Papers, 1796-1891. Section 6.

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Papers, 1796-1891. Section 6.

Correspondence, 1813-1851, of John Driver Allmand (at Baltimore, Md., New York City, Norfolk, Va., Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C.) with Caroline Allmand, Mary Ann (Parker) Allmand, Robert Perrin Allmand, William H. Allmand (while serving on the U.S.S. Jamestown and concerning the capture by the U.S.S. Yorktown of a slave ship), John Barney, G. [Hartewood], Henry Lelar, Wright Southgate, Philip Edward Tabb, and R. Wilson; and correspondence, 1834, of John Driver Allmand, William J. Hardy, and Aaron Milhado with George Newton (concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company).

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Wilson, R.

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Yorktown (Ship : 1859-1861)

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Allmand, Caroline.

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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 ...

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...

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Barney, John, 1785-1857

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Allmand, Robert Perrin, b. 1810.

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Hartewood, G.

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Newton, George, 1786-1835.

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Allmand family.

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Tabb, Philip Edward, 1786-1851.

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Lelar, Henry.

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Allmand, William H.

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Hardy, William J., 1797?-1874.

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Southgate, Wright.

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Allmand, Mary Ann Parker.

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Allmand, John Driver, 1799-1851.

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