Box 28
Contains 55 Results:
Alex. Boothe, Brunswick County to Robert H. Waller, Williamsburg, 1803 September 5
Re: Mrs. Boothe, widow’s dower and [div.?] of enslaved persons ("Negroes") between Hutchings and Edwards, commissioners appointed formerly, who neglected to allot dower: one is now dead and two have left the state. Please have commissioners appointed for my guardian; suggests Wm. E. Brodnax & Sterling Ruffin & Hutchings will appoint two for himself. Dr. John Claiborne and Tho. [unclear?], Jr. may be chosen if H. has no objections.
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 6
Re: cargoes
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 13
Thas. Williamson, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 10
Re: land in Dismal Swamps alleged to be property of Robt. Craig of Manchester (England), adjacent Col. Newton’s
Wylie McPherson, Canal to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 10
“The canal road is in such order as you may ride to the end of [unclear?] Contract"
Alexander Love, Norfolk County, to Mr. Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 4
Benj Jones, Camdem, to Mr. Blow, 1803 September 25
Re: opening of canal road
Henry Huttleston, New Bedford to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 8
John Smith, King & Queen County to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 5
Alex Love, Love's Point, to _____________, 1803 September 22
Benj. Jones, Camden to “Gentlemen” [Company’s Agents], 1803 September 25
Re: hiring additional enslaved persons ("negroes") so that the Canal and road can be opened with ease this summer
Captain J. Stevens, City Point, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 10
Re: idea of taking on cargo of staves for Falmouth and possibly England. Wishes Blow to furnish beef, pork and bread for his ship
Charles Whitlock, Suffolk, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 24
Cannot furnish pitch; resin is priced at 30/
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 28
Re: his ships off for Falmouth and Cork; what can Blow offer in way of ships?
Henry Huddleton, New Bedford, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 23
Re: cargo of ship Kingston and prospects of his ship out of New York taking in tobacco at Norfolk
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 6
Wishes Blow to charter a vessel at once for Cork, they will send down tobacco, pitch, resin, white oak staves for cargo
Capt Thas. Nye, New Bedford to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 4
Watson & Even Stott, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 27
Re: A horse arrived for Messrs [Caine?] & Ray; how to care for it and where to deliver
Grillet & Bell, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 22
Refers to yellow fever raging in New York
Gen. S. W. Carney, Halifax, North Carolina to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 5
Re: horse bought for him by Mr. Barksdale in England and problem of payments for it
S. & V. Hicks, Brooklyn to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 30
Asks about cargo for sea, wishes tobacco and staves
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 1
Buchanan & Pallak, Petersburg, to Richard Blow, Portsmouth, 1803 September 4
Henry Huddleston, New Bedford, to Richard Blow, 1803 August 26
Dolphin Drew, Salmon Creek, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1803 September 28,
Has 300 [unclear?] of pork for sale; grain crop on the Roanoke very good. Tar and Turpentine plentiful. Ship Mariah Jones at Barbados will return with salt by November. Then to load up with grain and staves for foreign ports.