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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Edwin Michael Holt was a pioneer textile manufacturer of Alamance County, N.C. The collection contains a typescript copy of Holt's diary, 1844-1854, containing brief daily entries relating mostly to weather, farming, and personal matters, but occasionally giving insight into his varied business activities. Also included is a letter, 1841, from G. James Farish concerning a visit to Philadelphia and proposed trip to New York to buy goods for his mercantile business in Caswell County, N.C. |
Creator | Holt, Edwin Michael, 1807-1884. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011; Nancy Kaiser, November 2020
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.
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Edwin Michael Holt (1807-1884) was a pioneer textile manufacturer of Alamance County, N.C.
Back to TopThe collection contains a typescript copy of Holt's diary, 1844-1854, containing brief daily entries relating mostly to weather, farming, and personal matters, but occasionally giving insight into his varied business activities. Also included is a letter, 1841, from G. James Farish concerning a visit to Philadelphia and proposed trip to New York to buy goods for his mercantile business in Caswell County, N.C.
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Letter, 1841 |
Folder 2 |
Typescript of diary, 1844-1854 |
Reel M-350/1 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-350/1)
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