Allmand family letters, 1844-1858.

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Allmand family letters, 1844-1858.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648004002

The collection contains two letters to George T. Blow, Jr., from R. Blow and Elizabeth T. Blow, 1844, 1848, mentioning changed circumstances in life, sick slaves, devices to aid a crippled child and family news. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to John O'Grady Allmand, employed in Baltimore at the firm of Pegram, Paynter & Davis, from various friends and family members including Albert, Nora and W.H. Allmand, George Newton and George Loyall, Jr. Topics include a trip to Fredericksburg, and Washington, D.C.; a drinking party withan obscene reference to the new fashion of hoop skirts; life as a purser on the U.S. merchant ships "Arctic" and "Baltic," 1854; the purchase of machine made shirts; Virginia elections, 1855; Norfolk yellow fever epidemic, 1855; a comparison of New York City vs. Norfolk; and problems with the alcoholic Albert. The collection also contains an 1854 pass for the use of the Norfolk Club.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Baltic (Steamship)

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Almond, Albert H., fl. 1852-1859,

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Blow family.

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Loyall, George, fl. 1855,

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Allmand, John O'G., fl. 1854-1858,

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Blow, Elizabeth Taylor Allmand, 1823-1868,

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Allmand, Nora, fl. 1852-1859,

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Norfolk Club.

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Blow, George T., fl. 1844-1848,

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Arctic (Steamship)

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Alleman family.

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Allmand, William H., fl. 1852-1850,

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Newton, George W.

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George W. Newton was the former head of Duke's surgical instrument shop. From the description of Oral history interview with Geroge W. Newton, 2008. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 427376495 Epithet: cutler British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0002ba ...