The following letter was written by Charles Henry Palmer, builder and architect of Urbanna Baptist Church and other structures in Urbanna. It was addressed to Charley Major, a plasterer.
Palmer was a charter member of Urbanna Lodge No. 83 A.F. & A.M. and builder of the old three-story lodge building, once located on the corner of Watling and Cross streets in Urbanna. The lodge was founded in 1872 and he was the main contractor of the building that was completed...
With the Virginia Legislature in 1894 authorizing a survey of an underwater state bottom to establish public and private oyster beds, new problems arose.
Oyster...
Virginia marine policemen Duck Ruark of Deltaville and the legendary Bill Ryland of Urbanna went down on the Nansemond River to inspect several James...