Scope and Contents

4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. News from home: re: Capt. Johnson and lucrative business in the Dismal Swamp Canal; trade with St. Iago De Cuba; Capt. Sinclair; plans to move the Naval Yard from Gosport to York, still undecided; Capt. Fawn's misfortune; flourishing condition of Norfolk; $100,000 subscribed to open the "Roan Oak Canal"; Chs. K. Mallory, Collector; Barron's family living in town after their country house burned.