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Box 7

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Contains 124 Results:

Thomas Bennett Ship Captain, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1803 January 26

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 90
Identifier: id132444
Scope and Contents

Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson & Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.

Dates: 1803 January 26

Francis Williamson to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg, 1803 February 2

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 91
Identifier: id132445
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.

Dates: 1803 February 2

Thomas Bennett Ship Captain, Petersburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1803 April 5

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 95
Identifier: id132449
Scope and Contents

Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson & Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.

Dates: 1803 April 5

Messrs. Grayson & Noble, London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1803 May 18

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 96
Identifier: id132450
Scope and Contents

State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.

Dates: 1803 May 18

Am? Van Bibber, North End, Matthews County, Va., to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1803 September 3

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 100a
Identifier: id132455
Scope and Contents

Purchase of some slaves, and "grazing" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.

Dates: 1803 September 3

Messrs. Grayson & Noble, London, to Sir peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1803 September 12

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 101
Identifier: id132456
Scope and Contents

Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe "notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe & other restrictions on commerce."

Dates: 1803 September 12