Individual Biography

James Clayton

• Formal Name:
• First Date: 1764
• Last Date: 1764
• Function: Apprentice Printer
• Locales: Williamsburg
• Precis: Apprentice printer in the Williamsburg office of Joseph Royle (368) in 1764.
• Notes: Apprentice Printer
  Williamsburg
  Apprentice printer in the Williamsburg office of Joseph Royle (368) in 1764.
  Clayton is a fleeting presence in the historical record; he appears only in the records of Royle's press office during 1764. That single glimpse and a common name make a fuller identification of Clayton impossible without more direct evidence.
  
  
  No Personal Data yet discovered.
  
  Sources: Williamsburg Printing Office Daybooks, 1764-66.
  
• Related Bios:
  • Alexander Purdie, Sr.
  • Joseph Royle

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