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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1500 items) |
Abstract | John Caldwell was a merchant of Morganton, N.C. The collection contains business papers, chiefly 1810-1850, and business and family correspondence of John Caldwell. 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 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. |
Creator | Caldwell, John, 1779-1857. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Ellen Strong, March 1964
Encoded by: Mara Dabrishus, October 2004
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2020
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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.
Back to TopThe 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.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Correspondents include Elisha Mitchell, Tod Robinson Caldwell, Kemp Plummer Battle, Allran Poteet, Robert Caldwell, Israel Pickens, J. W. Wright, and Isaac T. Avery. There are many items relating to banks and banking. Among the materials are:
1766 | Indenture |
1809 | Slave bill of sale |
1810 | Land grant (photocopy) |
1811 | Will of merchant Robert Caldwell |
1812 | Small expense account book |
1812-1816 | Some materials discussing life in Petersburg, Va. |
1816 | Israel Pickens to John Caldwell discussing land and other business |
1822 | Price of bees wax and tallow |
1824 | Slave bill of sale |
1833 | Letter from Allran Poteet, author of Geographical Speller |
1835-1848 | Tod Robinson Caldwell letters |
1908 | Kemp Plummer Battle ... on points about the Caldwells as I know |
1917 | Amy Henderson letters |
Folder 1 |
Foreward |
Folder 2 |
1807-1822 |
Folder 3 |
1824-1828 |
Folder 4 |
1830-1832 |
Folder 5 |
1833 |
Folder 6 |
1834 |
Folder 7 |
1835-1836 |
Folder 8 |
1837
Digital version: Letter from Tod R. Caldwell to John Caldwell, 2 August 1837 |
Folder 9 |
1838 |
Folder 10 |
1839-1840 |
Folder 11 |
1841-1843 |
Folder 12 |
1844-1846 |
Folder 13 |
1847-1849 |
Folder 14 |
1850-1853 |
Folder 15 |
1854-1856 |
Folder 16 |
1857-1859 |
Folder 17 |
1860-1917 |
Folder 18 |
Undated |
Folder 19 |
1766-1799 |
Folder 20 |
1802-1812 |
Folder 21 |
1813-1817 |
Folder 22 |
1818-1820 |
Folder 23 |
1821 |
Folder 24 |
1822 |
Folder 25 |
1823 |
Folder 26 |
1824 |
Folder 27 |
1825 |
Folder 28 |
1826 |
Folder 29 |
1827 |
Folder 30 |
1828 |
Folder 31 |
1829-1831 |
Folder 32 |
1832 |
Folder 33 |
1833 |
Folder 34 |
1834 |
Folder 35 |
1835 |
Folder 36 |
1836 |
Folder 37 |
1837-1938 |
Folder 38 |
1839-1841 |
Folder 39 |
1842-1844 |
Folder 40 |
1845-1846 |
Folder 41 |
1847-1848 |
Folder 42 |
1849-1851 |
Folder 43 |
1852-1854 |
Folder 44 |
1855-1856 |
Folder 45 |
1857 |
Folder 46 |
1858 |
Folder 47 |
1859 |
Folder 48 |
1860 |
Folder 49 |
1861-1869 |
Folder 50 |
1872-1906 |
Folder 51-53
Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53 |
Undated |
Folder 54 |
Clippings, 1845 |
Folder 55 |
Merchandise ledger, 1799-1802 |
Oversize Volume SV-329/2 |
Merchandise ledger, 1814-1818 |
Oversize Volume SV-329/3 |
Merchandise daybook, 1815-1817 |
Oversize Volume SV-329/4 |
Merchandise daybook, 18 June 1817-25 January 1820 |
Oversize Volume SV-329/5 |
Merchandise daybook, 19 November 1822-12 March 1825 |
Folder 56-59
Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59 |
Folders not used |
Oversize volume (SV-329/2-5).
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