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Size | About 120 items |
Abstract | Robert Goodloe Lindsay was a Greensboro, N.C., merchant and insurance agent. The collection is primarily papers of Robert G. Lindsay, with a few items addressed to his wife and to his son, John A. Lindsay. R. G. Lindsay's correspondence is concerned largely with trade and finance during the Civil War, including the scarcity of certain goods, uncertainty of shipments, inflation of currency, and efforts to obtain supplies for private use as well as for business. Lindsay was trying to buy wheat and to sell flour, dealing in bolting cloth for the sifting of flour, and answering questions about machinery and other needs of manufacturers and merchants. John A. Lindsay served with the 45th North Carolina Regiment. In January 1865, he wrote to his father from Columbia, S.C., describing morale and trying to get some capital with which to speculate. Post-war items primarily concern Tate family and Humphrey family history and include information about the Mountain Island textile mill in Gaston County, N.C., which was founded by Thomas Randolph Tate (1808-1871). Also included are photographs of members of the Tate, Peyton, Morehead, Schultz, Lindsay, and related families and their friends. The Addition of December 2008 is chiefly correspondence between Robert Goodloe Lindsay and his wife, M.P. Lindsay, that focuses on personal and family affairs. Also included are letters written by other members of the Lindsay family and other items. |
Creator | Lindsay, Robert Goodloe, b. 1816. |
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 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.
Additions received after 2007 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
Finding aid updated in December 2010 by Matt Dailey because of addition.
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Robert Goodloe Lindsay (born 1816) of Greensboro, N.C., was a miller and insurance agent. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, 1832-1836.
Back to TopThe collection is primarily papers of Robert G. Lindsay, with a few items addressed to his wife and to his son, John A. Lindsay. R. G. Lindsay's correspondence is concerned largely with trade and finance during the Civil War, including the scarcity of certain goods, uncertainty of shipments, inflation of currency, and efforts to obtain supplies for private use as well as for business. Lindsay was trying to buy wheat and to sell flour, dealing in bolting cloth for the sifting of flour, and answering questions about machinery and other needs of manufacturers and merchants. John A. Lindsay served with the 45th North Carolina Regiment. In January 1865, he wrote to his father from Columbia, S.C., describing morale and trying to get some capital with which to speculate. Post-war items primarily concern Tate and Humphrey family history and include information about the Mountain Island textile mill in Gaston County, N.C., which was founded by Thomas Randolph Tate (1808-1871). Also included are photographs of members of the Tate, Peyton, Morehead, Schultz, Lindsay, and related families and their friends.
The Addition of December 2008 is chiefly correspondence between Robert Goodloe Lindsay and his wife, M.P. Lindsay, that focuses on personal and family affairs. Also included are letters written by other members of the Lindsay family and other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1855, 1861-1865 |
Folder 2 |
1871-1927 and undated |
Genealogy |
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Folder 3 |
Mountain Island items |
Clippings |
Image P-3491/1 |
Robert Goodloe Lindsay. Photograph, circa 1876 |
Image P-3491/2 |
Marianna Austin Perry Lindsay. Photograph, circa 1876 |
Image P-3491/3 |
Marianna Austin Perry Lindsay. Cabinet card, circa 1876 |
Image P-3491/4 |
A. R. Lindsay and B. W. Scott(?). Carte-de-visite, circa 1860Photographed by Hughes and Yates, Greensboro, N.C. |
Image P-3491/5 |
C. W. Tate. Cabinet card, circa 1869Photographed by Prince and White, Greensboro, N.C. |
Image P-3491/6 |
Lottie Peyton. Photograph, circa 1898Photographed by O. Pierre Havens, Jacksonville, Fla. |
Image P-3491/7 |
Valentine Mason Peyton. Cabinet card, circa 1870-1890Photographed by Dames and Butler, San Francisco, Calif. |
Image P-3491/8 |
Mary Peyton. Cabinet card, circa 1868Photographed by Vaughn's, San Francisco, Calif. |
Image P-3491/9 |
Mary Virginia Peyton Langley. Cabinet card, circa 1870-1890Photographed by Dames and Butler, San Francisco, Calif. |
Image P-3491/10 |
Alice Alderman. Carte-de-viste, circa 1870-1890Photographed byVan Orsdell, Wilmington, N.C. |
Image P-3491/11 |
Minnie Morehead. Carte-de-visite, circa 1867Photographed by Hughes and Andrews, Greensboro, N.C. |
Image P-3491/12 |
Mrs. Eugene Morehead. Cabinet card, circa 1887Photographed by Anderson, New York, N.Y. |
Image P-3491/13 |
Percy Gray. Cabinet card, circa 1865Photographed by L. W. Andrews, Raleigh, N.C. |
Image P-3491/14 |
John Schultz. Cabinet card, circa 1870Photographed by C. Fred. Barr, Winchester, Va. |
Image P-3491/15 |
Lee Hall. Carte-de-visite, circa 1860 |
Image P-3491/16 |
Alice West. Cabinet card, circa 1890Photographed by U. C. Ellis, Wilmington, N.C. |
Image P-3491/17 |
Herbert Ward. Cabinet card, 1887Photographed by Thomas and Co., Newark, N.J. |
Image P-3491/18 |
James M. Whitfield. Cabinet card, circa 1870Photographed by Gardner and Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Image P-3491/19 |
Madam Fromm. Cabinet card, circa 1873Photographed by W. Yatz, Baltimore, Md. |
Image P-3491/20 |
Alfred Foster. Carte-de-visite, circa 1870-1880Photographed by L. W. Andrews, Greensboro, N.C. |
Image P-3491/21 |
Student class photograph, 1894"Ninth grade, George Tate, Greensboro, N.C." |
Image P-3491/22 |
Unidentified old woman and child. Cabinet card, circa 1870-1880 |
Image P-3491/23 |
Bobbie Tate(?). Carte-de-visite, circa 1875Photographed by J. H. Van Nefs, Charlotte, N.C. |
Image P-3491/24-29
P-3491/24P-3491/25P-3491/26P-3491/27P-3491/28P-3491/29 |
Unidentified children, circa 1870-1890 |
Image P-3491/30-32
P-3491/30P-3491/31P-3491/32 |
Unidentified young women, circa 1865-1885 |
Image P-3491/33-39
P-3491/33P-3491/34P-3491/35P-3491/36P-3491/37P-3491/38P-3491/39 |
Unidentified men, circa 1865-1880 |
Image P-3491/40 |
Unidentified group, circa 1890 |
Image P-3491/41 |
Bobbie Tate. Tintype, circa 1865 |
Image P-3491/42 |
Alice Alderman. Tintype, circa 1865 |
Folder 4 |
Correspondence, 1849-1870 (bulk 1856-1860) and undated.Primarily letters written by M.P. Lindsay to her husband, Robert Goodloe Lindsay, that focus on family affairs and the lonesomeness caused by his absence. Also included are letters addressed to M.P. Lindsay from Robert Goodloe Lindsay; letters addressed to Robert Goodloe Lindsay from his daughters; and letters addressed to M.P. Lindsay from her sister, M. Lindsay. |
Folder 5 |
Other papers, 1839-1862 and undated.Class notes, a list of subscribers to a $1000 North Carolina bond issue, a list of loans and expenses owed to Robert Goodloe Lindsay, and Lindsay's undated notes and musings. |