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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.
Size | 4 items |
Abstract | The collection includes merchants' records of members of the Fearing family of Elizabeth City, N.C., including ledgers, 1824-1827 and 1856-1861, and a daybook, 1878, for general merchandise; and a lettercopy book, 1847-1850, of A. C. Toms, commission merchant and forwarding agent dealing in domestic and foreign grain and produce in Norfolk, Va. |
Creator | Fearing, Gertrude Evans, collector. |
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, January 2009; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
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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The collection contains merchants' records of members of the Fearing family of Elizabeth City, N.C., including ledgers, 1824-1827 and 1856-1861, and a daybook, 1878, for general merchandise including produce, medicine, and oils. There is also a lettercopy book, 1847-1850, of A. C. Toms, commission merchant and forwarding agent dealing in domestic and foreign grain and produce in Norfolk, Va.
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Original finding aid |
Oversize Volume SV-3356/1 |
Volume 1: Ledger, 1824-1827 |
Oversize Volume SV-3356/2 |
Volume 2: Day book, 1878 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 3: Ledger, 1856-1861 |
Oversize Volume SV-3356/4 |
Volume 4: Letterbook, 1847-1850 |
Oversize volumes (SV-3356/1,2,4).
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