Foster, James Caldwell, 1943-
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Mathews County, Va., merchant and shipbuilder.
From the description of Papers : of James Foster, 1796-1832. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29489773
James Foster was a prisoner at the Alabama State Prison at Wetumpka, Ala. In 1901 James Foster wrote to Governor W.J. Samford and (after the governor's death) Governor W.D. Jelks requesting a pardon. To prove his worthiness to be considered he sent examples of his work as a photographer.
From the description of Parole request collection, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498675
Lawyer, Oregon, Missouri.
From the description of Letter : Oregon, Holt Co., [Mo. to Almeron Wheat?], 1843 July 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30798406
James Foster had a lath mill and a gristmill in East Machias, Maine. With his son Charles Foster he also conducted a lumbering business and a shipyard in East Machias. In 1852 Charles Foster together with Captain William C. Talbot, Captain Josiah P. Keller and Andrew J. Pope, all of East Machias, entered into a partnership to establish a lumber business in the Puget Sound region, at what later became Port Gamble, Washington. Known variously as Teekalet Mill Co., Puget Mill Co., and Pope & Talbot Co., the business operated continuously from 1853 until 1995. Charles Foster participated in a limited way in this business and in 1863 his interest in it was bought out by Pope and Talbot.
From the description of Ledger, 1823-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 76968120
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Account books
- African Americans
- Commission merchants
- Cotton growing
- Grist mills
- Lathing
- Merchants
- Parole
- Plantation owners
- Prisoners
- Sawmills
- Shipbuilding
- Wills
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- Louisiana (as recorded)
- East Machias (Me.) (as recorded)
- Mathews County (Va.) (as recorded)
- Wetumpka (Ala.) (as recorded)
- Oregon (Mo.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Dorchester (as recorded)
- East Machias (Me.) (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Boston (as recorded)
- Maine--East Machias (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Virginia--Mathews County (as recorded)
- Elmore County (Ala.) (as recorded)
- Alabama (as recorded)
