VIRGINIA MERCHANTS: WILLIAM HODGSON OF ALEXANDRIA: HIS DAYBOOK FOR 1800-1803
by Charles Hamrick. 1997,2011 IV, 111 pp., index of names.William Hodgson (1765-1820) was a native of White Haven, England, born in 1765; emigrated to America, and settled in Alexandria, about the year 1785. In 1790, Hodgson bought a house at 207 Prince Street. After his marriage to Portia Lee (1777-1840) in May1799 he conducted a dry goods business on the first floor, using the upper floors for family quarters. From the Day Book presented here, it is clear that Hodgson’s commercial ventures were spread across a vast area, with Hodgson frequently involved with ship cargoes from the Caribbean, England, and the Continent. Hodgson’s business thrived, and in 1806 he acquired a second house on Prince Street, between Fairfax and Water Streets, to handle the growing stocks of goods. In addition, Hodgson maintained a frame warehouse adjoining his primary business at 207 Prince Street.
VIRGINIA MERCHANTS: ALEXANDER SMITH & SON, ALEXANDRIA CO., VA, HIS LETTER BOOK OF 1803-1811
by Charles & Virginia Hamrick. 2004, x, 211 pp., index of names. The authors have provided a transcription of a letter book for Alexander Smith & Son, who operated a store at Alexandria, Virginia,
This work elucidates the workings of the merchant and business class in Virginia during the period of the enormous growth of the new nation following the Revolution. It also points out the difficulties faced by merchants in a period of economic disruption just prior to the War of 1812.
Eventually Smith was forced to close his business enterprise in 1811 and he became one of the entrepreneurial victims of the times.For more records pertaining to the Independent City of ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA see:
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