work by: John Collet (1725?-1780) Origin: England, London http://tinyurl.com/cdo7sj9 Colonial Williamsburg Collections

PETER FIG Artist Unknown Late 18th-Century http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw75721/Peter-Fig National Portrait Gallery (UK)

ELIJAH BOARDMAN, 1789 Ralph Earl Oil on Canvas http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1979.395 Metropolitan Museum of Art

THE CONFECTIONER John Souter at the Juvenile Library The Book of English Trades, and Library of the Useful Arts, 1818 http://flic.kr/p/5s1Wup

THE DRAPER’S SHOP Daniel Chodowiecki 18th-century Published in Elementarwerk by Johann B. Basedown, 1774.

A DEALER IN TIN WARE Christoph Kilian c.1740s Published in The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes. France, 1700-1789. By Paul Lacroix

WILLIAM COATS ADVERTISEMENT John Dunlap Philadelphia, 1772 http://flic.kr/p/5s1X2R Library Company of Philadelphia

TARPLEY, THOMPSON & CO. WILLIAMSBURG c.1760 Broadside http://tinyurl.com/c9798el Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Views of Historic Stores

Drummond Store, Accomack County, Virginia c. Early 19th Century Frances Benjamin Johnston Carnegie Survey of the South, 1930 - 1939 Library of Congress, LC-J7-VA- 1020 [P&P], LC-DIG-csas-04007 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/csas200904069/resource/

Frank Hill’s Old Store, Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia c. Early 19th Century Frances Benjamin Johnston Carnegie Survey of the South, 1927 - 1929 Library of Congress, LC-J7-VA- 2806 [P&P], LC-DIG-csas-05870 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.17599/

Marmion Store, King George County, Virginia c. Third Quarter, 18th Century Frances Benjamin Johnston Carnegie Survey of the South, 1935 Library of Congress LC-J7-VA- 1931 [P&P], LC-DIG-csas-04944 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/csas.04944/

Farish Print Shop, Port Royal, Virginia c. Third Quarter, 18th Century Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Research, 1979

White’s Store, Isle of Wight, Virginia c. Late 18th Century Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Research, 1981 Photo by Ed Chapell

Prentis Store, Williamsburg, Virginia c.1740 - Restored by Colonial Williamsburg Photo by Jennifer Glass

Brown Silversmith Shop - Fredericksburg, Virginia c.1785, unrestored Photo by Jennifer Glass

Views of Store Interiors

Shelving Detail Greenhow Store Williamsburg, Virginia Reconstructed - Colonial Williamsburg Photo by Jennifer Glass

Storekeeper Behind the Counter Greenhow Store Williamsburg, Virginia Reconstructed - Colonial Williamsburg Photo by Jennifer Glass

Reconstructed Counting Room Greenhow Store, Williamsburg Virginia Reconstructed - Colonial Williamsburg Photo by Jennifer Glass

Interior Shelving With Pigeon Holes White’s Store, Isle of Wightl, Virginia c. Late 18th Century Photo by Jeff Klee http://www.flickr.com/photos/7240095@N02/6131322044

Knight Store 1812 store room with early barrels Moved from Vermont to Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts Photo by Jeff Klee http://www.flickr.com/photos/7240095@N02/3485643981/

Views of Architectural Details

Bowfront Display Window Sign of the Rhinoceros, Williamsburg Virginia Reconstructed - Colonial Williamsburg Photo by Jennifer Glass

Glazed Shop Door Ficklen-Brown Store, Fredericksburg, Virginia c. 1840 Photo by Jennifer Glass

Limewashed Cellar Framing Ficklen-Brown Store, Fredericksburg, Virginia c.1840 Photo by Jennifer Glass

Historic Documents

Merchant Advertisement Merchant Advertisement Virginia Herald Virginia Herald Fredericksburg, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia August, 9, 1796 February 14, 1797

Merchant Advertisement Merchant Advertisement Virginia Herald Virginia Herald Fredericksburg, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia July 18, 1796 September 8, 1796

Merchant Advertisement Virginia Herald Fredericksburg, Virginia August 26, 1826

Merchant Advertisement Merchant Advertisement Virginia Herald Virginia Herald Fredericksburg, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia June, 22, 1802 December 20, 1826

Milton Murray Daybook (Note: This is just a placeholder image until better photos can be taken) Mathews County, Virginia Mid-19th Century

Unfinished Correspondence James Shipley Daybook Mathews County, Virginia Mid-19th Century

Baldwin Foster 1860 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia Page 36

Leonidas James - Merchant 1860 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia Page 37

William Shuttice - Physician & Farmer 1860 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia Page 31