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Steam-navigation--Virginia--Norfolk

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James River Steam Boat Company Records

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-634
Scope and Contents

One 1818-1830 minute book of the James River Steam Boat Company, consisting of stockholders of the steamboats Richmond and Powhatan. The book records meeting minutes, accounting information, resolutions, and other related activities.

Dates: created: 1818-1830; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

John C. Emmerson, Jr. Collection

 Collection — 3 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-525
Scope and Contents

Book reviews, advertisements, and newspaper clippings relating to John C. Emmerson, Jr.'s books: The Steam Boat Comes to Norfolk Harbor and The Chesapeake Affair of 1807.

Dates: created: 1949-1950, 1954-1955, undated; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Norfolk and Hampton Steam Boat Company Register

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-611
Scope and Contents

One 1817-1818 register recording individuals purchasing shares in the Norfolk and Hampton Steam Boat Company, along with meeting minutes.

Dates: created: 1817-1818; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014