and the recommended book is......

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Camille Wells <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Guys. I think I can help with an answer.
> First thing: Hobb's Hole was not the only so charmingly named waterside
> site
> in colonial Virginia. There was Boyd's Hole and Naylor's Hole for starters.
> The latter part of each name refers to the unusual depth of water at the
> port.
>
> So I'm pretty sure ocean-worthy ships could "cozy up" to a wharf [multiple]
> built out from the shore.
>
> Another bit of information: Sea-worthy vessels could sail up Rappahannock
> [now Cat Point] Creek all the way to Menokin Bay.
>
> It's really hard sometimes for us to realize how much the river has silted
> up since farmers started plowing.
>
> Finally the source I've found most useful for much information on these
> matters--it's an old but not-out-dated book--recommended!
>
> Yours truly,
> Camille.
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > I can't answer your specific question, but you might want to contact the
> > Essex County Museum in Tappahannock, the modern name of Hobb's Hole (or
> > Hobb's His Hole as it was sometimes called.)
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Bill Crews wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have any info/sources of info on the port at Hobbe's
> (Hobbes,
> > Hobbs)
> > > Hole on the Rappahannock River?
> > >
> > > Specifically, were the merchant ships that delivered goods there from
> > England
> > > warped along wharves extending out into the river or did they anchor in
> > deep
> > > water and were unloaded/loaded by/from lighters?
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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