Papers, 1796-1891.

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Papers, 1796-1891.

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Chiefly correspondence, accounts, and legal papers, 1836-1844 (363 items), of John Driver Allmand (1779-1851) and his partners, William N. Ivy, Daniel Sanford, and Sidney A. Sanford, all of Norfolk, Va., concerning efforts to procure white oak from St. Mary Parish, La., for use in fulfilling shipbuilding contracts with the U.S. Navy. Other materials include papers documenting business transactions with the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and correspondence, 1813-1851, describing the capture of a slave ship by the "Jamestown" and the return of the slaves to Africa. Also included are accounts, 1799-1818 (45 items), of Copeland Parker (d. 1830) of Norfolk, Va., including bills for the education of his daughters; correspondence, 1804-1820, accounts, 1797-1817, and other papers of Harrison Allmand (1757-1822) of Norfolk, largely concerning the ship "Thomas"; correspondence, 1858-1871, of John Allmand about family affairs and his travels and life in Malaya, Japan and China; and genealogical notes.

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Allmand, Harrison, 1757-1822.

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Allmand family.

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Members of several generations of the Allmand family of Norfolk, Va., were involved in shipping and contracted with the U.S. Navy for shipbuilding supplies. From the description of Papers, 1796-1891. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991339 ...

Allmand, John, b. 1830.

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Parker, Copeland, d. 1830.

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Jamestown (Ship)

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Merchant vessel, home port unknown, master unkinown. From the description of Logbook of the ship Jamestown, 1851 Oct. 12-1852 Jan. 22. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 230332740 ...

Allmand, John Driver, 1799-1851.

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Ivy, William, -1673

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Sanford, Sidney

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Thomas (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Nantucket, Mass., mastered by John Brown; owner-agent: S. & O. Macy. From the description of Log/journals, 1817-1820. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 154687909 ...

Dismal Swamp Canal Company

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The Dismal Swamp Canal, which connects Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound, was proposed as early as 1763 when George Washington and five associates formed the "Adventurers for Draining the Great Dismal Swamp." This company abandoned the project as economically unfeasible. In 1784, the Dismal Swamp Canal Company was created. On December 1, 1787, the Virginia Assembly passed an "Act for cutting a navigable canal ..." Digging of the canal finally began in 1793. Most of the work was don...

Sanford, Daniel, active 1882

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