would we even have a navy base here if not for for barton myers? we would like to thank you for visiting the moses myers house today, and we hope you will come back to learn about the fascinating family and the effect that one family can have on the life of a small town like norfolk. --i am the library and librarian for the chrysler museum. i have brought some materials today from the moses myers archives. paper material, music, and books. myers did a lot of the shopping and grocery lists. lists are often not kept but the myers family firm kept good records of everything and we have a lot as you can see. these are some examples of the things that she would buy in preparation for dinners for the family or larger dinners for guests. there are things on this like fish, potatoes, sweet potatoes, 17 duck, beef, cabbage, they seemed to have eaten a lots of melon. it seemed it was in most meals. around 1829 -- 1824-1829. i have taken out a freight list for the ship. this is around 1824. one of myers' ships. it leaves a detailed inventory of what is on the