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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | The collection includes business and legal papers of Samuel Strudwick (d. 1794), who lived near Wilmington, N.C.; his son William F. Strudwick (d. 1812), a Federalist member of Congress, 1796-1797; their wives, who were both named Martha; and other members of the Strudwick family of England and the Cape Fear River Valley of North Carolina. Much of the collection consists of deeds, indentures, and other papers relating to land and estate transactions, as well as slave inventories and a few family letters. Also included are letters to Samuel Strudwick from relatives and friends in England, from agents in London about property he owned there, and from merchants in Wilmington about the sale of tobacco and the purchase of articles, chiefly 1771-1792. There are also materials relating to the bankruptcy settlement, circa 1761, with George Burrington, son of North Carolina Royal Governor George Burrington, by which the Strudwicks secured most of their considerable land holdings in North Carolina, including property in what are now New Hanover, Orange, and Alamance counties. |
Creator | Strudwick (Family : Cape Fear River Valley, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Scott Philyaw, January 1992
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009 and October 2010
Updated because of addition in December 2018.
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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Business and legal papers of Samuel Strudwick (d. 1794), who lived near Wilmington, N.C.; his son William F. Strudwick (d. 1812), a Federalist member of Congress, 1796-1797; their wives, who were both named Martha; and other members of the Strudwick family of England and the Cape Fear River Valley of N.C. Much of the collection consists of deeds, indentures, and other papers relating to land and estate transactions, as well as slave inventories and a few family letters. Also included are letters to Samuel Strudwick from relatives and friends in England, from agents in London about property he owned there, and from merchants in Wilmington about the sale of tobacco and the purchase of articles, chiefly 1771-1792. There are also materials relating to the bankruptcy settlement, circa 1761, with George Burrington, son of North Carolina's Royal Governor George Burrington, by which the Strudwicks secured most of their considerable land holdings in North Carolina, including property in what are now New Hanover, Orange, and Alamance counties.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1728-1770 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/1 |
Patent of Edward Moseley for land on the Saxapahaw River, 6 November 1728 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/2 |
Mortgage between Burrington and Samuel Strudwick, regarding the estate of Edmund Strudwick, 11 April 1754 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/3 |
Document discussing Burrington's imprisonment for debt and bankruptcy, and the management of other debts and assets, 28 September 1761 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/4 |
Agreement between Lieutenant General John Guise, Burrington, and Samuel Strudwick, 23 March 1763 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/5 |
Receipt for goods shipped by Burrington (?), 5 April 1731Much of the document is missing. |
Folder 2 |
1771-1786 |
Folder 3 |
1787-1789 |
Folder 4 |
1790-1792 |
Folder 5 |
1793-1799 |
Folder 6 |
1800-1811 |
Oversize Paper OP-701/6-7
OP-701/6OP-701/7 |
Two deeds for land on Catfish Creek, possibly in Orange County, N.C., 1807Much of the documents are missing. |
Folder 7 |
1812-1819 |
Folder 8 |
1820-1831 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Acquisition Information: Accession 101927
This book was owned by Samuel Strudwick. It was published in Greek and English in 1653 and the division of the book between the Greek text and English text contains the signature of Samuel Strudwick.
Folder 10 |
Book of Psalms |