While in New York, John Clayton lost his home of 40 years in California. To jazz bassist John Clayton, being recognized for his life in music at a ceremony hosted by Lincoln Center for the ...

Little documentary evidence about John Clayton survives largely because the British burnt down the Gloucester County Court House in Virginia where he had worked for so many years. The contents of ...

John Clayton (1694-1773) was a notable early collector of plant specimens in North America. From 1720 until his death, he was Clerk to the Court of Gloucester County in Virginia, where he collected ...