Account with William Dawkins, 1721-1722.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

John Allen's Account with William Dawkins, 1721-1722, Manuscript # 1950.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Allen, John, d. 1742.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

John Allen's Account with William Dawkins, 1721-1722, Manuscript # 1950.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Tobacco sales account of Col. John Allen of Virginia with William Dawkins, London agent. Colonel Allen's tobacco was brought in a ship called Molly, and sold to a number of London tobacco dealers, including Mrs. Susan Walker, James Thurston, Abraham Franco, John Lampe, Daniel Minett, John Selwyn, and Richard Brocas and Co.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1950.
Physical description:
[4] p.; 25.5 cm

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Tobacco industry.
Tobacco merchants.