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Size | 75 items |
Abstract | The Ledbetter family resided mainly in Haywood County, N.C. Members included Richard Ledbetter, Coleman Ledbetter, William Ledbetter, and Laura Ledbetter. The collection includes scattered letters, 1858-1900, and miscellaneous bills and receipts of the Ledbetter family of the Appalachian Mountains, mainly in Haywood County, N.C. Letters give routine family news about health, social life, farming, selling crops, the weather, and other topics. Correspondents include Richard Ledbetter, Coleman Ledbetter, Laura Ledbetter, and William Ledbetter. |
Creator | Ledbetter (Family : Haywood County, N.C.) |
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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The Ledbetter family resided mainly in Haywood County, N.C. Members included Richard Ledbetter, Coleman Ledbetter, William Ledbetter, L. J. Ledbetter, and J. B. Ledbetter.
Back to TopThe collection includes scattered letters, 1858-1900, and business papers, 1822-1893, of an Appalachian Mountains family, mainly in Haywood County, N.C. Letters give routine family news about health, social life, farming, selling crops, the weather, and other topics. The business papers include miscellaneous bills, receipts, promissory notes, orders, warrants, checks, and other items of Coleman Ledbetter, James Ledbetter, Andrew Wells, J. W. Wells, Wells & Ledbetter, and others. There are also two broadsides, a testimonial, 1858, concerning a cancer cure and an endorsement, 1900, of John S. Cunningham as gubernatorial nominee of the Democratic party.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Letters, 1858-1901 |
Folder 2 |
Business papers, 1822-1849 |
Folder 3 |
Business papers, 1850-1859 |
Folder 4 |
Business papers, 1860-1869 |
Folder 5 |
Business papers, 1870-1893 |
Folder 6 |
Business papers, undated |