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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 | About 100 items |
Abstract | William H. Howard of Noise, Moore County, N.C., owned and operated a general merchandise store and tanning business along with John Howard. The collection includes account books, 1838-1900, from the general merchandise store and tanning business of William H. Howard and John Howard of Noise, Moore County, N.C. Other items, 1849-1913 and undated, are receipts, promissory notes, and purchase orders relating to these operations. |
Creator | Howard, W. H. (William H.) |
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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William H. Howard of Noise, Moore County, N.C., owned and operated a general merchandise store and tanning business along with John Howard.
Back to TopThe collection includes account books, 1838-1900, from the general merchandise store and the tanning business of William H. Howard and John Howard. Other items, 1849-1913 and undated, are receipts, promissory notes, and purchase orders relating to these operations.
Back to TopItems include receipts, promissory notes, and purchase orders, as well as pages torn from the general account ledgers.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1849, 1859-1869 |
Folder 2 |
1870-1879 |
Folder 3 |
1880-1889 |
Folder 4 |
1890-1899 |
Folder 5 |
1900-1913 |
Folder 6 |
Undated |
Ledgers containing accounts of customers of the Howards' general merchandise store and of their tanning business. The accounts for the two businesses are intermingled.
Folder 7 |
Volume 1: Ledger, 1838-1869 |
Folder 8 |
Volume 2: Ledger, 1843-1850 |
Folder 9 |
Volume 3: Ledger and index, 1870-1883 |
Folder 10 |
Volume 4: Ledger, 1880-1881 |
Folder 11 |
Volume 5: Ledger, 1884-1896 |
Folder 12 |
Volume 6: Ledger, 1887-1893 |