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April 11, 1794

Broadside 1794 .S557 Box, Special Collections, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Flour Was Shipped To Norfolk

This printed bill of lading contained blanks that Harry Lightburne, the captain of the sloop Friendly, filled with information pertinent to a shipment of flour from the Appomattox River to Norfolk for White Whittle & Company. By the end of the eighteenth century, many farmers in Virginia were decreasing their tobacco production and increasing their grain output.