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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Finding Aid Authors: Debbie Smith-George, 1983..
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Christopher Tompkins Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
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.
Processing Information:
Processed by Debbie Smith-George in 1983.
Biographical Information:
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: .
Scope and Contents
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.
Related Material
2008.274 Captain Sally Tompkins Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- Financial records
- Mathews County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
- Receipts (financial records)
- Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Robertson Hospital (Richmond, Va.)
- Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
- United States--History--War of 1812
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_T59_Tompkins.pdf
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Garnett, Alexander Y. P. (Alexander Yelverton Peyton), 1820-1888
- Tompkins, Christopher Quarles, 1813-1877
- Tompkins, Sally Louisa, 1833-1916
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Container List
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).