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| Size | 28.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16,000 items) |
| Abstract | The Hawkins family, primarily of Warren and Franklin counties, N.C., included Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), who served with Washington in the American Revolution, was in the Continental Congress and the United States Senate, and, in the 1790s, was agent to the Creek Indians and superintendent of all tribes south of the Ohio River; John Davis Hawkins (1781-1858), who graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1801, studied law, and served in the North Carolina Senate; William J. Hawkins (1819-1894), who studied medicine, but worked chiefly in railroads and banking; Philemon Benjamin Hawkins (1823-1891), who was a planter and served in the North Carolina legislature; and Colin M. Hawkins (fl. 1860-1880), businessman of Raleigh, N.C. Hawkins family members worked as planters, state and federal officials, railroad executives, bankers, commission merchants, machinery and phosphate manufacturers, and operators of other enterprises in North Carolina and several adjacent states. The collection includes extensive business and personal correspondence, 1738-1893, of several generations of the Hawkins family. Also included are papers of other locally prominent related families and correspondence with relatives who lived in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, and other states. Some correspondence relates to slaves owned by family members. Volumes up to 1865 relate primarily to planting and railroads; included are some slave records. The remainder of the volumes are account books, letter books, inventories, order and shipping records, and other records. Among companies important in the papers are Hawkins, Williamson & Company, cotton brokerage and commission merchants of Baltimore, and its successor Hawkins & Company; C. M. Hawkins & Company, which continued Hawkins & Company; the Pioneer Manufacturing Company of Raleigh, N.C., distributor of plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure; and the North Carolina Phosphate Company, incorporated in 1885, with its main offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C. There is almost no material pertaining to Benjamin Hawkins's activities as Revolutionary War leader and United States senator, but there are a few items relating to his career as a United States Indian agent. |
| Creator | Hawkins (Family : Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816) |
| Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, Greg Smith, and Matt Powell, January 1993
Encoded by: Bari Helms, March 2005
Finding aid updated by: Amanda Loeb, February 2013
All additions as of January 1993 have been interfiled.
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
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Biographical Information
John Davis Hawkins (1781-1858) was born in Warren County, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1801; studied law with Judge John Haywood; lived in Franklin County, N.C.; and was a land owner in Franklin and Warren counties. He served in the state senate, 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1840. He married Jane A. Boyd (1784-1875), a daughter of Alexander Boyd of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va. John and Jane had six sons: James Boyd, who moved to Texas; Frank (1815-1896), who moved to Mississippi; physician William J. (1819-1894), of Raleigh; John D., Jr., who moved to New Orleans; Philemon Benjamin (1823-1891), who remained in Franklin County and served in the North Carolina legislature; and Alexander Boyd Hawkins (1825-1921), who moved to Florida and later to Raleigh. The couple also have five daughters: Ann, who married Wesley Young; Lucy, who married Thomas Kean; Mary, who married Protheus E. A. Jones; Virginia, who married William J. Andrews; and Jane A., who did not marry.
William J. Hawkins (1819-1894) studied at the University of North Carolina, was graduated from William and Mary, and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He settled at Ridgeway, N.C., to practice medicine but became interested in the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad and moved to Raleigh. He served as president of the railroad, 1855-1875. The Raleigh & Gaston and the lines with which it was associated later became the Seaboard Air Line. In 1890, Hawkins became president of the Citizens National Bank of Raleigh. He was married three times: to Mary Alethea Clark, with whom he had two sons, Colin M. and Marmaduke J.; to Lucy N. Clark, with whom he had two daughters, Loula and Alethea; and to Mary A. White, with whom he had one daughter, Lucy C.
John Davis Hawkins was the son of Philemon (1752-1833) and Lucy Davis Hawkins of Warren County. His siblings were William (1777-1819), governor of North Carolina, who married Ann Swepson Boyd; Eleanor Howard, who married Sherwood Haywood; Ann, who married William Person Little; Delia, who married Stephen Haywood; Sarah, who was the second wife of William Polk; Joseph, who married Mary Boyd; Benjamin Franklin, who married Sally Person; Lucy Davis Ruffin, who married Louis D. Henry; and Philemon, Frank, George W., and Mildred, all of whom did not marry.
John Davis Hawkins's grandfather was Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801), son of Philemon and Ann Eleanor Howard Hawkins of Virginia. When he was about 18, Philemon Hawkins moved to North Carolina with his mother, stepfather, younger brother John, and sister Ann. They settled in Granville County, which later became Bute and subsequently Warren County. Philemon married Delia Warren, with whom he had six children: Fannie, who married Leonard Bullock; John; Philemon, Jr. (1752-1833); Benjamin, who was a United States senator and Indian agent; and Ann, who married Micajah Thomas.
Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) served on Washington's staff as a translator to French officers during the Revolutionary War, and, in 1785, served as commissioner to treat with the Cherokees and other tribes. He was a member of the Continental Congress, 1781-1784, 1786, and 1787 and a United States senator from North Carolina, 1789-1795. Beginning in the 1790s, he was agent to the Creek Indians and superintendent of all Indian tribes south of the Ohio River.
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The collection includes extensive business and personal correspondence, 1738-1893, of several generations of the Hawkins family, primarily of Warren County, N.C., and Franklin County, N.C. Hawkins family members worked as planters, state and federal officials, railroad executives, bankers, commission merchants, machinery and phosphate manufacturers, and operators of other enterprises in North Carolina and several adjacent states. Also included are papers of other locally prominent related families and correspondence with relatives who lived in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, and other states. Some correspondence relates to slaves owned by family members. Volumes up to 1865 relate primarily to planting and railroads; included are some slave records. The remainder of the volumes are account books, letter books, inventories, order and shipping records, and other records. Among companies important in the papers are Hawkins, Williamson & Company, cotton brokerage and commission merchants of Baltimore, and its successor Hawkins & Company; C. M. Hawkins & Company, which continued Hawkins & Company; the Pioneer Manufacturing Company of Raleigh, N.C., distributor of plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure; and the North Carolina Phosphate Company, incorporated in 1885, with its main offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C. There is almost no material pertaining to Benjamin Hawkins's activities as Revolutionary War leader and United States senator, but there are a few items relating to his career as a United States Indian agent.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1738-1893.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Subseries 1.1. 1738-1865.
Arrangement: chronological.
| 1738-1799 | Deeds for lands, slaves, and other property, chiefly in Granville and Warren counties, N.C., but also Bute, Franklin, Montgomery, and Edgecombe counties. Materials relate to Philemon Hawkins (Sr. and Jr.), Joseph Hawkins, and other members of the Hawkins, Williams, Forkner, and related families in Raleigh and Warren County. |
| There are many Benjamin Hawkins materials, including a letter, 9 April 1785, from Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) in Savannah to Compte de la Forest, reporting his recent evaluation of the Georgia seacoast, rivers, and islands for shipbuilding. Antoine Rene Charles Mathurin de la Forest (1756-1846) was secretary of the French to the United States in 1778 and became vice consul for Carolina and Georgia in 1783 and later consul general. On 10 February 1792, there is a draft of a letter from Hawkins to George Washington about the government's relations with Indians. There are also copies of reports and letters sent to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn by Hawkins and Hawkins's journal entries March-June 1797, during which time he worked with a commission appointed to survey a boundary line between the Cherokee Nation and Tennessee and between the Creek Nation and Georgia. Also included is an order from Benjamin Hawkins at Fort Wilkinson, Ga., 6 January 1798, to Edward Price, United States factor, for a bushel of corn and a bushel of salt to be supplied to an Indian woman named Hothletocco, so that she and her family might return to the Creek Nation. There is also a letter 23 November 1798, from Hawkins at Hillaubee, Talladega County, Ala., to Colonel David Henley in Knoxville, Tenn., replying to Henley's request to purchase cows and reporting that Rachel Spillard, who had been employed by a Mr. Dinsmoor to teach the Cherokee Indians to spin and weave, had left to work in a cotton factory and had not been paid for her work with the Cherokees. Henley (1748-1823) was a native of Massachusetts who served in the Revolutionary War and held various government posts, including clerk in the War Department. Mr. Dinsmoor may be Silas Dinsmore (1766-1847), an Indian agent. | |
| 1800-1804 | Scattered papers of Philemon Hawkins, his brother Benjamin, and son John Davis, chiefly relating to property and including deeds, indentures, powers of attorney, and bills. In 1801, there is the will of Philemon Hawkins Sr. of Pleasant Hill, Warren County, naming his children and grandchildren as heirs. |
| Benjamin Hawkins items include letters, 7 February 1800, from Georgia Governor James Jackson to Hawkins concerning Hawkins's work as an Indian agent, and 27 December 1800, from Hawkins at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River near Milledgeville, Ga., to Joseph Clay, merchant of Savannah. Hawkins wrote to acknowledge receipt of merchandise and the federal stipend for the Creek Indians, sent by Clay to a Mr. Wright, United States factor for the Creeks. In the letter, Hawkins commented on the progress of the government's plan to settle the Creeks. On 21 January 1803, there is a letter from William Hawkins (1777-1819) to Benjamin Hawkins about Benjamin's career and family matters. | |
| 1805-1819 | By 1805, papers are primarily of John D. Hawkins (1781-1858) of Franklin, Warren, and Granville counties. Papers are chiefly business correspondence; bills; items relating to the purchase and sale of slaves and land and to tobacco crops; notes; tax receipts; and items relating to Hawkins's law practice, commencement exercises at the University of North Carolina, Hawkins's saltworks and sawmill, the Louisburg Female Academy, and teachers employed by Hawkins to instruct his children. Included is a June 1818 letter from John G. Blount in Washington, N.C., about the need for legislation to permit construction of a canal from the Roanoke River to the Tar River. In 1819, there are materials relating to Archibald Lytle, William Person, and William Hawkins. In March 1819, there is the will of Muscogie Hawkins, who left his estate to Lavinia Hawkins. |
| 1820-1823 | Miscellaneous business papers of John D. Hawkins relating to planting, property, securing teachers for his children, leather tanning and shoemaking enterprises, University of North Carolina finances, Benjamin Hawkins's will, and the division of family property. |
| Among the 1820 letters are a draft of a letter from John D. Hawkins to John Branch, president of the Board of Internal Improvement, about the Tar River Navigation Company; a letter from A. D. Murphey about the Board; and letters from W. N. Edwards of Washington, D.C., about post offices and pension cases. On 15 July 1823, there is the draft of a letter to William Welborn about political misunderstandings in the race for state legislature. Richard Russell's bills and other business papers run throughout these years. | |
| 1824-1825 | Business papers of Richard Russell, who died intestate in 1825. There are also business papers of John D. Hawkins, including deeds; bills; and correspondence about the leather business, land, crop and slave prices, the estate of Alexander Boyd, and the affairs of Richard Boyd. Among the correspondents are William Robards, Joseph W. Hawkins, Thomas H. Kean, William Pannill of Petersburg, and other merchants; also Will Polk, William M. Swepson, Benjamin F. Hawkins, H. L. Jeffers, John D. Hawkins's father Philemon, and other members of the Hawkins family. In a letter, dated 30 April 1825, James Manney of Beaufort, N.C., wrote about progress in cutting the canal linking the Tar and Roanoke rivers. |
| 1826-1843 | Business correspondence and other papers of John D. Hawkins. Hawkins was concerned with planting cotton, wheat, and tobacco crops; managing land, especially in Tennessee, and other property; leather and salt enterprises; banking; the Alexander Boyd and Richard Russell estates; civil suits in court; family matters, including securing teachers for his children; Revolutionary War pension cases for which he was attorney, especially, beginning in 1834, Elizabeth Milligan McCarty's claim, and beginning in 1840, that of Esther Johnston; politics and political campaigns; the plough factory and furnace at Sandy Creek mills in Warren County, erected in 1837; and beginning around 1837, railroad construction. |
| Included are an exchange of letters in April 1827 between John D. Hawkins and Nathaniel Macon about an invitation to a public dinner for Macon; a letter, 19 September 1827, from F. F. O'Neill of Charleston, S.C., to Colonel William Polk about Polk's academy; a letter in February 1829 from David Clark about cotton manufacturing machinery and Andrew Jackson; an exchange of letters in October 1829 about John D. Hawkins's desire to visit West Point to observe teaching methods to be implemented at the University of North Carolina and John Branch's reaction to the idea; a partnership agreement, 7 September 1837, between John D. Hawkins and William B. Williams to erect a plough factory and furnace at Sandy Creek Mills; a letter, 7 December 1837, from Charles M. Garnett to Hawkins about building the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad; a February 1838 copy of the will of Jacob Fane (Fain), who was emancipated in 1805 and died ca. 1837, and a copy of the emancipation bond; letters, 1839-1841, from John D. Hawkins Jr. to his father about life at the University of North Carolina; an 1842 certificate documenting William J. Hawkins's completion of work for the M.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania; and letters of R. W. Haywood about family tombstones and gold mining. | |
| 1844-1849 | Business papers of John D. Hawkins, now at Henderson Depot, N.C., continue with an increasing percentage relating to railroad matters, especially correspondence as a stockholder in the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. Beginning around 1844, there are also business papers of Hawkins's son William J. Hawkins at Ridgeway, Warren County. There are also family letters, chiefly among John D. Hawkins's children. Beginning in 1844, there are letters from Louis H. Russell, who was supported at William and Mary in Virginia by his uncle John D. Hawkins. |
| Also included are a phrenological reading, dated 6 March 1844, of John D. Hawkins by William P. Hebard of Oxford, N.C., and letters, 1844-1845, about hiring out slaves for railroad work; a contract, October 1845, for building a house at Ridgeway for William J. Hawkins; many letters, particularly in 1846, about Revolutionary War pension cases; a copy of a letter, 3 August 1846, from John D. Hawkins to William P. Williams about John D. Hawkins, Jr.'s campaign for a seat in the state legislature; 1847 letters from John B. Hawkins in Mattagorda County, Tex., about his property, crops, and life there; items, March-May 1847, about President James K. Polk's visit to the University of North Carolina; a report, 14 July 1847, to John D. Hawkins about the condition of his lands in Tennessee; correspondence in 1847 about extending the railroad from Raleigh into South Carolina; copies of letters in June 1848 relating to a misunderstanding between Robert Strange and President Polk; correspondence, August-November 1848, with the Georgia Historical Society about publication of Benjamin Hawkins's writings; letters, 1847-1848, from Frank Hawkins and family in Carroll County, Miss.; and letters, December 1848, of N. B. Massenburg concerning plans for enlarging the courthouse. | |
| 1850-1865 | Accounts and correspondence with commission merchants at Petersburg and Richmond and a few personal bills and legal papers relating to John D. Hawkins continue until his death in 1858, after which there are items about the settlement of his estate. On 16 June 1850, there is a letter from Congressman J. R. J. Daniel to John D. Hawkins about how the territorial slavery issue was unlikely to result in a settlement acceptable to the South. On 15 September 1850, there is a letter to Hawkins about his sons' taking the census in Warren County. In the early 1850s, there are a few items relating to the sale and hiring out of slaves. On 26 November 1852, there is a contemporary copy of a letter to Junius Amis of Vicksburg, Miss., from John D. Hawkins about trouble with a slave. |
| During this period, there are a few family letters, especially those relating to Virginia Hawkins Andrews. On 17 September 1852, there is a letter from the physician at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Va., to John D. Hawkins about a resident relative's mental state. | |
| As the years go by, papers increasingly relate to William J. Hawkins (1819-1894), son of John D. Hawkins. These include papers about his presidency, beginning in 1855, of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, and to his work with W. J. Hawkins & Company, which contracted to build sections of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad in the 1850s. There are also many papers relating to the building of the bridge at Gastonia, N.C. | |
| In the 1850s and 1860s, there are also papers relating to the affairs of William's brother Philemon Benjamin Hawkins (1823-1891), who was a planter and contractor of Franklin County. In the 1850s and early 1860s, he was in partnership with David Bisset as contractors for railroad construction. Papers show that this partnership worked on some projects near Pendleton, S.C., and Weldon, N.C., and that Philemon Hawkins was also a member of the W. J. Hawkins Company that built sections of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad near Abingdon, Va. His life outside railroad construction, which he spent managing properties in Franklin County, at Henderson, or at Spring Grove near Henderson is also documented. There are also some papers relating to Philemon's tenure in the state legislature in 1852. Also included are scattered papers of John D. Hawkins Jr., Alexander Boyd Hawkins of Henderson, James B. Hawkins of Texas, Frank Hawkins of Mississippi, and other family members. | |
| In the early 1860s, there are papers relating to John D. Hawkins's estate, including a list, dated 15 December 1860, of slaves belonging to the estate. A list on 9 December 1862 gives the final disposition of the estate's slaves. | |
| During the Civil War period, there is little to indicate that a war was going on, except that the Hawkinses sent their cotton and other products South instead of to Virginia. In 1862, there are a few slight references to family members in military service. A 26 August 1862 letter to Alexander Boyd Hawkins from Phinizy & Clayton, commission merchants of Augusta, Ga., discussed counterfeit Confederate bank notes in circulation. A letter on 13 November 1862 to Alexander Boyd Hawkins from commission merchants Duncan & Johnston of Savannah, Ga., discussed a shipment of flour that had not been received and probably had been confiscated by the government. On 13 November 1863, there is a letter to Jane Hawkins in Henderson from William J. Hawkins in Raleigh about the confiscation of horses. In December 1863, Hawkins and other railroad presidents exchanged letters about planning routes for the delivery of goods and protesting taxes about to be levied. | |
| There are few items dated 1863-1864. By the end of 1865, William J. Hawkins appears to have made a good recovery from wartime inconveniences, although there is a letter, dated 14 December 1865, to him from George Grice at the Car Works in Portsmouth, Va., stating that northern troops having stolen all the supplies used in building railroad cars, the Works would have to wait for the reorganization of the banks to be able to purchase enough supplies to reopen. Materials in November and December 1865 are chiefly letters of application and recommendation for jobs with the National Express and Transportation Company of the State of North Carolina, of which William was a director. |
| Folder 1 |
1738-1759 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/1 |
Indenture between John Green and Philemon Hawkins in Granville County, N.C., 7 December 1756 |
| Folder 2 |
1760 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/2 |
Four indentures in Granville County, N.C., 1760 |
| Folder 3 |
1761-1764 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/3 |
Two Indentures in Granville County, N.C., 1761 and 1762 |
| Folder 4 |
1765-1769 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/4 |
Indenture between George Martin and Philemon Hawkins in Granville County, N.C., 7 August 1761 |
| Folder 5 |
1770-1778 |
| Folder 6 |
1779 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/5 |
Five indentures in Bute County, N.C., and one in Franklin County, N.C., 1779 |
| Folder 7 |
1780-1782 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/6 |
One indenture in Granville County, N.C., and one in Warren County, N.C., 1782 |
| Folder 8 |
1783-1789 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/7 |
Indenture to John Hawkins in Franklin County, N.C., 10 Augutst 1786 |
| Folder 9 |
1790-1794 |
| Folder 10 |
1795-1799 |
| Folder 11 |
1800-1802 |
| Folder 12 |
1803-1804 |
| Folder 13 |
1805-1806 |
| Folder 14 |
1807-1808 |
| Folder 15 |
1809 |
| Folder 16 |
1810-1811 |
| Folder 17 |
1812 |
| Folder 18 |
1813 |
| Folder 19 |
1814 |
| Folder 20 |
1815-1816 |
| Folder 21 |
1817 |
| Folder 22 |
1818 |
| Folder 23 |
1819 |
Folder 24-25
Folder 24Folder 25 |
1820 |
| Folder 26 |
1821 |
Folder 27-28
Folder 27Folder 28 |
1822 |
Folder 29-30
Folder 29Folder 30 |
1823 |
Folder 31-34
Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34 |
1824 |
Folder 35-37
Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37 |
1825 |
| Folder 38 |
1826 |
Folder 39-40
Folder 39Folder 40 |
1827 |
| Folder 41 |
1828 |
Folder 42-43
Folder 42Folder 43 |
1829 |
Folder 44-46
Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46 |
1830 |
Folder 47-48
Folder 47Folder 48 |
1831 |
Folder 49-50
Folder 49Folder 50 |
1832 |
| Folder 51 |
1833 |
Folder 52-53
Folder 52Folder 53 |
1834 |
| Folder 54 |
1835 |
| Folder 55 |
1836 |
| Folder 56 |
1837 |
| Folder 57 |
1838 |
| Folder 58 |
1839 |
Folder 59-62
Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61Folder 62 |
1840 |
| Folder 63 |
1841 |
| Folder 64 |
1842 |
Folder 65-66
Folder 65Folder 66 |
1843 |
| Folder 67 |
1844 |
Folder 68-69
Folder 68Folder 69 |
1845 |
Folder 70-74
Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74 |
1846 |
Folder 75-78
Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78 |
1847 |
Folder 79-81
Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81 |
1848 |
Folder 82-85
Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85 |
1849 |
Folder 86-88
Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88 |
1850 |
Folder 89-91
Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91 |
1851 |
Folder 92-94
Folder 92Folder 93Folder 94 |
1852 |
| Folder 95 |
1853 |
| Folder 96 |
1854 |
Folder 97-98
Folder 97Folder 98 |
1855 |
Folder 99-105
Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104Folder 105 |
1856 |
Folder 106-109
Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
1857 |
Folder 110-114
Folder 110Folder 111Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114 |
1858 |
Folder 115-117
Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117 |
1859 |
Folder 118-120
Folder 118Folder 119Folder 120 |
1860 |
| Folder 121 |
1861 |
Folder 122-123
Folder 122Folder 123 |
1862 |
| Folder 124 |
1863-1864 |
Folder 125-127
Folder 125Folder 126Folder 127 |
1865 |
Folder 128-134
Folder 128Folder 129Folder 130Folder 131Folder 132Folder 133Folder 134 |
Undated and fragments before 1866 |
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Subseries 1.2. 1866-1891.
Arrangement: chronological.
Papers of William J. Hawkins and his brothers continue. In the late 1860s and 1870s, William was a member of Hawkins, Williamson & Company of Baltimore, general commission merchants, with B. P. Williamson, J. J. Thomas, and Colin M. Hawkins. His papers as president of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad run from about 1867 to 1875, and his papers as president of the Ridgeway Company are of the some period. Philemon Benjamin Hawkins's papers also continue; these include some relating to his service in the North Carolina senate in 1870.
Papers of Colin M. Hawkins, son of William J. and Mary Alethea Clark Hawkins, are also included. His business papers extend from the 1860s through the 1880s and include materials relating to his time in Baltimore in the 1860s and 1870s as a member of Hawkins, Williamson & Company and its successor, Hawkins & Company. Also documented is his career in the 1880s, when he was in Raleigh and connected with the Pioneer Manufacturing Company, Raleigh Light & Gas, and the North Carolina Phosphate Company. The Pioneer Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1883 by J. C. Kearney, P. M. Wilson, and Colin M. Hawkins to make objects of wood and metal. The company distributed plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure. The North Carolina Phosphate Company, with offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C., was incorporated in 1885, with M. J. Hawkins as president and Colin M. Hawkins as secretary. F. M. Andrews, J. F. Dortch, and A. H. A. Williams were also among the incorporators.
Included are bills, receipts, notes, deeds, indentures, tax lists, insurance policies, notes on court proceedings, estate settlement accounts, and a few family letters. There is also correspondence relating to plantation management in Mississippi, 1870-1875; cotton sales, 1870-1880; tobacco markets, 1878; land speculation in North Carolina, 1883; and accounts with commission merchants and factors.
Throughout the period, there are papers relating to railroad construction and management. These include contracts and other records of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad and specifications for construction of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad.
There are several oversize plats, town plans, and building specifications from the 1870s and 1880s for various locations. These include plans for William J. Hawkins's houses in Raleigh and Ridgeway and for the residence of I. H. Pearce in Oxford, Miss. There are also engineering sketches of mill machinery labeled "N.C. Phosphate Mill, Raleigh," and maps, including one of Middleburg, Warren County, N.C.; one of the Roanoke Navigation & Water Power Company's canal and other properties; one of William J. Hawkins's pine lands in Moore, Richmond, and Montgomery counties, N.C.; one of the Ridgeway Company's land holdings in 1873; and an undated street and pipe-line map of Salisbury, N.C.
Folder 135-137
Folder 135Folder 136Folder 137 |
1866 |
Folder 138-139
Folder 138Folder 139 |
1867 |
Folder 140-145
Folder 140Folder 141Folder 142Folder 143Folder 144Folder 145 |
1868 |
Folder 146-156
Folder 146Folder 147Folder 148Folder 149Folder 150Folder 151Folder 152Folder 153Folder 154Folder 155Folder 156 |
1869 |
Folder 157-159
Folder 157Folder 158Folder 159 |
1870 |
| Folder 160 |
1871 |
Folder 161-164
Folder 161Folder 162Folder 163Folder 164 |
1872 |
Folder 165-166
Folder 165Folder 166 |
1873 |
| Folder 167 |
1874 |
Folder 168-169
Folder 168Folder 169 |
1875 |
| Folder 170 |
1876 |
| Folder 171 |
1877 |
| Folder 172 |
1878 |
Folder 173-175
Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175 |
1879 |
| Folder 176 |
1880 |
| Folder 177 |
1881 |
Folder 178-179
Folder 178Folder 179 |
1882 |
Folder 180-183
Folder 180Folder 181Folder 182Folder 183 |
1883 |
| Folder 184 |
1884-1885 |
Folder 185-186
Folder 185Folder 186 |
1886 |
| Folder 187 |
1887 |
| Folder 188 |
1888-1889 |
| Folder 189 |
January-May 1890 |
| Folder 190 |
June 1890-August 1891 |
Folder 191-194
Folder 191Folder 192Folder 193Folder 194 |
Undated and fragments after 1865 |
| Oversize Paper Folder OPF-322/8 |
Town plans and building specifications |
| Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-322/1 |
Maps, building specifications, and blueprints |
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Series 2. Volumes, 1801-1895 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Note that there is slight overlap in dates between subseries 2.1 and subseries 2.2. Page counts typically exclude blank pages.
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Subseries 2.1. 1801-1868.
Arrangement: chronological.
| Folder 195 |
Volume 1, 1801-180572 pp. Account book with a copy of the will, 1801, of Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801) and accounts relating to the settlement of his estate, Philemon and John Hawkins, executors. |
| Folder 196 |
Volume 2, 1813-182183 pp. Account book with miscellaneous memoranda and accounts of John D. Hawkins, including fees due county courts of Warren, Granville, and Franklin counties; wages paid; debts and loans; and cotton crop and salt work accounts. |
| Folder 197 |
Volume 3, 1815-181630 pp. Account book with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, including some listing expenditures for provisions and numbers of hogs killed. Owner unknown. |
| Folder 198 |
Volume 4, 1820-182596 pp. Accounts of John D. Hawkins relating to his leather working, a teacher for his children, and other matters. |
| Folder 199 |
Volume 5, 182114 pp. Accounts for leather and other shop work. Owner unknown. |
| Folder 200 |
Volume 6, 182222 pp. Inventory of sale of the personal property belonging to Philemon Hawkins. |
| Oversize Volume SV-322/7 |
Volume 7, 1822-1825354 pp. Ledger of Richard Russell, including accounts for general merchandise, produce, blacksmithing, and hauling. Richard Russell died intestate about 1825 and John D. Hawkins was the agent for his estate settlement. |
| Folder 201 |
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| Folder 202 |
Volume 8, 1823-182726 pp. Accounts of expenditures, possibly of Sherwood Haywood. |
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Volume 9, 1825-182698 pp. Ledger with index. |
| Folder 203 |
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| Folder 204 |
Volume 10, 1825-184696 total pp. Front to back, 1825-1832: accounts of Richard Russell's estate. Back to front, 1826-1846: accounts of John D. Hawkins for leather, lumber, teachers, etc. |
| Folder 205 |
Volume 11, 1826-183115 total pp. 1826-1829: account of Sherwood Haywood, agent, with Mark Cooke, teller, Bank of New Bern at Raleigh. 1830-1831: account of John D. Hawkins as executor of Sherwood Haywood's estate. |
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Volume 12, 1830-184157 total pp. 1830: daybook, McCorkle Gold Mining Company. 1838: records of the purchase of the plow factory at Sandy Creek Mill by John D. Hawkins from William B. Williams. 1838-1841: ledger containing plow factory accounts. |
| Folder 206 |
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| Folder 207 |
Volume 13, 183317 pp. Inventory of sale of the personal property belonging to Colonel Philemon Hawkins. |
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Volume 14, 1833-1850270 total pp. 1833-1836: records of general merchandise purchased wholesale at New York for a story at Sparta. 1840: inventory of goods sent from store in Sparta to the railroad depot. 1841: records of a sale by W. J. Andrews. 1842-1850: accounts of John D. Hawkins and Richard Hines, at Henderson, N.C., for merchandise bought in New York and sold at auction. |
| Folder 208 |
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| Folder 209 |
Volume 15, 1837-183988 pp. "Memorandum book for the Rail Road," containing financial and other records John D. Hawkins, of roadbed work and work done at the depot in Henderson. |
| Folder 210 |
Volume 16, 1838-184847 total pp. 1842-1848: ledger of John D. Hawkins for labor, hides, lumber, brandy, etc. 1838-1847: account of Ann Johnson with executors of Joseph W. Hawkins's estate. 1844-1847: accounts of John D. Hawkins as guardian of Lewis H. Russell. |
| Folder 211 |
Volume 17, 1838-1852234 pp. Memoranda and ledger book of John D. Hawkins, chiefly for the plow factory. Also included are a few recipes and miscellaneous personal memos. |
| Folder 212 |
Volume 18, 1839-184013 pp. Alexander Boyd Hawkins account book, including accounts for slaves' shoes. |
| Folder 213 |
Volume 19, 1842-184310 pp. List of personal property, including slaves, belonging to P. E. A. Jones and sold under trust made February 1842 for the benefit of John D. Hawkins and Wesley W. Young. |
| Folder 214 |
Volume 20, 1844-185195 pp. Accounts of merchandise purchased wholesale, possibly by Cheatham & Vaughan, at Petersburg and Henderson; tobacco and cotton sale accounts; and store accounts from Henderson. Entries appear in John D. Hawkins's handwriting and that of others. |
| Folder 215 |
Volume 21, 1846-1852284 pp. Daybook for cash sales of general merchandise. |
| Folder 216 |
Volume 22, 1846-185266 pp. Record of hides received for tanning by Philemon Benjamin Hawkins of Franklin County. |
| Folder 217 |
Volume 23, 1848-1852120 pp. "Shop Book" of William J. and John Andrews of Henderson, for blacksmithery and other iron work. |
| Folder 218 |
Volume 24, 1849-1850362 pp. Henderson account book, possibly of William J. and John Andrews, with accounts for general merchandise, provisions, shoemaking, hides, iron and nails, hardware, plastering, watch repair, and tooth extraction. |
| Folder 219 |
Volume 25, 1851-1857123 pp. Accounts relating to estates handled by John D. Hawkins. In the back of the book, there is a list of slaves hired to work on the Central Railroad, 1852. |
| Folder 220 |
Volume 26, 1852-1853163 pp. "Roanoke Valley Railroad, [Sylvanius] Johnson & [David] Bisset's Ledger," containing accounts with employees and officers of the company. |
| Folder 221 |
Volume 27, 1852-185627 total pp. 1852: Miscellaneous accounts of Bisset & Johnson of the Roanoke Valley Railroad. 1856: David Bisset's cash account on a South Carolina railroad contract. |
| Folder 222 |
Volume 28, 1853-1854129 pp. Accounts of David Bisset, contractor, with workers at Little Nut Bush Bridge on the Roanoke Valley Railroad. |
| Folder 223 |
Volume 29, 1855-185661 pp. Time rolls of hands employed by James Bain at Rockfield Quarry, Chesterfield County, Va. |
| Folder 224 |
Volume 30, 185629 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. |
| Folder 225 |
Volume 31, 185660 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston and the Petersburg & Weldon railroads. |
| Folder 226 |
Volume 32, 1856-1857107 pp. Ledger with accounts of David Bisset and/or Philemon Benjamin Hawkins for Raleigh & Gaston Railroad work. |
| Folder 227 |
Volume 33, 1856-185780 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. |
| Folder 228 |
Volume 34, 1856-186675 pp. Miscellaneous accounts of William J. Hawkins. |
| Folder 229 |
Volume 35, 1857-185827 pp. Cash paid out by Philemon Benjamin Hawkins for tobacco, clothing, sundries, etc., while working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina. |
| Folder 230 |
Volume 36, 1857-185924 pp. Bisset & Hawkins accounts for general merchandise and provisions while working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina. Also included are a few accounts of E. B. Benson & Sons. |
| Folder 231 |
Volume 37, 1858122 pp. Bisset & Hawkins ledger containing accounts with laborers and with slaveholders for their slaves working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina. |
| Folder 232 |
Volume 38, 185846 pp. Accounts of N. F. Bardwell of the South Side Railroad for labor, coal, clothing, etc. |
| Folder 233 |
Volume 39, 1858-1866105 pp. "Hawkins & Andrews" book of accounts of J. D. Hawkins & Company and A. B. Andrews for a tanning operation. |
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Volume 40, 1858-1860145 pp. Accounts for general merchandise, clothing, blacksmithery, etc., with many entries relating to the Blue Ridge Railroad, South Carolina. |
| Folder 234 |
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| Folder 235 |
Volume 41, 185823 pp. Record of clothing, coal, sugar, etc., for workers on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. |
| Folder 236 |
Volume 42, 1858-186071 pp. Workers' time book, showing names and days worked on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Workers are identified as "stonecutter," "black hands," etc. |
| Folder 237 |
Volume 43, 185926 pp. Accounts with slaves for work and tobacco with daybook entries and ledger accounts for work on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Plugs of tobacco were apparently given in exchange for putting down holes (6 holes=$.18). |
| Folder 238 |
Volume 44, 1859-186169 pp. Tannery accounts of John D. Hawkins. |
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Volume 45, 1859-1862165 pp. Plantation accounts, including slave records, of William J. Hawkins at Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C. |
| Folder 239 |
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| Folder 240 |
Volume 46, 1859-186249 pp. Inventory and accounts of the estate of John D. Hawkins, who died 5 December 1858, William J. Hawkins, executor. |
| Folder 241 |
Volume 47, 186057 pp. Philemon Benjamin Hawkins's ledger for general accounts relating to work on the Blue Ridge Railroad. |
| Folder 242 |
Volume 48, 1860-1863195 pp. Tannery ledger; owner unknown. |
| Folder 243 |
Volume 49, 1861-186385 pp. Record of wheat brought to mills owned by [Philemon?] Hawkins and flour sent to the Henderson railroad depot for shipment to soldiers in the field. |
| Folder 244 |
Volume 50, 1863-186587 pp. Record, perhaps kept by D. A. Hunt, of bags of wheat and flour received, sent, and given to the poor. |
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Volume 51, 1863-1868112 total pages. 1863-1865: ledger with tannery accounts. 1867-1868: miscellaneous accounts, including those of A. B. Andrews with laborers for provisions, etc., and with members of the Hawkins family. |
| Folder 245 |
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| Folder 246 |
Volume 52, 1865-186678 pp. Accounts involving barter for provisions and general merchandise and other accounts involving cash sales. |
| Folder 247 |
Volume 53, 1865-1866 and undated78 total pp. 1865-1866: ledger of A. B. Andrew with accounts with overseers and laborers, including employees' records at the ironworks and railroad ferry at Gaston. Undated: accounts of Philemon Benjamin Hawkins with Hawkins & Bisset and with Hawkins & Mordecai. |
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Subseries 2.2. 1866-1895.
Arrangement: chronological.
| Folder 248 |
Volume 54, 1866-1867Accounts in individuals, perhaps a saleperson's record book. |
| Folder 249 |
Volume 55, 1867Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company with instructions from clients in regard to selling. |
| Folder 250 |
Volume 56, 1867-1868Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 251 |
Volume 57, 1867-1868Produce book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 58, 1867-1868Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 59, 1867-1868Cash sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 60, 1867-1869Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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| Folder 255 |
Volume 61, 1867-1870Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 256 |
Volume 62, 1867-1872Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 63, 1867-1877Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 257 |
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| Folder 258 |
Volume 64, 1867-1869Colin M. Hawkins letter book, Columbia, S.C. |
| Folder 259 |
Volume 65, 1867-1870Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 260 |
Volume 66, 1867-1868Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 261 |
Volume 67, 1868Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 262 |
Volume 68, 1868Daybook listing wholesale shipments of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 263 |
Volume 69, 1868Sales book for naval stores of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 264 |
Volume 70, 1868Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 71, 1868-1870Index of names and petty cash ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 265 |
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| Folder 266 |
Volume 72, 1868-1869Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 267 |
Volume 73, 1868-1869Land boundaries of Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C. |
| Folder 268 |
Volume 74, 1868-1870Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 75, 1868-1872Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 76, 1869-1871Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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| Folder 271 |
Volume 77, 1869-1870Labor and freight accounts of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 272 |
Volume 78, 1869-1877Land boundaries of Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C. |
| Folder 273 |
Volume 79, 1869Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 274 |
Volume 80, 1869Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 275 |
Volume 81, 1869-1870Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 276 |
Volume 82, 1868-1872Drafts and bills of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 83, 1869-1872Shipping book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 277 |
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| Folder 278 |
Volume 84, 1869Daybook and general merchandise accounts of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 279 |
Volume 85, 1869-1870Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 280 |
Volume 86, 1869-1871Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 281 |
Volume 87, 1869-1872.Household expenses of Martha Clark, who may have been employed by Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 281a |
Volume 88, 1869-1870Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 282 |
Volume 89, 1869-1876References and agreements book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 283 |
Volume 90, 1870Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 284 |
Volume 91, 1870Daybook, owner unidentified. |
| Folder 285 |
Volume 92, 1870Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 286 |
Volume 93, 1870Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 287 |
Volume 94, 1870Cotton warehouse record of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 288 |
Volume 95, 1870Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 289 |
Volume 96, 1870-1871Journal of B. T. Williamson. |
| Folder 290 |
Volume 97, 1870-1872Notification book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 291 |
Volume 98, 1870-1871Cotton sample book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 99, 1870-1877Cotton receiving book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 292 |
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| Folder 293 |
Volume 100, 1870Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 294 |
Volume 101, 1870-1871Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 295 |
Volume 102, 1870-1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 296 |
Volume 103, 1870Fragment of cotton sales records of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 104, 1870-1872Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 297 |
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| Folder 298 |
Volume 105, 1870-1877Ledger, perhaps of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 299 |
Volume 106, 1871-1872Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 300 |
Volume 107, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 301 |
Volume 108, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 302 |
Volume 109, 1871Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 303 |
Volume 110, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 304 |
Volume 111, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 305 |
Volume 112, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 306 |
Volume 113, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 307 |
Volume 114, 1871-1872Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 308 |
Volume 115, 1871Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 309 |
Volume 116, 1871-1872Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 117, 1871-1874Hawkins store accounts. |
| Folder 310 |
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| Folder 311 |
Volume 118, 1871-18751871: Colin M. Hawkins cash record. 1872-1875: Martha Clark household expenses. |
| Folder 312 |
Volume 119, 1872-1874Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 313 |
Volume 120, 1872Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 121, 1872-1875Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 314 |
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| Folder 315 |
Volume 122, 1872-1875Order book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 316 |
Volume 123, 1872-1876Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 124, 1872-1877Commission and sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 125, 1872-1877Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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| Folder 319 |
Volume 126, 1872Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 320 |
Volume 127, 1872-1873Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 321 |
Volume 128, 1872-1876Charge account book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 129, 1872-1876Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 322 |
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| Folder 323 |
Volume 130, 1873Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 324 |
Volume 131, 1873-1876Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 325 |
Volume 132, 1873-1876Petty cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 326 |
Volume 133, 1873-1877Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 327 |
Volume 134, 1873Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 328 |
Volume 135, 1874Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 329 |
Volume 136, 1874Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 330 |
Volume 137, 1874Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 331 |
Volume 138, 1874Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 332 |
Volume 139, 1874Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 333 |
Volume 140, 1874Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 334 |
Volume 141, 1874-1875Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 335 |
Volume 142, 1874-1875Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 336 |
Volume 143, 1874-1875Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 337 |
Volume 144, 1875Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 338 |
Volume 145, 1875Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 339 |
Volume 146, 1875Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 340 |
Volume 147, 1875Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
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Volume 148, 1875-1877Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 341 |
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| Folder 342 |
Volume 149, 1875-1877Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 343 |
Volume 150, 1875Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 344 |
Volume 151, 1875-1876Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 345 |
Volume 152, 1875-1876Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 346 |
Volume 153, 1876-1877Petty cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 347 |
Volume 154, 1876Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 348 |
Volume 155, 1876Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 349 |
Volume 156, 1876-1877Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 350 |
Volume 157, 1876-1877Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 351 |
Volume 158, 1876-1879Contract book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 352 |
Volume 159, 1876Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 353 |
Volume 160, 1877Almanac annotated in pencil with surveyor's notes. |
| Folder 354 |
Volume 161, 1877Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 355 |
Volume 162, 1877Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 356 |
Volume 163, 1877Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 357 |
Volume 164, 1877-1878Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 358 |
Volume 165, 1877-1880Letter book of William J. Hawkins. |
| Folder 359 |
Volume 166, 1878-1879Miscellaneous accounts of Colin M. and William J. Hawkins. |
| Folder 360 |
Volume 167, 1878Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 361 |
Volume 168, 1878Law lecture notebook of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 362 |
Volume 169, 1878-1879Cotton gin book, Ridgeway, N.C. |
| Folder 363 |
Volume 170, 1878-1882Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company. |
| Folder 364 |
Volume 171, 1879Cotton gin book. |
| Folder 365 |
Volume 172, 1880-1881Ledger of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 366 |
Volume 173, 1881Accounts of B. S. Jerman, Ridgeway, N.C. |
| Folder 367 |
Volume 174, >1882-1883Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins. |
| Folder 368 |
Volume 175, 1883-1884Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 369 |
Volume 176, 1883-1885Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company and David Boyd. |
| Folder 370 |
Volume 177, 1883-1884Daybook of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 371 |
Volume 178, 1883-1887Minutes and organizational material of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 372 |
Volume 179, 1883-1884Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
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Volume 180, 1883-1885Ledger. |
| Folder 373 |
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| Folder 374 |
Volume 181, 1883-1885Day and sales book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 375 |
Volume 182, 1884."Block book" of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 376 |
Volume 183, 1884Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 377 |
Volume 184, 1884Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 378 |
Volume 185, 1884-1885.Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 379 |
Volume 186, 1884-1886Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 380 |
Volume 187, 1884-1887Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 381 |
Volume 188, 1884-1885Day and petty cash book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 382 |
Volume 189, 1884Telegraph book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 383 |
Volume 190, 1885-1886Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 384 |
Volume 191, 1885-1887Minutes of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 385 |
Volume 192, 1885-1886Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 386 |
Volume 193, 1885-1887Daybook of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 387 |
Volume 194, 1885-1886Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 388 |
Volume 195, 1885-1887Daybook of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 389 |
Volume 196, 1885-1887Ledger of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 390 |
Volume 197, 1885-1888Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 391 |
Volume 198, 1886-1890Bills, receipts, scrapbook of Raleigh Gas Light Company. |
| Folder 392 |
Volume 199, 1886Order book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 393 |
Volume 200, 1886-1889Storage record book of Citizens Trust Company. |
| Folder 394 |
Volume 201, 1886-1889Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 395 |
Volume 202, 1886-1889Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 396 |
Volume 203, 1886Time book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 397 |
Volume 204, 1886-1889Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 398 |
Volume 205, 1887-1889Rent book. |
| Folder 399 |
Volume 206, 1887Minutes of Raleigh Manufacturing Company. |
| Folder 400 |
Volume 207, 1887-1889Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 401 |
Volume 208, 1887-1889Rent book. |
| Folder 402 |
Volume 209, 1888-1889Shipping book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 403 |
Volume 210, 1888-1891Account book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 404 |
Volume 211, 1888-1891Castle Hayne and Rocky River farm account of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 405 |
Volume 212, 1888-1891Castle Hayne farm account of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 406 |
Volume 213, 1889Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 407 |
Volume 214, 1889-1890Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 408 |
Volume 215, 1889-1891Daybook of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
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Volume 216, 1889-1895Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 409 |
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| Folder 410 |
Volume 217, 1889-1891Time book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 411 |
Volume 218, 1890Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 412 |
Volume 219, 1890Land company payment book. |
| Folder 413 |
Volume 220, 1890-1891Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
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Volume 221, 1890-1894Bills, receipts, scrapbook of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 414 |
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| Folder 415 |
Volume 222, 1890Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 416 |
Volume 223, 1891Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 417 |
Volume 224, 1891-1892Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 418 |
Volume 225, 1891-1892Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 419 |
Volume 226, 1892-1893Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 420 |
Volume 227, 1893-1894Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 421 |
Volume 228, 1894-1895Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company. |
| Folder 422 |
Volume 229, undatedBonds and other materials. |
| Folder 423 |
Volume 230, undatedCode of C. M. Hawkins & Company. |
| Folder 424 |
Volume 231, undatedIndex. |
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Volume 232, undatedIndex. |
| Folder 425 |
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| Folder 426 |
Volume 233, undatedGenealogical notes on the Hawkins and Polk families. |
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