Papers, 1751-1929 [manuscript].
 Author: Slade, William, 1807-1852.
 Format: Manuscript
 Language: English
 Summary:
Planter, of Williamston, N.C.
Collection (2781 items; dated 1751-1929) comprises family and business correspondence, account books, memoranda books, daybooks, time books, court records, and other papers (chiefly 1800-1865), of Slade and of several generations of the Slade family. The papers reflect the financial and the family affairs of a planter family of the antebellum South, and include stud... (see more)
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Item Description
  • 3,165 items.
  • OCLC Number: 20159088
Notes
  • For a more complete description see Davis and Miller, Guide to the Cataloged Collections in the Manuscript Department of the William R. Perkins Library, Duke University (1980).
  • Source of Acquisition: . Acquired 1933-1958
DUKE000874793
Title Summary
Planter, of Williamston, N.C.
Collection (2781 items; dated 1751-1929) comprises family and business correspondence, account books, memoranda books, daybooks, time books, court records, and other papers (chiefly 1800-1865), of Slade and of several generations of the Slade family. The papers reflect the financial and the family affairs of a planter family of the antebellum South, and include student letters from the University of North Carolina (1820s and 1830s), Mexican War and Civil War letters, legal papers, plantation records, and materials related to slavery and post-Civil War agricultural advances. Correspondents and names mentioned include Braxton Craven, Eli Peal, Ebenezer Slade, Henry Slade, J. B. Slade, James Slade, and Jeremiah Slade.
Addition (384 items; dated 1803-1918) contains bills, indentures, receipts, slave papers, and business and personal correspondence belonging to the Slade family.

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