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[Identification of item], in the John Caldwell Papers #329, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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

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• 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.

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

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.

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.

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