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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
Abstract | Correspondence, financial and legal materials, and other items relating to members of the Dickey and Whitesides family of Lincoln and Gaston counties, N.C., including James Dickey, Alexander Dickey, Edward Whitesides, and A. M. Whitesides, who appears to have been Alexander Dickey's uncle. Much correspondence focuses on loans made by family members or land transactions in which family members were involved. Some agricultural information appears, mostly about cotton prices, and there are some letters relating to the settlement of various family members' estates. Also included are a few family letters, notably some to Rebecca McGill, who may have been Alexander Whitesides's wife, from relatives in Georgia; to Alexander Dickey from relatives in Arkansas; and to members of the Whitesides family from relatives in Texas. All of these letters discuss family activities and local conditions. Financial items include routine legal papers relating to land sales and estate settlements, bills and receipts for various goods and services, and items relating to money lending. There are a few items relating to the Beattie fammily, apparently Whitesides family relatives. Also included are miscellaneous notes, advertisements for various products, and a few poems from the 1850s by Rebecca McGill. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Correspondence, financial and legal materials, and other items relating to members of the Dickey and Whitesides family of Lincoln and Gaston counties, N.C., including James Dickey, Alexander Dickey, Edward Whitesides, and A. M. Whitesides, who appears to have been Alexander Dickey's uncle. Much correspondence focuses on loans made by family members or land transactions in which family members were involved. Some agricultural information appears, mostly about cotton prices, and there are some letters relating to the settlement of various family members' estates. Also included are a few family letters, notably some to Rebecca McGill, who may have been Alexander Whitesides's wife, from relatives in Georgia; to Alexander Dickey from relatives in Arkansas; and to members of the Whitesides family from relatives in Texas. All of these letters discuss family activities and local conditions. Financial items include routine legal papers relating to land sales and estate settlements, bills and receipts for various goods and services, and items relating to money lending. There are a few items relating to the Beattie fammily, apparently Whitesides family relatives. Also included are miscellaneous notes, advertisements for various products, and a few poems from the 1850s by Rebecca McGill.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Much material in this series relates to business deals of members of the Dickey and Whitesides family of Lincoln and Gaston County, N.C. Many focus on loans made by family members, while others document land transactions in which family members were involved. A prime subject is the inability of those lent money to repay loans in a timely fashion. Items relate chiefly to James Dickey, Alexander Dickey, Edward Whitesides, and A. M. Whitesides, who appears to have been Alexander Dickey's uncle. Some agricultural information appears, mostly about cotton prices, and there are some letters relating to the settlement of various family members' estates.
Also included are a few family letters, notably some to Rebecca McGill, who may have been Alexander Whitesides's wife, from relatives in Georgia; to Alexander Dickey from relatives in Arkansas; and to members of the Whitesides family from relatives in Texas. All of these letters discuss family activities and conditions in the area where the writers live.
Folder 1 |
1841-1859 |
Folder 2 |
1861-1879 |
Folder 3 |
1880-1889 |
Folder 4 |
1890-1900 |
Folder 5 |
Undated |
Arrangement: loosely sorted by decade.
Material includes routine legal papers relating to land sales and estate settlements, bills and receipts for various goods and services, and items relating to money lending. There are a few items relating to the Beattie family, apparently Whitesides family relatives, but most items relate to James and Alexander Dickey and to Edward Whitesides. The 1818 item is a description of Owen Murphy's 200 acres in an unidentified locale.
Folder 6 |
1818, 1824 |
Folder 7 |
1830s |
Folder 8-9
Folder 8Folder 9 |
1840s |
Folder 10-11
Folder 10Folder 11 |
1850s |
Folder 12-13
Folder 12Folder 13 |
1860s |
Folder 14-15
Folder 14Folder 15 |
1870s |
Folder 16-17
Folder 16Folder 17 |
1880s |
Folder 18 |
1890s |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
Undated |
Included are miscellaneous notes, advertisements for various products, a few poems from the 1850s by Rebecca McGill, the private telegraphic code from 1895 of Jas. E. Taylor Company, and a copy of the 1897 Blum's Farmer's and Planter's Almanac.
Folder 21 |
Other materials, 1850s-1897 and undated |