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Herbert, commander of the Brig Liberty; a List of Seamen on the Brig Liberty, and the claim of Henry Stratton, Commander of the Schooner Alliance. ","Claim of John Stringer, Agent for Thomas Smith, State Agent, 1788, includes accounts related to provisions and services for the Schooner Peace and Plenty and the Schooner Betsy, as well as to the purchase of a schooner from Susanna Balby."],"total_component_count_is":137,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:24:41.102Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06620"}},{"id":"vi_vi06382","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Commissioners to Examine Claims in Norfolk records of the Auditor of Public Accounts,","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi06382#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Virginia. 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Depositions (1-19) and (C-Q), substantiate the claims and include details of loss and often the occupation of the deponent.  Rather than 19 depostions, there are actually 20, but two are numbered 10. Many of the depositions, C-Q, include wrappers only, so are not listed below. A Copy of the valuation of property destroyed in Norfolk by the orders of Col. Robert Howe when evacuated by VA and NC troops in 1776, undated, lists property owner, type of property and the value of the property.  The valuation folder also includes depositions.","Depositions (1-19), 1777, offer detailed accounts of the activities in Norfolk between January 1-4, 1776, and provide evidence of destruction and plundering by State troops.  The reverse of the deposition of William Ivey includes a list of George Abyvon's losses.  Depositions (C-Q), 1777, provide evidence as to the loyalties of some of the inhabitants of the Norfolk.  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Report of the Commissioners to Examine Claims in Portsmouth, Suffolk, Great Bridge and Norfolk County, 1778, details procedures followed and includes several schedules: A Schedule of Valuation of the Houses Burnt and Destroyed at Portsmouth by the Troops of this State; Schedule Ascertaining the Damage Sustained by Sundry Houses in the town of Portmouth by Being Made Use of as Barracks by the Troops of the State; Schedule Ascertaining the Damage Sustained by Sundry Houses in the town of Suffolk by Being Made Use of as Barracks by the Troops of the State; Schedule of the Valuation of Sundry Homes in the town of Norfolk remaining Unvalued or Their Value Not Allowed by the Last Session of the Assembly; Schedule of the Valuation of the Housing Belonging to Robert Tucker on Wind Mill Point where the Fort is Erected; and Schedule Containing an Estimate of the Total Amount of the Different Valuations. 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