William Davies

• formal_name:
• first_date: 1802
• last_date: 1802
• function: Apprentice
• locales: Alexandria
• precis: Apprentice in the Alexandria printing office of John (438) and James D. Westcott (437).
• notes: Apprentice
  Alexandria
  Apprentice in the Alexandria printing office of John (438) and James D. Westcott (437).
  Davies is only a fleeting presence in the historical record; he appears but once, in a notice in the Westcotts' newspaper – The Times and District of Columbia Daily Advertiser – in March 1802 reporting his flight from their office. That single glimpse and a not uncommon name make a fuller identification of Davies impossible without more direct evidence.
  
  
  No Personal Data yet found.
  
  Sources: Artisans & Merchants; run away notice in Alexandria Times, 24 Mar 1802.
  
• Related Bios:
  • James Diament Westcott, Sr.
  • John Sr. Westcott

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