Marlborough in its dcsccnl to an overseer's quarters. may be assumed to date from John Mercer's period. 



Later 19th-century wares are insignificant in quantity In general, the artifacts illustrate the best of house- 



or in their relation to the histor>- of Marlborough. hold equipment available in 18th-century Virginia, 



Tool and hardware forms are less diagnostic. Most of and the tools and hardware indicate the c.xtensive- 



them correspond to ledger entries and to the 1771 ness of the plantation's acti\-ities and its hea\y reli- 



inventory, so, without contradictory evidence, they ance on blacksmith work. 



