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Size | 1 foot of linear shelf space (approximately 700 items) |
Abstract | Lawyer of Plymouth, N.C., who moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., about 1863. Business and property papers of Ramsey and of his father, William Ramsey (died 1839) of Washington County, N.C. Notes and receipts, 1830-1866, of Joseph Ramsey comprise a large part of the collection. Joseph Ramsey's papers also include estate settlements, deeds, bills of sale, accounts, and legal and other correspondence. Papers, 1860-1863, concern his functions as United States collector of customs at Plymouth and federal district superintendent of lights, and the same functions continued by him under the Confederate Treasury Department and the Confederate Lighthouse Bureau; and the legal handling of intersectional debts and the sequestration of enemy alien assets by the Confederate government. Rocky Mount, N.C., papers concern insurance company business. Also included are account books, 1853- 1860, and 1907-1911, and a memorandum book, 1864-1866. There are few papers after 1866. |
Creator | Ramsey, Joseph, 1812-1866. |
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: Laura Hart, January 2021
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Lawyer of Plymouth, N.C., who moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., about 1863.
Back to TopBusiness and property papers of Ramsey and of his father, William Ramsey (died 1839) of Washington County, N.C. Notes and receipts, 1830-1866, of Joseph Ramsey comprise a large part of the collection. Joseph Ramsey's papers also include estate settlements, deeds, bills of sale, accounts, and legal and other correspondence. Papers, 1860-1863, concern his functions as United States collector of customs at Plymouth and federal district superintendent of lights, and the same functions continued by him under the Confederate Treasury Department and the Confederate Lighthouse Bureau; and the legal handling of intersectional debts and the sequestration of enemy alien assets by the Confederate government. Rocky Mount, N.C., papers concern insurance company business. Also included are account books, 1853-1860, and 1907-1911, and a memorandum book, 1864-1866. There are few papers after 1866.
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Box 1-2
Box 1Box 2 |
Papers, circa 1801-1922 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-2451/1 |
Oversize papers |