Title:: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Ledger 1869-1870

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Ledger, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.05
Creator:
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)Brian, CharlesThompson, George arrangement
Language:
The records are in: English
Preferred citation:

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Ledger, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Ledger, 1869-1870 recording expenses of the U.S. Navy shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Entered are payments to bricklayers, machinists, coppersmiths and pattern makers, which are signed twice a month by George Thompson, Quartermaster, and witnessed by Charles Brian, Mate, U.S. N[avy].Note: The location of the Portsmouth naval yard was provided by the seller and has not been verified at this point.

Biographical / historical:

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.)</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 09/08/2009.
Processing information:

Accessioned and processed in September 2009 by Ute Schechter.