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Box 12

 Container

Contains 54 Results:

Andrew Clours & Company, Philadelphia, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 22

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Demand for Virginia. Coal is very slow due to quantity of British coal on market. Corn prices low, Captain Fineash has employed Willing, Morris & Co. to buy his bricks. Wheat and flour prices good.

Dates: 1790 July 22

Thomas Fitt, Cocran’s Ferry, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 21

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Sends down turpentine

Dates: 1790 July 21

Daniel Miller, Norfolk to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 1

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1772-1872, of the Blow family. Chiefly business papers, 1772-1820, of Richard Blow of Portsmouth and "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and his son George Blow, Sr. and George Blow, Jr. of 'Tower Hill' and Williamsburg, Va. Richard Blow was a partner in stores in Virginia and North Carolina (trading as Richard Blow and Co., Briggs & Blow, Baker & Blow [South Quay, Nansemond County, Va.], Blow & Barksdale [Petersburg, Va.], and Blow and Scammel). He was also a plantation...
Dates: 1790 July 1

James Marsh, London, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 12

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Sailing on Bowman on 20th; dissapointed that Blow has done nothing to fit up his store in Petersburg for the reception of goods

Dates: 1790 July 12

Thomas Peter, Cabin Point, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 26

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Sloop Peggy left Lyon’s Creek with corn

Dates: 1790 July 26

John Cox, Port-au-Prince, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 25

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Accounts for sale of cargo and prices received

Dates: 1790 July 25

Andrew Clours & Co., Philadelphia, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 31

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Re: Capt Fineash's business affairs

Dates: 1790 July 31

Daniel Tyson, Philadelphia, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 24

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Re: Blow's accounts there

Dates: 1790 July 24

Thomas Fitt, Edenton, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 July 24

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Re: sending tobacco and turpentine

Dates: 1790 July 24

Jerome Baker, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 September 1

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Re: Brunswick County Suits

Dates: 1790 September 1

T. B. Ashe, Baltimore, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 December 9

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1772-1872, of the Blow family. Chiefly business papers, 1772-1820, of Richard Blow of Portsmouth and "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and his son George Blow, Sr. and George Blow, Jr. of 'Tower Hill' and Williamsburg, Va. Richard Blow was a partner in stores in Virginia and North Carolina (trading as Richard Blow and Co., Briggs & Blow, Baker & Blow [South Quay, Nansemond County, Va.], Blow & Barksdale [Petersburg, Va.], and Blow and Scammel). He was also a plantation...
Dates: 1790 December 9

Business Correspondence, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1772-1872, of the Blow family. Chiefly business papers, 1772-1820, of Richard Blow of Portsmouth and "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and his son George Blow, Sr. and George Blow, Jr. of 'Tower Hill' and Williamsburg, Va. Richard Blow was a partner in stores in Virginia and North Carolina (trading as Richard Blow and Co., Briggs & Blow, Baker & Blow [South Quay, Nansemond County, Va.], Blow & Barksdale [Petersburg, Va.], and Blow and Scammel). He was also a plantation...
Dates: 1790

Business Correspondence, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1772-1872, of the Blow family. Chiefly business papers, 1772-1820, of Richard Blow of Portsmouth and "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and his son George Blow, Sr. and George Blow, Jr. of 'Tower Hill' and Williamsburg, Va. Richard Blow was a partner in stores in Virginia and North Carolina (trading as Richard Blow and Co., Briggs & Blow, Baker & Blow [South Quay, Nansemond County, Va.], Blow & Barksdale [Petersburg, Va.], and Blow and Scammel). He was also a plantation...
Dates: 1790

Business Letters, William Barksdale, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1790 January-October

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

30 items: The dates are as follows: January 13 February 24, March 9, 13 April 14 21, 28, May 14 7, 10, 5, 26, 21, 24, 31, June 7, 23, July 1, August 13 14 September 12 20, 25, October 2, 2, 20, 19, 22, 25

Dates: 1790 January-October

Letters from James Brown to Richard Blow:, 1790 August-December

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents 35 items: Brown’s loading of tobacco and corn on the Portsmouth, Clermont, Polly, Phoenix, Harrison, Grand Duke to be delivered to Blow for foreign sale. Brown wished Blow to send him turpentine, salt, dry goods , rum, sugar, coffee, etc. Brown was a big merchant in Richmond. The dates are as follows: August 2, 2, 6, 11, 17, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 13 28, 30, September 1, 8, 12...
Dates: 1790 August-December

Letters of James Brown, Merchant, Richmond, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

General condition of market, shipping, etc. The dates are as follows: March 9, 18, 24, 24, 27, 30; April 1, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 28, 24, 26, 28, 27, 29; May 1, 3, 19, 30, 19, 21, 22, 21, 26, 28; June 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 25, 25, 28, 30; July 2, 5, 9, 19, 19, 22, 29, 29; December 9.

Dates: 1790

James Brown, Accounts with Richard Blow, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

James Brown, Richmond merchant, accounts with Richard Blow; Brown’s sale to various foreign merchants and delivered to ship Captains sailing, etc.; flour, corn, tobacco. 25 pieces

Dates: 1790

Accounts of Sloop Industry, Captain Bingham, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

20 misc. petty accounts

Dates: 1790

Accounts of Ship Portsmouth, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

Cargo sales, voyage #10: wages, repairs, fitting out food, etc.

Dates: 1790

Accounts of Ship Young William with Richard Blow, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 9
Identifier: id9263

Invoices, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Identifier: id9263

Receipts, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 11
Identifier: id9263

Sugar and Molasses Sales, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 12
Identifier: id9263

Accounts for Ships Portsmouth, Catherine, Polly, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 13
Identifier: id9263
Scope and Contents

75 items regarding repairs, fittings etc.

Dates: 1790

Bills and Accounts, 1790

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 14
Identifier: id9263