Description
William Fowle & Co. was a shipping firm based in Alexandria Virginia. It began under the name of Lawrason & Fowle, but after 1819 changed names to William Fowle & Company. William Fowle (1783-1860), a Bostonian who had moved to Alexandria in 1800, was head of the firm.
Citations
Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser. “Advertisement.” June 10, 1819. America’s Historical Newspapers.
Moore, Gay Montague. Seaport in Virginia: George Washington’s Alexandria. Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1949.
Find a Grave. “William Fowle (1783-1860).” Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31870105/william-fowle.