Commercial Sites
Information about Commercial Sites in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1862-10-09, Richmond Dispatch; D. F. Booth opens a new auction house under St. Charles Hotel
1862-10-11, Richmond Dispatch; Kent & Paine cleaning warehouse, relinquished by Govt., & will re-open there soon.
1862-10-11, Richmond Enquirer; Kent & Paine Co. will resume operations in its warehouse, which the government has given up as a hospital. It will be thoroughly cleaned before business resumes
1862-11-11, Richmond Dispatch; report on meeting of city citizens for shoes – J. L. Burrows, 1st Baptist Church, chairman. $4-5 thousand raised on the spot.
1862-12-16, Richmond Dispatch; J. Vannerson adv for “a good ambrotype artist”
1863-04-03, Richmond Examiner; list of alleged bread rioters that were arrested are are being examined by the Mayor today
1863-04-04, Richmond Examiner; account of the trials of several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases, including Mary Jackson and Dr. Thomas M. Palmer, surgeon at the Florida Hospital (GH#11)
1863-04-06, Richmond Examiner; account of the trials of several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases
1863-04-07, Richmond Examiner; account of the trials of several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases
1863-04-08, Richmond Examiner; account of the trials of several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases

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