Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book, 1819-1834, consists of a book recording the tobacco produced by various farmers and given to the Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse for sale.
The Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, known through 1820 as the Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, seems to have been a tobacco warehouse located in the Washington, D.C., area.
The Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, known through 1820 as the Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse, seems to have been a tobacco warehouse located in the Washington, D.C., area. It was likely an intermediary between tobacco farmers and purchasers: farmers gave the tobacco that they produced to the warehouse, which would in turn sell the tobacco to customers for a portion of the profit. Further specific information about the company is unknown.
The Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book consists of a bound-together sheaf of paper recording information about the amounts of tobacco to sell that the company received from farmers. It contains data from 1819 through 1834. The book is divided into two halves. One half contains information about "first-quality tobacco" and the other half contains information about "second-quality tobacco." The book includes the names of farmers, the date their tobacco was received, their mark (used to differentiate their tobacco from that of other farmers, and usually their initials), and the amount of tobacco received.
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[Identification of item], Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book, MSS 00370, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Purchased by NC State University Libraries on November 20, 2002.
Processed by Stephanie A. Horowitz, April 2005
Encoded by Stephanie A. Horowitz, April 2005
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[Identification of item], Potomac River Blue Plains Tobacco Warehouse Record Book, MSS 00370, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
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This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
