Letterbook, 1801-1803.

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Letterbook, 1801-1803.

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Indexed letterbook, 1801-1803, of Richard Blow, merchant and plantation owner at "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. He shipped tobacco from Portsmouth and Norfolk, Va., often, to England, and then imported many goods to the U.S. Letterbook mainly concerns the tobacco shipping, but also, concerns the yellow fever epidemic of 1801 and 1802 and store and plantation operations at "Tower Hill."

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Blow, Richard, 1746-1833.

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Richard Blow was a native of Southampton County, Va. He was born in 1746, the son of Samuel Blow and Martha (Drew) Blow. He married Frances Wright in 1786. He owned "Tower Hill" plantation in Sussex County, Va. and was a partner in stores operated in Virginia and North Carolina. He furnished ships to trade American goods abroad. He was the first president of the Farmers Bank of Norfolk and was president of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, Blow died in Portsmouth, Va. in 1833. He was survived by h...