Entred Inwards, in York River
Feb. 19. Ship Lilly, David Meriwether, from Bristol.
Feb. 21. Ship Brotherhood, John Thompson, from Philadelphia
Feb. 25. Sloop Stephen and John, Stephen Bingham, _______.
Feb. 27. Sloop Merry Fellow, Thomas Perrin, from Bristol.
Mar. 2. Ship True Patriot, _________________, from Bristol.
Cleared Outwards.
Feb. 26. Sloop Stephen and John, Robert Nickel, for Barbados.
Mar. 2. Sloop War____, William Washington, for Maryland.
Mar. 6. Snow John and Mary, An________, for Boston.
News and advertisements about Colonial Gloucester County including Kingston Parish (present-day Mathews County) from the pages of the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.