Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

No usage restrictions.

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 John Byrd Papers, #3764-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Photocopies received from John Crump Parker of Franklin, Va., December 1966.

Location of Originals

Originals in private hands in 1966.

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.

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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• Camden County (N.C.)--History--18th century.
• Camden County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Canals--North Carolina.
• Dismal Swamp Canal (N.C. and Va.)
• Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
• Norfolk County (Va.)--History--18th century.
• Norfolk County (Va.)--History--19th century.

The collection contains photocopies of seven items, 1794-1834, including an undated manuscript map, pertaining to property, land titles, and business transactions of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, Norfolk County, Va., and Camden County, N.C.; and two unrelated items, a United States Treasury order for improving navigation of the Tennessee River, 1854, and a letter from Julius C. Dews to Arthur Emmerson asking help in locating a Mr. Cooper, 1855.