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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  courteous, 
  enterprising 
  and 
  reliable 
  gentlemen 
  — 
  gentlemen 
  

   who 
  have 
  hosts 
  of 
  friends 
  and 
  well-wishers, 
  who 
  will 
  rejoice 
  

   to 
  hear 
  that 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  driven 
  to 
  its 
  fullest 
  capacity 
  to 
  

   keep 
  pace 
  with 
  the 
  orders 
  which 
  are 
  pouring 
  in 
  from 
  all 
  

   quarters. 
  They 
  were 
  awarded 
  the 
  highest 
  prizes 
  for 
  two 
  

   successive 
  years 
  by 
  the 
  Virginia 
  Fair. 
  

  

  p. 
  H. 
  MAYO 
  & 
  BROTHER. 
  

  

  This 
  large 
  tobacco 
  factory 
  was 
  established 
  in 
  1830 
  by 
  the 
  

   late 
  Robert 
  A. 
  Mayo, 
  and 
  soon 
  attained, 
  and 
  has 
  since 
  main- 
  

   tained, 
  a 
  leading 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  domestic 
  and 
  foreign 
  to- 
  

   bacco 
  trade. 
  The 
  Mayo 
  family, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  present 
  senior 
  

   proprietor 
  is 
  a 
  worthy 
  offspring, 
  have 
  occupied 
  for 
  more 
  

   than 
  150 
  years 
  the 
  old 
  Powhatan 
  House, 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  

   famous 
  Indian 
  chief, 
  Powhatan, 
  the 
  father 
  of 
  Pocahontas, 
  

   The 
  present 
  firm 
  are 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  worthy 
  successors 
  of 
  

   their 
  eminent 
  predecessor. 
  Their 
  brands 
  of 
  tobacco 
  stand 
  

   unsurpassed 
  for 
  excellence 
  of 
  quality, 
  as 
  their 
  wide 
  popu- 
  

   larity 
  and 
  immense 
  sales 
  attest. 
  The 
  factory 
  has 
  an 
  impos- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  handsome 
  front 
  of 
  200 
  feet 
  on 
  Seventh 
  street, 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Gary 
  and 
  Main, 
  four 
  to 
  five 
  stories 
  high, 
  forming 
  a 
  

   hollow 
  square, 
  and 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  brick. 
  The 
  offices 
  of 
  

   the 
  company 
  — 
  which 
  are 
  handsomely 
  furnished 
  — 
  occupy 
  a 
  

   central 
  front 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  building. 
  They 
  use 
  none 
  but 
  

   the 
  most 
  approved 
  machinery 
  and 
  appliances. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  brands 
  are 
  the 
  " 
  Navys." 
  They 
  were 
  the 
  

   origiuators 
  of 
  the 
  world-renowned 
  " 
  Navy 
  Tobacco," 
  put 
  up 
  

   for 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Government, 
  and 
  have 
  almost 
  indisputable 
  

   supremacy 
  among 
  the 
  trade 
  and 
  all 
  lovers 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  article 
  

   of 
  chewing 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  The 
  firm 
  is 
  now 
  composed 
  of 
  P. 
  H. 
  Mayo 
  and 
  Thomas 
  

   Atkinson, 
  both 
  of 
  whom 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  trained 
  and 
  edu- 
  

   cated 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  ramifications 
  of 
  the 
  business. 
  They 
  em- 
  

   ploy 
  several 
  hundred 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  skillful 
  operatives 
  — 
  not 
  

   only 
  those 
  educated 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  but 
  me- 
  

   chanics 
  of 
  every 
  kind 
  necessary 
  to 
  make 
  and 
  keep 
  in 
  per- 
  

   fect 
  order 
  their 
  vast 
  and 
  magnificent 
  machinery. 
  

  

  The 
  public 
  display 
  made 
  by 
  this 
  firm 
  of 
  their 
  manufac- 
  

   tured 
  goods 
  in 
  all 
  styles 
  of 
  their 
  bright, 
  dark 
  and 
  sweet 
  Na- 
  

   vies 
  attracte(^ 
  marked 
  attention 
  and 
  admiration 
  from 
  the 
  

   many 
  thousand 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  Exhibition 
  Hall 
  in 
  Philadel- 
  

   phia 
  in 
  1876, 
  Richmond 
  in 
  1881 
  and 
  Boston 
  in 
  1882. 
  At 
  

  

  