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Blow family Account Books, 1783-1844. Accession 29145, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Lent for microfilming by Stoner's Store, 1976.
Richard Blow (1746-1833), the son of Samuel and Martha Blow, was a prominent tobacco merchant who owned plantations and operated branch stores in Southampton and Sussex Counties, Virginia. George Blow (1787- 1870), Richard's son, was one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in Sussex County, Virginia by 1861.
Includes two journals. The journal of Richard Blow (1746-1833), dated 1783-1785, is for his branch stores in Portsmouth and Sussex County and lists charges for tobacco, as well as for groceries, hardware, dry goods, clothing and liquor for persons from Greensville, Southampton, and Sussex Counties, Virginia. There are charges to the firm of Blow and Barksdale.
The second journal dated 1838-1844 belongs to George Blow (1787-1870), the son of Richard and Frances Blow and pertains to his "Tower Hill" plantation in Sussex County. It lists charges for groceries, dry goods, and hardware, as well as the sale of plantation crops, such as tobaccco. Also included are his personal accounts and accounts of expenses for the funeral of his mother in 1838. The journal is partially mutilated.