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Box 8

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Contains 100 Results:

1805-1810

 File — Box: 8
Identifier: id132486
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.

Dates: 1760-1977

Grayson & Noble, London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1805 February 15

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: id132502
Scope and Contents

Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.

Dates: 1805 February 15

Robert Gamble of Richmond to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1805 March 8

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Identifier: id132510
Scope and Contents

Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.

Dates: 1805 March 8

Low and Wallace, New York, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, Va., 1805 March 25

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Identifier: id132512
Scope and Contents

Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.

Dates: 1805 March 25

B. Marshall, Marshallsville, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1805 April 1

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: id132514
Scope and Contents

Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.

Dates: 1805 April 1

Messrs. Grayson & Noble, London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, Va., 1805 April 10

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: id132517
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for "home consumption."

Dates: 1805 April 10

James Maury, Liverpool, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, 1805 April 11

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16
Identifier: id132518
Scope and Contents

Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.

Dates: 1805 April 11

W. Baskervill, ? Grove, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Elm Hill, 1805 April 17

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: id132519
Scope and Contents

Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.

Dates: 1805 April 17

William Cunningham, Prestwould, to Thomas Bennett, 1805 July 20

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 23
Identifier: id132862
Scope and Contents

Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson & Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.

Dates: 1805 July 20

Messrs. Grayson & Noble, London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Prestwould, Mecklenburg County, Va., 1805 July 26

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 24
Identifier: id132863
Scope and Contents

Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.

Dates: 1805 July 26