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Size | 6 items |
Abstract | Walter L. Steele (1823-1891) of Richmond County, N.C., was a manufacturer and held various political offices, including U.S. representative, 1877-1881. The collection is a volume of business records, 1849-1863, of Steele, including accounts of notes owed him; accounts with the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad, of which he was a director; accounts with various banks and with the state of North Carolina for bonds; memoranda about lands owned in Tippah County, Miss.; extensive accounts and agricultural memoranda for a fruit orchard business, involving Thomas Lindley, in Chatham County, N.C.; and miscellaneous papers, 1804-1839, including indentures and other papers relating to land in Anson County, N.C. |
Creator | Steele, Walter L. (Walter Leak), 1823-1891. |
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
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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Walter L. Steele (1823-1891), of Richmond County, N.C., was a manufacturer, lawyer, and banker and held various political offices, including United States representative, 1877-1881.
Back to TopThe collection contains a volume of business records, 1849-1863, of Walter L. Steele, including accounts of notes owed him; accounts with the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad, of which he was a director; accounts with various banks and with the state of North Carolina for bonds; memoranda about lands owned in Tippah County, Miss.; extensive accounts and agricultural memoranda and diagrams for a fruit orchard business, involving Thomas Lindley, in Chatham County, N.C.; and miscellaneous papers, 1804-1839, including indentures and other papers relating to land in Anson County, N.C.
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1804-1839Folder includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Account book, 1849-1863 |