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Collection Number: 03184-z

Collection Title: William Louis Rose Fortune Berson Papers, 1780-1865 (bulk 1852-1857).

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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size About 50 items
Abstract William Louis Rose Fortune Berson was a jeweler or clockmaker. He was a refugee from Santo Domingo who by 1830 had settled in Franklin, Tenn. The collection contains chiefly correspondence, 1852-1857, of William Berson and of his son, Solomon Berson, concerning William Berson's claim against the French government in the 1850s for indemnity for property lost in the Haitian insurrections of the 1790s. Also included are miscellaneous other papers of scattered dates including five letters from cousins in New Orleans, La., 1830-1833, about family matters.
Creator Berson, William Louis Rose Fortune, 1780-1856.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William Louis Rose Fortune Berson Papers, #3184-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1955
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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William Louis Rose Fortune Berson was a jeweler or clockmaker. He was a refugee from Santo Domingo who by 1830 had settled in Franklin, Tenn.

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The collection contains chiefly correspondence, 1852-1857, of William Berson and of his son, Solomon Berson, concerning William Berson's claim against the French government in the 1850s for indemnity for property lost in the Haitian insurrections of the 1790s. Also included are miscellaneous other papers of scattered dates including five letters from cousins in New Orleans, La., 1830-1833, about family matters.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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