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Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 53 items) |
Abstract | Waugh and Harper was a general merchandise business operated at Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., by James Clarence Harper, George Washington Finley Harper, and a number of partners. The collection includes extensive daybook and ledger accounts and other records of scattered dates relating to this business, including invoices, inventories, shipping and hauling accounts, produce orders, barter accounts for such items as wild herbs, roots, bark, and sheepskins, and letterpress copies of business letters; and a cash book of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, 1874-1882. |
Creator | Harper (Family : Lenoir, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009
Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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The Harper Family of Caldwell County, N.C., owned a general merchandise business in Lenoir, N.C., operating at times under the name Waugh and Harper. Family members involved in the business included James Clarence Harper, George Washington Finley Harper, and a number of partners.
Back to TopThe collection includes extensive daybook and ledger accounts of Waugh and Harper and other records of scattered dates relating to this business, including invoices, inventories, shipping and hauling accounts, produce orders, barter accounts for such items as wild herbs, roots, bark, and sheepskins, and letterpress copies of business letters; and a cash book of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, 1874-1882.
Back to TopOversize volumes (SV-2908/2,4,13,16, 20,25,27,30,35,36,39,41,43,48,52,53).
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