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A list of disbursements from the ship Pocahontas at Liverpool, England, 1807

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id151351
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Logbooks, account books and accounts, 1807-1841, of Christopher Tompkins kept while captain of ship "Pocahontas", 1807-1809, and while running a general merchandise store in Mathews Co., Va. Includes typed excerpts from a memoir of Tompkins compiled by his son, Christopher Quarles Tompkins in 1860 and twenty-one pages from an account book listing foodstuffs of A. Y. P. Garnett, surgeon in Sally Tompkins' Confederate hospital, Robertson Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War.

Dates: 1807

Foxes and sons, Falmouth, England, to Christopher Tompkins, Norfolk, Virginia, 1815 July 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id151352
Scope and Contents

A printed circular expressing congratulations on the "restoration of peace between the two countries" in an attempt to restore trade following the War of 1812.

Dates: 1815 July 8

"Excerpts from the memoir of Christopher Tompkins of Mathews County compiled by his son, Christopher Tompkins...", 1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id151353
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Logbooks, account books and accounts, 1807-1841, of Christopher Tompkins kept while captain of ship "Pocahontas", 1807-1809, and while running a general merchandise store in Mathews Co., Va. Includes typed excerpts from a memoir of Tompkins compiled by his son, Christopher Quarles Tompkins in 1860 and twenty-one pages from an account book listing foodstuffs of A. Y. P. Garnett, surgeon in Sally Tompkins' Confederate hospital, Robertson Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War.

Dates: 1860

Logbook, 1807

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id151355
Scope and Contents

Of Christopher Tompkins, master of the ship Pocahontas detailing a voyage from Nortfolk, Virginia to Liverpool, England and the return voyage to Baltimore, Md..Including a record of salt delivered to Baltimore at end of Volume. Also including a record of laborers, riggers, and carpenters employed for working on the ship in Norfolk, Virginia on last page of volume. See Oversize File. (Note: volume could not be placed in Manuscript Volumes oversize).

Dates: 1807

Logbook, 1809

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id151356
Scope and Contents

Of Christopher Tompkins, master of the ship Pocahontas bound for Norfolk, Virginia to Arandel sic Arundel, England, detailing stops in Cadiz Roads, Spain and London, End., and the return voyage to Philadelphia, Pa..

Dates: 1809

Ledger, 1814-1818

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id151358
Scope and Contents

Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing accounts for the ship Lucy Ann, including household items, cloth, liquor, and foos, and arranged by name of customer.

Dates: 1814-1818

Ledger, 1816-1818

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id151360
Scope and Contents

Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing account for the ship Lucy Ann, including household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged by name of customer.

Dates: 1816-1818

Journal, 1819-1820

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id151362
Scope and Contents

Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 1819-1820