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[Identification of item], in the Ruffin S. Tucker Papers #4595, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Doug Maddox of Raleigh, N.C., in December 1991.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Franklin County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Marriage settlements--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Orange County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Pitt County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--History.
• Real estate business--North Carolina.
• Real property--North Carolina--Raleigh.
• Slave bills of sale--North Carolina.
• Swain, David L. (David Lowry), 1801-1868.
• Tucker family.
• Tucker, Ruffin S., 1795-1851.
• Tucker, Rufus Sylvester, 1829-1894.
• Washington County (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Ruffin S. Tucker, early merchant of Raleigh, N.C., and other members of his family, especially his son, Rufus Sylvester Tucker (1829- 1894), who was active in Raleigh real estate.

Chiefly financial and legal documents, 1811-1858, relating to land deals of Ruffin S. Tucker and other Tucker family members in and around Raleigh, N.C. Also included are an 1819 marriage agreement from Franklin County, N.C.; an 1827 slave bill of sale from Washington County, N.C.; an 1833 deed for a mill in Orange County, N.C.; and an 1866 deed for land in Pitt County, N.C. There are also deeds, indentures, and estate papers, 1877-1924, that relate to various Tucker family members, especially Rufus Sylvester Tucker. Also included are two handwritten versions of addresses, 72 and 69 p., on the history of Raleigh by North Carolina governor and president of the University of North Carolina David Lowry Swain (1801-1868). These addresses were published by Rufus Sylvester Tucker in 1867. There are also a few newspaper clippings, 1897-1898, that relate to Rufus Sylvester Tucker, and other miscellaneous papers.