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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 286 items) |
Abstract | Walter James Forbes Liddell (died 1889) was the owner and manager of the Liddell Engine Company (later Liddell and Co.), a manufacturing firm of Charlotte, N.C. His son, Walter S. Liddell, managed the firm after his father's death. The collection is records, chiefly 1880s-1890s, of the Liddell Engine Company. Included are business correspondence, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, deeds, blueprints, and printed patents of the Liddell Engine Company and its successor Liddell and Co., manufacturers of engines, cotton presses, and circular saw mills. There is no Civil War material. Volumes are private accounts of W. J. F. Liddell, 1866-1874, and miscellaneous accounts, 1884-1888. |
Creator | Liddell, Walter James Forbes, d. 1889. |
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, April 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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Walter James Forbes Liddell (died 1889) was the owner and manager of the Liddell Engine Company (later Liddell and Co.), a manufacturing firm of Charlotte, N.C. His son, Walter S. Liddell, managed the firm after his father's death.
Back to TopThe collection is records, chiefly 1880s-1890s, of a manufacturing firm of Charlotte, N.C., owned and managed by Walter James Forbes Liddell and later by Liddell's son, Walter S. Liddell. Included are business correspondence, accounts, receipts, promissory notes, deeds, blueprints, and printed patents of the Liddell Engine Company and its successor Liddell and Co., manufacturers of engines, cotton presses, and circular saw mills. There is no Civil War material. Volumes are private accounts of W. J. F. Liddell, 1866-1874, and miscellaneous accounts, 1884-1888.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1860-1869 |
Folder 2 |
1870-1879 |
Folder 3 |
1880-1882 |
Folder 4 |
1883-1885 |
Folder 5 |
1886-1887 |
Folder 6 |
1888-1889 |
Folder 7 |
1890-1895 |
Folder 8 |
1896-1899 |
Folder 9 |
1900-1914 |
Folder 10 |
Undated |
Folder 11 |
Deeds, 1831-1863 |
Folder 12 |
Deeds, 1865-1867 |
Folder 13 |
Deeds, 1868-1869 |
Folder 14 |
Deeds, 1870-1873 |
Folder 15 |
Volume 1: Account book, 1866-1874 |
Folder 16 |
Volume 2: Account book, 1884-1886 |
Folder 17 |
Volume 3: Account book, 1887 |
Folder 18 |
Volume 4: Account book, 1888 |