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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Jesse A. Clement Papers, #155-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. J. F. Clement of Mocksville, N.C.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Clement, Jesse A., fl. 1833-1870.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Davie County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Farmers--North Carolina--Economic conditions.
• Mocksville (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
• Plank roads--North Carolina.
• Roads--Design and construction--History--19th century.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

Jesse A. Clement (fl. 1833-1870) was a farmer of Mocksville, Davie County, N.C.

The collection includes scattered family correspondence and business papers of Jesse A. Clement, including a contract with a joint stock company to build a plank road from Mocksville, N.C., to Bush Hill, N.C., 1854, and several letters, 1864, from a Confederate soldier serving near Petersburg, Va. Other papers include a warrant, 1853; translation of German passage; and a speech of a candidate for the House of Commons.