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Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow, 1813

File — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records

Howland & Grinnell, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 January 6

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Discusses trouble with British confiscation of vessels at sea: Orders about ship Debby & Eliza’s cargo “British licenses have risen here very much and cannot be had under $ 1500 and there is great alarm here that the British cruisers will take our vessels that are bound to Southern parts…Insurance for voyage to Lisbon is 17.5 p.c. …” [War of 1812]

Dates: 1813 January 6

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Samuel Simpson, New Bern, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 January 6

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Crates sent to Blow in ship Richmond

Dates: 1813 January 6

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Bridges & Robertson, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 2

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Whale cargo of the ship Debby & Eliza engaged

Dates: 1813 February 2

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Stephen Hathaway, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 2

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 2

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Seth Russell & Sons, New Bedford, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 3

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Duty of oil to be before Congress

Dates: 1813 February 3

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Luke Wheeler (Cashier at Farmer’s Bank), Norfolk, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 5

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Banking and movement of money: advisability of removing specie from Bank out of town. The Virginia Bank has done this already.

Dates: 1813 February 5

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Howland & Grinnell, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 5

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Debby & Eliza chartered for Lisbon if Blow has not chartered her already

Dates: 1813 February 5

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Richard Blow, Memo of Correspondences with Bridges & Robertson concerning British blockades of his ships, 1813 February 5

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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[In handwriting of] Blow: Detailed memo of his correspondence with Bridges & Robertson regarding cargo of Debby & Eliza and problems encountered by blockades, etc. from 1813 February 5 to 1815 May 20

Dates: 1813 February 5

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

L. Jacobs, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk,, 1813 February 6

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Discusses politics, shipping difficulties: Re: past cargo of flour for Debby & Eliza “considerable fervor pervades our city especially the Legislature = who are this instant organizing a plan of defense for your Borough and will probably order out 3000 men forthwith”

Dates: 1813 February 6

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

William Colquhoun, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 7

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Has flour for available

Dates: 1813 February 7

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Bridges & Robertson, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 8

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

Scope and Contents

Difficulties of getting flour down to Blow

Dates: 1813 February 8

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

William Robertson, Petersburg, 1813 February 8

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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Re: problems getting flour to Blow; “excitement of arrival of troops for Richmond and Manchester on way to Norfolk for your protection”

Dates: 1813 February 8

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

William Hathaway, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 9

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 9

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Benj. Hatcher, Richmond, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 9

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 9

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Howland & Grinnell, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 10

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 10

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Samuel B. Hines, Jerusalem, Southampton County, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 9

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 9

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

S. Hathaway, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 10

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

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: 1813 February 10

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

Howland & Grinnell, New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 8

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

Scope and Contents

Re: his chartering of ships Debby & Eliza, Z[unclear]; ship Algernon, lost at Cape Hatteras, was insured fully

Dates: 1813 February 8

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Richard Blow Papers / Box 35: Business Correspondence and Financial Records / Folder 4: Incoming Correspondence of Richard Blow

S. Hathaway & Co., New York, to Richard Blow, Norfolk, 1813 February 11

Item — Box: 35, Folder: 4

Identifier: id3660

Scope and Contents

Ship Two Marys entering Chesapeake Bay was met (stopped and boarded) by British fleet under Admiral Warren, had her register and declare different ports…uncertainty about vessels being permitted to go out and impediment re ingress of vessels.

Dates: 1813 February 11