Box 4
Contains 121 Results:
Messrs Mutter & Brown, Grassy Creek, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1788 October 4
Articles requested by him.
R. Hylton, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1788 October 12
His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.
Thomas Vaughan, Sheriffs Dell, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1788 November 3
Court matters.
Thomas Edmunds, Richmond, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Corotman?, 1788 December 3
Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.
Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents, 1789
Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.
Holman Rice, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1789 January 13
Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.
Corbin Griffin, York, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1789 January 20
Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.
John Ingram, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 February 9
Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.
Campbell Wheeler, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith ?, 1789 February 9
Purchase of some wine.
John Moss, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 February 11
Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.
Peyton Short, Fayettes, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 February 12
His illness since arriving in Louisville. "Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky." High price of uncultivated land "owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country." General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.
S Hogg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 February 16
Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.
Thomas Walker, Surrey County, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 February 16
About some money due to his wife.
Holman Rice, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1789 February 22
Personal matters.
Calculation of Sir Peyton Skipwith's ? of tobacco sales for the previous year, 1789 March 10
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Edward Carrington, Powhatan, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1789 March 15
About the purchase of some land.
George Purdie, Smithfield, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1789 March 25
Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help "but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country."
Ralph Hylton, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Elm Hill, Mecklenburg County, 1789 March 29
Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.
John Stark Ravenscroft, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va, to his aunt, Lady Jean Skipwith, Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, Va., 1789 March 30
Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.
Dawes, Stephenson & Co, London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 April 4
Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.
Samuel Goode, to Lady Skipwith, Elm Hill, 1789 April 10
Hop roots.
Messrs. Stott & Donaldson, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 April 10
Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.
John Young, Senior, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 April 16
Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20
Messrs. Mutter & Brown, Grassy Creek, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 April 23
Supply of various goods.
George Hay, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1789 May 5
Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.