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Christopher Q. Tompkins (1813-1877) was captain of the ship Pocahontas during 1807-1809, and ran a general merchandise store in Mathews County, VA. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Eleven items in this collection were purchased by W&M Special Collections Research Center in 1941 from Mrs. Marion Minter, and in 1957 Miss Nellie Thompkins donated 5 additional items.
Processed by Debbie Smith-George in 1983.
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Christopher Tompkins Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
2008.274 Captain Sally Tompkins Collection
Logbooks, account books and accounts, 1807-1841, of Christopher Tompkins kept while captain of ship "Pocahontas", 1807-1809, and while running a general merchandise store in Mathews Co., Va. Includes typed excerpts from a memoir of Tompkins compiled by his son, Christopher Quarles Tompkins in 1860 and twenty-one pages from an account book listing foodstuffs of A. Y. P. Garnett, surgeon in Sally Tompkins' Confederate hospital, Robertson Hospital, in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War.
A printed circular expressing congratulations on the "restoration of peace between the two countries" in an attempt to restore trade following the War of 1812.
Of Christopher Tompkins, master of the ship Pocahontas detailing a voyage from Nortfolk, Virginia to Liverpool, England and the return voyage to Baltimore, Md..Including a record of salt delivered to Baltimore at end of Volume. Also including a record of laborers, riggers, and carpenters employed for working on the ship in Norfolk, Virginia on last page of volume. See Oversize File. (Note: volume could not be placed in Manuscript Volumes oversize).
Of Christopher Tompkins, master of the ship Pocahontas bound for Norfolk, Virginia to Arandel sic Arundel, England, detailing stops in Cadiz Roads, Spain and London, End., and the return voyage to Philadelphia, Pa..
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing accounts for the ship Lucy Ann, including household items, cloth, liquor, and foos, and arranged by name of customer.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing account for the ship Lucy Ann, including household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged by name of customer.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged in chronological order.
Of Christpher Tomkins, merchant, mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, an arranged in chronological order.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged in chronological order.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged in chronological order.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged by name of customer.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing detailed accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor, and food, and arranged in chronological order.
Of Christopher Tompkins, merchant, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing accounts for the sale of merchandise and sundries, arranged by name of customer.
Of Christopher Tompkins, Mathews Court House, Virginia, containing accounts for the sale of household items, cloth, liquor and food.
Incomplete letter of Confederate States with Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett, Surgeon, listing various foodstuffs Garnett was surgeon in charge of Capt. Sally Tompkins' hospital (see Blanton).