[Illustration: LEAD BALE CLIPS USED FOR SEALING BALES OF WOOLEN CLOTH
AND OTHER GOODS. ONCE A CLIP HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO A BALE IT ATTESTED
THAT THE GOODS WERE OF AN APPROVED QUALITY AND LENGTH OR AMOUNT.]
[Illustration: THIS 1,300-POUND IRON PILEDRIVER USED FOR DRIVING PILES
IN THE BUILDING OF SMALL WHARVES WAS FOUND AT JAMESTOWN.]
[Illustration: BUILDING A WHARF, ABOUT 1650. (Conjectural sketch by
Sidney E. King.)]
Piers and Wharfs.--In order to accommodate such large sailing vessels,
piers and wharfs had to be built at Jamestown. A 1,300-pound iron
piledriver was found in the basement of a 17th-century building in 1955.
It was probably used three centuries ago for driving piles in the James
River during construction of a small wharf.
Worshipping
The Jamestown colonists were, for the most part, religious and
God-fearing people. The majority were members of the Church of England.
One of the first settlers, the Rev. Robert Hunt, was an ordained
minister of that church. Whenever possible, services were held every
morning and evening, and sermons delivered twice on Sundays.
A few ornamental brass book clasps excavated near Jamestown may have
been used on early Bibles and Prayer Books.
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