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[Identification of item], in the Mercer Family Papers, #2990-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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1954

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Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, October 2009; Dawne Howard Lucas, April 2021

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• Brunswick County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Diaries.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• J. Prioleau and Company (Southport, N.C.)
• Mercer family.
• Mercer, Anna Jane Evans, 1822-1912.
• Mercer, Christopher Columbus, 1810-1874.
• Mercer, John, 1812-1863.
• Mercer, Oliver E., 1842-1863.
• Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Naval stores--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• North Carolina--Social conditions.
• Prioleau, J. Ford, 1826-1880.
• Sampit (S.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
• South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
• Southport (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Supply (N.C.)--History.
• Taylor, Sarah Elizabeth Mercer, 1843-1888.
• Turpentine industry and trade--South Carolina--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Wilmington (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Women--North Carolina--Correspondence.

In part, microfilm. Papers of a Brunswick County, N.C., family, including correspondence of John Mercer (1812-1863), relating chiefly to business issues. Included are letters from J. Prioleau of J. Prioleau & Co., Smithville, N.C., a firm specializing in naval stores, concerning poor financial conditions; letters, 1860-1861, from John's brother, Christopher Columbus Mercer, who operated a turpentine business at Sampit, Georgetown County, S.C., concerning his business difficulties and the approaching war; and letters from several Wilmington, N.C., merchants about credit and commercial matters. Also available, on microfilm, are typed transcript copies of additional materials, including letters, 1861-1864, to and from Oliver E. Mercer (1842-1863), of Supply, N.C., while he was serving with the Confederate Army in North Carolina and Virginia; diary, 1863-1864, of Oliver's sister, Sarah E. Mercer, at Supply, N.C., chiefly discussing her brother; and a biographical sketch of John Mercer and his wife, Anna Jane Evans Mercer (1822-1912), written in 1950, including a description of the house and household at Supply.