Inventory of the John Caldwell Papers, 1766-1917

Collection Number 329

Manuscripts Department, 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/

Descriptive Summary

Repository

Southern Historical Collection

Creator

Caldwell, John, fl. 1810-1850.

Title

John Caldwell Papers, 1766-1917

Call Number

329

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

Items: About 1500

Linear Feet: 1.5

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

No restrictions.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Amy Henderson of Worry, N.C., before 1952.

Processing Information

Processed by: Ellen Strong, March 1964

Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, October 2004

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Caldwell Papers #329, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

Account books--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Bank of Cape Fear (Wilmington, N.C.)

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

Banks and banking--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Branch Bank of Virginia.

Caldwell, John, fl. 1810-1850.

Caldwell, Tod Robinson, 1818-1874.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History--19th century.

Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Governors--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Morganton (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.

North Carolina--Economic conditions.

Slave bills of sale--North Carolina.

Slavery--North Carolina.

Students--North Carolina--History--19th century.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.

Related Collections

Tod Robinson Caldwell Papers (#128), Southern Historical Collection
Tod Robinson Caldwell Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Biographical Note

John Caldwell emigrated from Ireland to Morganton, N.C., in 1800 where he started a mercantile business. His son, Ted R. Caldwell (1818-1874), served as lieutenant governor (1868-1870) and governor (1871-1874) of North Carolina.

Collection Overview

The papers of Morganton, N.C., merchant John Caldwell contain business papers, chiefly 1810-1850, and business and family correspondence. Family correspondence includes letters and reports, 1833-1839, from his son, Tod Robinson Caldwell (later governor of North Carolina), at school in Hillsborough, N.C., and as a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Business papers consist of notes; accounts; deeds; bills of sale, including some slave bills of sale; legal papers; and other items, many relating to the Bank of Cape Fear, the Branch Bank of Virginia, and the United States Bank. Volumes, 1799-1825, are daybooks and ledgers of Caldwell's general merchandise business.

Arrangement of Collection

Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Business Letters
Series 3. Volumes and Clippings

Items Separated

Oversize volume (V-329/S-5).

Detailed Description of the Collection

Digital version: Letter from Tod R. Caldwell to John Caldwell, 2 August 1837