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Size | About 120 items |
Abstract | Atwood & Company was a Philadelphia, Pa., general merchandise wholesale firm. The collection includes correspondence of Atwood & Company. Letters are from merchants in the East, the Midwest, and scattered through the South, in regard to merchandise, shipment of goods, and payments and credit arrangements. Also included are letters from the merchants' bankers and lawyers. |
Creator | Atwood & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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, July 2010
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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Atwood & Company was a Philadelphia, Pa., general merchandise wholesale firm. The firm conducted business with merchants in Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Connecticut, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Missouri, Virginia, Alabama, and Washington, D.C.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence of Atwood & Company. Letters are from merchants in the East, the Midwest, and scattered through the South, in regard to merchandise, shipment of goods, and payments and credit arrangements. Also included are letters from the merchants' bankers and lawyers.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Papers, 1856 |
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Folder 2 |
Papers, January-June 1857 |
Folder 3 |
Papers, July 1857-1859 |