Christopher Tompkins papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16444, Christopher Tompkins papers, Albret and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.09 Cubic Feet 3 legal size folders
Language:
Materials are in French and English.
Preferred citation:

MSS 16444, Christopher Tompkins papers, Albret and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Christopher Tompkins papers (1800-1803; 0.34 cubic feet) contains about 20 documents that record trade conducted between Virginia and Saint Domingue during two separate sailings of the Schooner Lively and the Schooner Dart in 1800 and 1801, both captained by Christopher Tompkins. The ships and goods belong to a Virginia man named Alexander Wilson who gave permission to Tompkins to sell the goods and the ships, in Saint Dominque. Of particular interest are the Haitian printed forms, completed in manuscript, relating to the time spent in Cap Francais. These comprise several permissions and passports, as well as a number of customs documents, receipts for the sale of goods including the Schooner Lively, a list of officers and their wages, and an 88 page manuscript letterbook recording the European trade correspondences of Captain Tompkins in 1802-1803. There are also oversize documents such as a customs document from the authorities at Port-Republicain (Port-au-Prince) acknowledging the arrival of shipments of coffee and timber.

Includes Haitian printed forms

Acquisition information:
Accession number 2019-0146, Purchased 26 August 2019; Warren Fulton Chauncey Fund, 2018/2019.
Arrangement:

Items have been placed in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Places:
United States -- Commerce