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1. Record book of Richard Blow at Tower Hill, 1760-1830. "Ledger of slaves and horses owned." [Donated to the College of William and Mary, Special Collections by Mrs. Edward Jeffcott in 1961.] 2. Blow, Richard – March 21, 1806 – Harrison, Capt. Henry – letter discusses conditions at Tower Hill before R. Blow took over. 3. Tuition of George Blow, 1802. 4. Digges, William Jr. – Williamsburg – May 17, 1806 – Waller, Robert H. – Williamsburg 5. Harrison, B. – Brandon – March 1, 1792 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 6. Wormeley, Ralph – Rosegill – March 10, 1798 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 7. Burwell, Nath. [by P. Burwell] – Carter's Grove – Feb 13, 1796 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 84 8. Blow Scammell account with Richard Blow, 1802-1803. 9. Brig Hoffman account with Richard Blow, 1796. 10. Peter Carter, undated invoice/letter. 11. Summons for R. Blow to appear at the US District Court, 1796. 12. Barber, John – Sept 26, 1796 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 13. Hoomes, John – B. Green – Feb 1, 1796 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 14. Hoomes, John – B. Green – June 1798 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk [two letters] 15. Portsmouth Store account with the Norfolk Store, 1796-1797. 16. Thompson, Thomas – Richmond – June 20, 1798 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 17. Walker Kennedy – Philadelphia – June 24, 1798 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 18. Knox and Hay – Hull, England – July 20, 1799 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 19. Moore, George – London – 1799 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 20. Lamb Younger – London – Dec 21, 1799 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 21. Myers, Mr. [memo] – 1799 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 22. Wilkinson, William – 1791[?] – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 23. Brickell, William – Hertford, Co. – May 12, 1800 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 24. W. Rotch invoice, 1801. 25. Flournoy, D. – Paris – July 3, 1801 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 26. Thompson, T. – Richmond – May 26, 1801 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 27. Shepherd, A. – New York City – May 26, 1802 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 28. Major Armistead account with R. Blow, 1802. 29. Gilleat Mackinder account with R. Blow, 1802. 30. Livingston, Shannon – Williamsburg – Feb 24, 1803 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 31. William Wright of Crany Island account with R. Blow, 1803. 32. Apoth Bill – 1798-1800 – Blow, Richard 33. Blow, Richard – April 1803 – Maynard, Edward – account 34. Bill of landing for wine of R. Blow, 1803. 35. Nathaniel Burwell – Madeira – 1803 – account with Dolphin Drew [sale by Blow] 36. Buchannon Pollok account with R. Blow, 1803. 37. Talbot Godwin account with R. Blow, 1803. 38. Nye, Capt. T. – New Bedford – Dec 24, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 39. Lamb Younger – London – Feb 2, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 40. Huttleston, H. – N. Bedford – April 3, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 41. Brothers DeBaugen – Dunkirk – April 20, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Portsmouth 42. Stott, Daniel – Dunkirk – May 21, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 43. Hoomes, John – B. Green – Maay 21, 1804 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 44. Howland, J. – New Bedford – March 9, 1806 – Blow, Richard – Norfolk 45. Tucker, James – Norfolk – Jan 20, 1806 – Blow, Richard – Portsmouth 46. Starbock, D. – Portsmouth – Nov 22, 1806 – Blow, Richard

Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.

Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September 21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18. Additional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.

Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning "The Secret Scroll," the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi, 1929 June 18. Additional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.