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Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Record of North Carolina Credit Ratings, #3783-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchase 1967

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Charlotte (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Concord (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Credit ratings--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Greensboro (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Greenville (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Henderson (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Louisburg (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• New Bern (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• North Carolina--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Plymouth (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Retail trade--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Studwell Brothers and Co.
• Studwell, Leander M., fl. 1857-1858.
• Washington (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Leander M. Studwell was an officer of Studwell Brothers and Company, shoe and boot manufacturers, of New York, N.Y.

The collection is a record made by Studwell during an investigatory tour of the state, of the financial worth, reliability, prospects, and reputation of retailers at 38 locations in North Carolina. Towns to which three or more pages are devoted are Concord, Charlotte, Greenville, Greensboro, Henderson, Louisburg, New Bern, Plymouth, and Washington. The volume also includes an index of towns visited and a summary of North Carolina laws related to collecting and handling claims.