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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 11 items) |
Abstract | Bruce Cotten (1873-1954) was born in Wilson, N.C., and over his lifetime became a serious collector of books and other materials related to North Carolina. The collection includes volumes acquired by Cotten including merchandise daybooks and ledgers of several firms in Bertie and Chowan counties, N.C.; order books, 1811-1813, of United States troops at Norfolk and of Virginia militia; and a record book, 1824, of Virginia militia observance of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette's visit to Yorktown, Va. The merchants' account books include one of John D. White of Bertie County, 1802; a ledger of general merchandise, Norfleet & Murdaugh, Bertie County, 1815-1816; and general mercantile books of unnamed firms of Edenton, N.C., 1802, and of Murfreesboro, N.C., 1816-1861. The order books contain chiefly general orders and court martial records. |
Creator | Cotten, Bruce |
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, January 2009
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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Bruce Cotten (1873-1954) was born in Wilson, N.C., and over his lifetime became a serious collector of books and other materials related to North Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection contains volumes collected by Bruce Cotten, including merchandise daybooks and ledgers of several firms in Bertie and Chowan counties, N.C.; order books, 1811-1813, of United States troops at Norfolk and of Virginia militia; and a record book, 1824, of Virginia militia observance of Lafayette's visit to Yorktown. The merchants' account books include one of John D. White of Bertie County, 1802; a ledger of general merchandise, Norfleet & Murdaugh, Bertie County, 1815-1816; and general mercantile books of unnamed firms of Edenton, N.C., 1802, and of Murfreesboro, N.C., 1816-1861. The order books contain chiefly general orders and court martial records.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Oversize Volume SV-181/1 |
Volume 1: Merchandise ledger, 1786-1796 |
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Volume 2: Merchandise day book, D. White, 1797-1798 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: Merchandise ledger, 1798-1802 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 4: Merchandise journal, John D. White, 1801-1803 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 5: Merchandise daybook, Edenton, N.C., 1802-1803 |
Folder 6 |
Volume 6: Merchandise ledger, 1815 |
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Volume 7: Merchandise ledger, Norfleet & Murdaugh, Bertie County, N.C., 1816-1821 |
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Volume 8: Merchandise ledger, tailoring accounts 1820-1858 |
Folder 9 |
Volume 9: Order book, Lieutenant Colonel Constant Freeman, commander, 1811-1812 |
Folder 10 |
Volume 10: Order book, Brigadier General Robert B. Taylor, commander, 1813 |
Folder 11 |
Volume 11: Record book, Lafayette visit, 1824 |