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A Guide to the General Correspondence of the Virginia Navy Board, 1776-1787

1.6 cubic feet (4 boxes)

These records contain general correspondence regarding the supply of ships and shipyards, problems with privateers, filling naval crews, hiring temporary free and enslaved labor, provisions, tobacco shipments outside the United States, personal correspondence regarding wages, commissioning the construction of flat-bottom boats, prisoner exchanges, and the sale of state vessels. These records also include ship's payroll records, disbursement receipts relating to the cost of provisions, contracts, council orders, journal entries, and accounts, including those related to tobacco shipments outside of the United States. Records are separated by general correspondence related to specific vessels and other general correspondence.

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