Inventory of the Henry Bacon Papers, 1836-1891
Collection Number 36
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Bacon, Henry, 1822-1891.
- Title
- Henry Bacon Papers, 1836-1891.
- Call Number
- 36
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 700 items (5.0 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Henry Bacon Papers, #36, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Bacon, Henry, 1822-1891.
- Boston and Maine Railroad--History.
- Cape Fear River (N.C.)
- Civil engineers--United States--History--19th century.
- Great Falls and Conway Railroad--History.
- Illinois Central Railroad Company--History.
- Public works--North Carolina--Brunswick County--History--19th century.
- Public works--North Carolina--New Hanover County--History--19th century.
- Public works--North Carolina--Wilmington--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Design and construction--History--19th century.
- Smithville (N.C.)--Social conditions.
- Southport (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--History--19th century.
Related Material
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William B. McKoy Papers (#471) Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
William Berry McKoy Papers Duke University Libraries.
Biographical Note
Henry Bacon (1822-1891) was a civil engineer, railroad executive, stockbroker. He was a resident of Massachusetts; then Smithville (now Southport), N.C., 1867-1882; and Wilmington, N.C., 1882-1891. Bacon played a prominent part in the expansion of railroads throughout New England, the Middle West, and eastern North Carolina.
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The collection includes business papers and personal correspondence, 1836-1873, of Bacon, relating to the Boston and Maine, Great Falls and Conway, and Illinois Central railroads during their periods of building and expansion. Also included are maps, deeds, account books, and journals and diaries, which span the years 1867-1891, when Bacon lived in Smithville (now Southport), and Wilmington, N.C. The papers reflect Bacon's work, from 1876 until his death, with the United States Army Corps of Engineers on coastal surveys, channel improvements, port facilities, railroads, and army installations in Wilmington, along the Cape Fear River, and in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties.