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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | The collection is primarily miscellaneous promissory notes and receipts relating to business dealings of Elijah Vester in Nash County, N.C., along with five letters sent to him by relatives in Cocke County, Tenn. The letters discuss agricultural crops and prices, social mobility, and the prospects for marriage and plans for immigration to Texas of William Vester (relationship unknown). There is also a letter, 1 September 1838, from Elijah Vester's father, concerning planting in Hinds County, Miss. |
Creator | Vester, Elijah, fl. 1853-1854. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Scott Philyaw, July 1991
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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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The collection is primarily miscellaneous promissory notes and receipts relating to business dealings of Elijah Vester in Nash County, N.C., along with five letters sent to him by relatives in Cocke County, Tenn. The letters discuss agricultural crops and prices, social mobility, and the prospects for marriage and plans for immigration to Texas of William Vester (relationship unknown). There is also a letter, 1 September 1838, from Elijah Vester's father, concerning planting in Hinds County, Miss.
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