On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Michael Nicholls <
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> I am tracing the work of some free men of color, owners or operators of
> watercraft on the James and lower Appomattox Rivers. I have found some
> arriving and departing from Petersburg, Norfolk and Richmond through the
> shipping news sections of newspapers, especially after about 1810. Does
> anyone know if anyone has created a databank of shipping to and from VA
> ports in the early national era; or if there are records extant of Virginia
> ports, either at the state or national level? Thanks--Mick
>
> Michael L. Nicholls
> Professor of History, Emeritus
> Dept. of History
> Utah State University
> Logan, UT 84322-0710
>
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>

The Book Jefferson's Notes on Va talks about a number of ports in Va.



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