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Collection Number: 00146

Collection Title: Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers, 1758-1954.

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Size 16.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 5000 items)
Abstract Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850-1932) was Episcopal bishop of North Carolina from 1893 until 1932. Correspondence, sermons, speeches and writings, reports, financial and legal material, clippings and volumes documenting the work of Joseph Blount Cheshire. Also included are minutes and account books of diocesan organizations, 1828-1884, before Cheshire became bishop. The addition of February 2000 contains family letters from Joseph Blount Cheshire (1814-1899), Episcopal priest in Edgecombe and Halifax counties, and letters of Theophilus Parker (1775-1849) and John Haywood Parker, as well as speeches and writings by Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850-1932) and account books of attorney Joseph Blount Cheshire (1882-1961) of Raleigh, N.C.
Creator Cheshire, Joseph Blount, 1850-1932.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
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 Joseph Blount Cheshire Papers #146, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., of Raleigh, N.C., before 1940, with additions received from Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., in 1970; Lawrence London of Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1942, 1983, and 1986; David Stick of Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1966; Bishop Thomas A. Fraser of Raleigh, N.C., in 1982; material transferred from Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina Records (#3438), in 1987. Addition filed as folder 269a, received from Jacqueline Drane Nash in May 1989 (Acc. 89025); folder 220b received from Henry Clark of Chapel Hill, N.C., in February 1999 (Acc. 98293); addition of February 2000 (Acc. 98563) transferred from North Carolina Collection; addition of October 2002 (Acc. 99343) transferred from Rare Book Collection.
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Joseph Blount Cheshire, son of the Reverend Joseph Blount Cheshire (1814-1899) and Elizabeth Toole Parker Cheshire, was born in Tarboro, N.C., 27 March 1850. In 1869, he received a B.A. from Trinity College, in Hartford, Conn. After he graduated from college, Cheshire taught Greek and Latin at St. Clement's Hall in Ellicott City, Md.

In 1871, Cheshire moved back to North Carolina and began studying law under William Ruffin of Hillsborough and then under Judge George Howard of Tarboro. Cheshire was licensed to practice law in 1872. He began his work as a lawyer in Baltimore, Md., with his college friend George Hooper. Fifteen months later, Cheshire joined the the law firm of Colonel John L. Bridgers and his son in Tarboro, N.C.

In 1876, Cheshire began to consider becoming a candidate for holy orders and began studying theology under the direction of his father. In 1878, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. Kemp Battle, president of the University of North Carolina, requested that Cheshire be assigned to Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. While at Chapel of the Cross, Cheshire organized the mission of St. Phillip's in Durham.

Cheshire was ordained in 1880. In 1881, he became rector of St. Peter's Church in Charlotte; he was rector there for twelve years. During this time, Cheshire was deeply involved in mission work in Charlotte and the surrounding counties. In Charlotte, he organized St. Martin's Church and St. Michael and All Angels, a black mission. He also organized St. Mark's mission in Mecklenburg and St. Paul's mission in Monroe. He was actively involved in building two hospitals in the Charlotte area, St. Peter's and Good Samaritan. In addition, Cheshire, with the help of the Reverend E. A. Osborne, established the Thompson Orphanage in Charlotte.

In October 1893, Cheshire was elected Bishop Coadjuator to Bishop Thomas Lyman. After the death of Bishop Lyman in December 1893, Cheshire became the first native North Carolinian to be elected bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.

Cheshire accomplished much during his tenure as Bishop and was prominent in the national church. He was very interested in the cause of mission and promoted the growth of the Episcopal Church in the mountains of western North Carolina. In 1895, his efforts led to the creation of a separate mission district in the western part of the state, which was later given its own bishop.

Cheshire was also noted for his contributions to education in the diocese. At his urging, St. Mary's School in Raleigh, now St. Mary's College, became a diocesan institution. (It had been a private girls' school run by an Episcopal clergyman and was failing.) Under Cheshire's leadership, its endowment grew and its success was insured. Cheshire also established St. Augustine's School in Raleigh, which was devoted to the education of African-Americans.

Cheshire's relationship with black Episcopalians in the Diocese was apparently very good. During his episcopacy, Henry B. Delany, a black clergyman, was elected Suffragan Bishop. Cheshire served on the General Convention's Joint Commission on a Racial Episcopate. He did not support separation of the races, but supported the idea of separate bishops for blacks after he was persuaded that blacks themselves preferred it.

Cheshire was a writer and a historian as well as a clergyman. He was elected president of the State Literary and Historical Association in 1930. His most famous historical work, The Church in the Confederate States, was published in 1912. Nonnulla, a book of reminiscences, Cheshire's most popular book, was published in 1930.

Cheshire married Annie Huske Webb of Hillsborough, N.C., in 1874. They had six children: Elizabeth Toole, Sarah, Joseph Blount, Jr., Annie, James Webb, and Godfrey. Cheshire's wife died in 1897, and two years later, he married again. His second wife was Elizabeth Lansdale Mitchell of Beltsville, Md. They had no children.

After 1922, Cheshire gradually began to turn over his episcopal duties to his Bishop Coadjutor, the Reverend Edwin Penick. Joseph Blount Cheshire died 27 December 1932.

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Most of the collection documents the professional life of Joseph Blount Cheshire. The professional material consists of correspondence, speeches and writings, and subject files documenting Cheshire's activities as a clergyman and bishop from 1878 to 1932.

Before the addition of February 2000, personal and family materials were scant. A memoir Cheshire wrote about his father is in Subseries 2.2. About thirty miscellaneous personal items are in Subseries 3.4. There are a few personal letters in Series 1. The addition of February 2000 contains many family letters, 1800-1856, mostly of Cheshire's grandfather, Theophilus Parker, and uncle, John Haywood Parker, and many letters to Cheshire from his father, 1866-1897.

Also included in the collection are minutes and account books pertaining to various diocesan organizations, dating from the period prior to Cheshire's election to the episcopacy. These materials are in Series 3.

The addition of February 2000 also contains many speeches and writings by Cheshire and account books of his son, Joseph Blount Cheshire, a lawyer in Raleigh, N.C.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1878-1932.

About 2500 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Correspondence between Cheshire and bishops, clergy, laity, and others relating to church activities in the Diocese of North Carolina, settlements of disputes, financial issues, doctrine, theology, race relations, the institution of marriage, the church during World War I, and many other topics.

Correspondence is divided into two sections: incoming letters, and handwritten copies of outgoing letters. Incoming material does include a few copies of outgoing letters, because Cheshire occasionally jotted responses on the backs of incoming letters. However, most of the outgoing letters in this collection are included in twenty-three letterpress books, which are filed separate from incoming letters.

Correspondents include Kemp P. Battle, Julian S. Carr, H. G. Connor, Locke Craig, Josephus Daniels, Henry B. Delany, W. C. Dewitt, W. H. Hardin, Archibald Henderson, John S. Henderson, W. A. Hoke, F. F. Johnson, W. W. Kitchin, A. S. Lloyd, Theodore Lyman, J. S. Manning, Hugh Morson, M. C. S. Noble, Edwin Penick, E. A. Osborne, Walter H. Page, A. M. Randolph, Frederick F. Reese, F. M. Simmons, Robert Strange, Francis P. Venable, and A. M. Waddell. Of particular interest are letters from individuals in Warren County relating to the lynching there in 1921 (folder 131).

For more information about the Diocese of North Carolina see Subseries 3.1 and for more information about Cheshire's involvement in the Episcopal Church see Subseries 3.2. For family correspondence, see the addition of February 2000.

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Folder 1

1878-1884

Folder 2-8

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

1885

Folder 9

1886-1887

Folder 10

1888-1889

Folder 11

1890-1900

Folder 12

1901-1906

Folder 13

1907-1909

Folder 14

1910

Folder 15

1911

Folder 16-45

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Folder 21

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

1912

Folder 46-66

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Folder 59

Folder 60

Folder 61

Folder 62

Folder 63

Folder 64

Folder 65

Folder 66

1913

Folder 67-88

Folder 67

Folder 68

Folder 69

Folder 70

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Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

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Folder 76

Folder 77

Folder 78

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Folder 87

Folder 88

1914

Folder 89-100

Folder 89

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Folder 97

Folder 98

Folder 99

Folder 100

1915

Folder 101-109

Folder 101

Folder 102

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

1916

Folder 110-117

Folder 110

Folder 111

Folder 112

Folder 113

Folder 114

Folder 115

Folder 116

Folder 117

1917

Folder 118-123

Folder 118

Folder 119

Folder 120

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

1918

Folder 124-128

Folder 124

Folder 125

Folder 126

Folder 127

Folder 128

1919

Folder 129-130

Folder 129

Folder 130

1920

Folder 131

1921

Folder 132-133

Folder 132

Folder 133

1922

Folder 134-136

Folder 134

Folder 135

Folder 136

1923

Folder 137

1924

Folder 138

1925

Folder 139

1926

Folder 140-141

Folder 140

Folder 141

1927

Folder 142

1928

Folder 143

1929

Folder 144

1930

Folder 145

1931

Folder 146-147

Folder 146

Folder 147

1932

Folder 147-151

Folder 147

Folder 148

Folder 149

Folder 150

Folder 151

Undated

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[Note: this material was transferred to this collection after the rest of the material in the collection had been arranged. It is thus is filed at the end of the collection, Boxes 7 and 8.]

Folder 270

25 September-17 December 1894

Folder 271

17 December 1894-13 March 1895

Folder 272

13 March-7 May 1895

Folder 273

8 May-11 September 1895

Folder 274

11 September-15 November 1895

Folder 275

13 November-27 December 1895

Folder 276

27 December 1895-6 March 1896

Folder 277

6 March-13 May 1896

Folder 278

13 May-31 August 1896

Folder 279

1-16 September 1896

Folder 280

18-28 September 1896

Folder 281

1-8 October 1896

Folder 282

8-15 October 1896

Folder 283

20-28 October 1896

Folder 284

29 October-5 November 1896

Folder 285

5-18 November 1896

Folder 286

21 November-10 December 1896

Folder 287

10-19 December 1896

Folder 288

20 December 1896-2 January 1897

Folder 289

4 January-24 February 1897

Folder 290

26 February-28 March 1897

Folder 291

3-30 April 1897

Folder 292

1 May-7 October 1897

Folder 293

23 October-18 December 1897

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About 400 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 98563

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 294

1800-1822

Folder 295

1824-1848

Folder 296

Volume containing letters, 1805-1856

Folder 297

1866

Folder 298

1867

Folder 299

1868

Folder 300

1869

Folder 301

1870

Folder 302

1871-1874

Folder 303

1876-1879

Folder 304

1880

Folder 305

1882-1897

Folder 306

1911-1931 and n.d.

Folder 307

Letters by Joseph Blount Chesire, 1870-1931 and undated

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About 400 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Sermons, sermon notes, and two small notebooks in which Cheshire kept a record of sermons he gave and where he gave them. Cheshire numbered his sermons from 1 to 369, dating from 1877 to 1932. A few are missing. They are followed by some unnumbered sermons and sermon notes. Cheshire's sermon notebooks provide a record of Cheshire's episcopal visitations to churches in the Diocese of North Carolina.

See additional sermons in the addition of February 2000.

Folder 152-212

Folder 152

Folder 153

Folder 154

Folder 155

Folder 156

Folder 157

Folder 158

Folder 159

Folder 160

Folder 161

Folder 162

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folder 165

Folder 166

Folder 167

Folder 168

Folder 169

Folder 170

Folder 171

Folder 172

Folder 173

Folder 174

Folder 175

Folder 176

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

Folder 182

Folder 183

Folder 184

Folder 185

Folder 186

Folder 187

Folder 188

Folder 189

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

Folder 193

Folder 194

Folder 195

Folder 196

Folder 197

Folder 198

Folder 199

Folder 200

Folder 201

Folder 202

Folder 203

Folder 204

Folder 205

Folder 206

Folder 207

Folder 208

Folder 209

Folder 210

Folder 211

Folder 212

Sermons 1-369

Folder 213

Unnumbered Sermons

Folder 214

Sermon Notes

Folder 215

Record Book of Sermons and Services

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About 35 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by title.

Handwritten and typed versions of speeches and writings by Cheshire, programs from events at which he spoke, publication material relating to his book The Church in the Confederate States, and a notebook of his private prayers (folder 227). Also included are a few writings by others (folder 233). The addition of February 2000 contains more speeches and writings.

Folder 216

Address of the Bishop to the Diocesean Convention, 1905

Folder 217

"Battle of Ashdune--A Ballad," no date

Folder 218

"Church and the Negro," 1885-1886?

Folder 219

"Church in the Confederate States," n.d.

Folder 220a

"Church in the Confederate States," n.d., publication material

Folder 220b

"Clark, Henry Toole," 1908. Photocopy of speech by Joseph Blount Cheshire to the Edgecombe County chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Folder 221

"Confirmation Charge," no date

Folder 222

Herbert, George, 1908

Folder 223

"Important Utterance of Southern Bishops," 1910

Folder 224-225

Folder 224

Folder 225

"Memories of my Father," 1932

Folder 226

Prayers

Folder 227

Private Prayers

Folder 228

Programs

Folder 229

"Racial Episcopate," 1916

Folder 230

"Ravenscroft, John--First Bishop of North Carolina," n.d.

Folder 231

"Sketches of Church History in North Carolina," 1892

Folder 232

Untitled Writings

Folder 233

Writings of Others

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Acquisitions Information: Accession 98563

Folder 308

Sermon, n.d.

Folder 309

Baptism of Virginia Dare

Folder 310

Church in North Carolina in 1817

Folder 311

Church of the Good Shepherd

Folder 312

Church work among the Negroes and the Woman's Auxiliary

Folder 313

Colonial Church history

Folder 314

Fifty years of church life in N.C.

Folder 315

St. Augustine's College opening of the Cheshire Building

Folder 316

St. Matthew's Church

Folder 317

St. Peter's Church

Folder 318

Twenty-fifth anniversary address

Folder 319

Bishop's addresses to Convocation of the Colored Work in the Diocese of North Carolina, 1900-1906

Folder 320

Bishop's addresses to the Convocation of the Colored Work in the Diocese of North Carolina, 1907-1911

Folder 321

Bishop's addresses to the Convocation of the Colored Work in the Diocese of North Carolina, 1912-1914

Folder 322

St. Mary's School, 1902-19173

Folder 323

St. Mary's School, 1922-1927 and n.d.

Folder 324

Bishop Atkinson and the Church in the Confederacy

Folder 325

Thomas Atkinson

Folder 326

Autobiography, Vol. I, p.1-190

Folder 327

Autobiography, Vol. II, p.191-421

Folder 328

Some Account of My Life I

Folder 329

Some Account of My Life II

Folder 330

Some Account of my Life III

Folder 331

Some Account of My Life IV"

Folder 332

Some Account of My Life V and VI

Folder 333

Some Account of My Life VII and VIII

Folder 334

Sketches from Carolina Churchman

Folder 335

First four bishops of North Carolina: Sketches for Carolina Churchman

Folder 336-339

Folder 336

Folder 337

Folder 338

Folder 339

Joseph Blount Cheshire 1-4

Folder 340

Joseph Blount Cheshire, Vol I, p.1-153

Folder 341

Joseph Blount Cheshire, Vol II, p.154-315

Folder 342

Joseph Blount Cheshire from his life by Bishop Cheshire, Aug 1949

Folder 343

Chesire, Joseph Blount

Folder 344

The children's stories

Folder 345

"So-tales" for children

Folder 346

Church in the Confederate States: notes and memoranda

Folder 347

Church in the Confederate States: Letters

Folder 348

Henry Toole Clark

Folder 349

Ecclesiastical Annals I

Folder 350

Ecclesiastical Annals of the Province of North Carolina

Folder 351

Ecclesiastical Annals of the Province of North Carolina

Folder 352-354

Folder 352

Folder 353

Folder 354

Ecclesiastical Annals of the PRovince of North Carolina

Folder 355

Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina and Religious Liberty in the Province of North Carolina

Folder 356

James Hogg

Folder 357

James Hogg enclosures

Folder 358-359

Folder 358

Folder 359

Papers relating to James Hogg

Folder 360

How our church came to North Carolina"

Folder 361

Milnor Jones: deacon and missionary

Folder 362

Milnor Jones: article

Folder 363

Letters about Milnor Jones

Folder 364

Journal of trip amont N.C. mountains, 6-12 July 1910

Folder 365-368

Folder 365

Folder 366

Folder 367

Folder 368

Nonnulla

Folder 369

North Carolina Bibliography I

Folder 370

North Carolina Bibliography II

Folder 371-373

Folder 371

Folder 372

Folder 373

Notes and short writings

Folder 374

Obituaries

Folder 375

Obituaries or eulogies

Folder 376

Pittman, Thomas M. and Cheshire Re Dissenters in Colonial North Carolina

Folder 377

Response to Toast for N.C. Cincinnati Society, 1905

Folder 378

St. Peters Church, Charlotte, N.C., 1863-1893

Folder 379

St. Peters Church

Folder 380

Stories

Folder 381

Bishop Strange

Folder 382

Robert Strange, second bishop of East Carolina

Folder 383

Valle Crucis Mission

Folder 384

Watson, Bishop Alfred A.

Folder 385

Henderson, Archibald. "History of St. Luke's Parish"

Folder 386

Hill, Stuart H. "The Chowan Blounts"

Folder 387

Lay, Henry C. "Two Months withing the Lines of the Enemy, October and November 1864"

Folder 388

Writings by others

Folder 389

Designs

Folder 390

Designs for Diocesan seals

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Diocese of North Carolina, 1828-1930.

About 850 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Reports, account books, receipts, typed transcriptions and handwritten copies of wills and deeds, minutes, programs, pamphlets, programs, and clippings relating to various organizations of the Diocese of North Carolina. Most of the material dates from Cheshire's episcopacy. There are some items that predate his tenure as bishop and are indicated on the folder list by their dates.

See more Diocese of North Carolina files in the addition of February 2000.

Folder 234

Church War Committee

Folder 235-236

Folder 235

Folder 236

Convocation Among Colored People

Folder 237

Convocation of Charlotte

Folder 238-240

Folder 238

Folder 239

Folder 240

Convocation of Raleigh (1874-1889)

Folder 241

Dorsey Fund (1881-1891)

Folder 242

Episcopal School, Raleigh (1835-1836)

Folder 243

Executive Council

Folder 244

Executive Missionary Council (1885-1893)

Folder 245

Holt Fund

Folder 246

Laymens' Missionary League

Folder 247-251

Folder 247

Folder 248

Folder 249

Folder 250

Folder 251

Miscellaneous

Folder 252

Missionary Society (1828-1884)

Folder 253

School Committee of the Diocese of North Carolina Proceedings (1833-1839)

Folder 254-255

Folder 254

Folder 255

St. Augustine's School, Raleigh

Folder 256

St. Mary's School, Raleigh

Folder 257

St. Michael's School, Charlotte

Folder 258

Standing Committee

Folder 259

Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte

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About 200 items.

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Reports, minutes, manuscript drafts of position papers, and other material relating to Cheshire's involvement in the House of Bishops of the General Convention, the national organization of the Episcopal Church. Included are materials from several committees and commissions on which Cheshire served; materials from meetings of the Province of Sewannee, a regional division of the national church; and materials relating to the University of the South in Sewannee, Tennessee.

Folder 260

Committee on Reservation

Folder 261

Joint Commission on Legislation Matters

Folder 262-263

Folder 262

Folder 263

Joint Commission on a Racial Episcopate

Folder 264-265

Folder 264

Folder 265

Miscellaneous

Folder 266

Province of Sewannee

Folder 267

University of the South

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. The Church Messenger, 1885-1886.

About 30 items.

Receipts from The Church Messenger, a paper published in Rock Hill, S.C. Cheshire seems to have been involved with the paper while he was rector of St. Peter's Church in Charlotte, from 1878 to 1893.

Folder 268

The Church Messenger

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Personal Materials, 1841-1930.

About 50 items.

Receipts, budgets, stock and tax certificates, indentures,Cheshire's son Godfrey's grade reports from the University of the South, and other personal materials.

See additional personal materials in the additions of February 2000 and October 2002.

Folder 269-269a

Personal materials

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Acquisitions Information: Accession 98563

Folder 391

Divorce law in N.C.

Folder 392

Cheshire, Kate

Folder 393

Library of Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr.

Folder 394

Lists

Folder 395

Edenton property

Folder 396

Property

Folder 397

Receipts

Folder 398-404

Folder 398

Folder 399

Folder 400

Folder 401

Folder 402

Folder 403

Folder 404

Cash books, 1 Jan 1911-1 April 1938

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3A. Subject Files, 1937-1948 and undated. (Addition of October 2002).

4 items.

Acquisitions Information: Accession 99343

Records of the baptisms, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Charlotte, N.C., of four of the children of Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850-1932), and other genealogical information about the Cheshire, Webb, and related families.

Folder 414

Family History Material

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-146/1

Genealogy tree

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 4. Account Books and Papers of Joseph Blount Cheshire (1882-1961) 1911-1954.

About 30 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Account books, 1911-1954, of Joseph Blount Cheshire (1882-1961), an attorney in Raleigh, N.C., and the son of Joseph Blount Cheshire (1850-1932). Also included are a power of attorney from Augustine Washington Tucker to Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., 1916; a plat of a subdivision owned by Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr., and J.C. Webb in Edenton, N.C., 1923; and a lease for a store building in Raleigh, N.C., 1931.

Folder 398

Cash Book, 1 January 1911-3 May 1918

Folder 399

Enclosures from cash book

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-146/1

Stock certificate, 1916

Folder 400

Cash Book, 3 May 1918-1 October 1924

Folder 401

Enclosures from cash book

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-146/1

Plat of subdivision, 1923

Folder 402

Cash book, 1 October 1924-22 February 1930

Folder 403

Enclosures from cash book

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-146/1

Lease for store building, 1931

Folder 404

Cash book, 22 February 1930-1 April 1938

Folder 405

Cash book, 1 April 1938-6 July 1954

Folder 406

Enclosures

Folder 407

Journal, 1 January 1911-24 May 1935

Folder 408

Ledger, 1911-1917

Folder 409

Ledger, 1911-1929

Folder 410

Ledger, 1915-1936

Folder 411

Ledger, 1923-1949

Folder 412

Ledger, 1 Jan. 1911-18 May 1954

Folder 413

Loose papers, 1916-1931

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Acquisitions Information: Accession 98563

Folder 398-404

Folder 398

Folder 399

Folder 400

Folder 401

Folder 402

Folder 403

Folder 404

Cash books, 1 Jan 1911-1 April 1938

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 5. Pictures, circa circa 1875-1918.

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Items Separated

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