Museum Object Number2018.0023 |
Book (Workbook)
Books
Gift of Jane and Gerald Katcher
Job Jones (Maker)
Born in 1751, Job Jones was the son of Hezekiah and Lavinia (Shinn) Jones of Burlington County, New Jersey. Married Sarah Campion on November 23, 1775. Their daughter Mary Jones was born on August 16, 1781. Served as chief mate on the brig Charming Polly from Philadelphia, on which he made two voyages from Cape Henlopen (the southernmost cape of the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware) to Jamaica, the first in March of 1766 and the second in January of 1767. Attended the following Meeting Houses: Monthly - Mount Holly Yearly - Philadelphia
1751
May 8, 1836
Burlington, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
The drawings in the book were made aboard ship on his two voyages from Cape Henlopen (the southernmost cape of the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware) to Jamaica.
1767
Quaker; Maritime; Animals
Paper (wove); Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted
12.75 (H) , 7.5 (W) , 0.75 (D)
32.385 (H) , 19.05 (W) , 1.905 (D)
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