Inventory of the Bruce Cotten Papers, 1786-1858

Collection Number 181


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
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/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Cotten, Bruce
Title
Bruce Cotten Papers, 1786-1858.
Call Number
181
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
11 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
The collection includes merchandise daybooks and ledgers of several firms in Bertie and Chowan counties, N.C.; order books, 1811-1813, of United States troops at Norfolk and of Virginia militia; and a record book, 1824, of Virginia militia observance of Lafayette's visit to Yorktown. The merchants' account books include one of John D. White of Bertie County, 1802; a ledger of general merchandise, Norfleet & Murdaugh, Bertie County, 1815-1816; and general mercantile books of unnamed firms of Edenton, N.C., 1802, and of Murfreesboro, N.C., 1816-1861. The order books contain chiefly general orders and court martial records.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Bruce Cotten Papers, #181, Southern Historical Collection, The 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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Account books.
Bertie County (N.C.)--Commerce.
Chowan County (N.C.)--Commerce.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Virginia--History--19th century.
Edenton (N.C.)--Commerce.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, 1757-1834.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Murfreesboro (N.C.)--Commerce.
Norfleet & Murdaugh (Bertie County, N.C.)
Norfolk (Va.)--History.
North Carolina--Commerce.
United States. Army--History--War of 1812.
Virginia. Militia--History--War of 1812.
White, John David, 1931-
Yorktown (Va.)--History.
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Related Material

See also Cotten Collection, North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

The collection includes merchandise daybooks and ledgers of several firms in Bertie and Chowan counties, N.C.; order books, 1811-1813, of United States troops at Norfolk and of Virginia militia; and a record book, 1824, of Virginia militia observance of Lafayette's visit to Yorktown. The merchants' account books include one of John D. White of Bertie County, 1802; a ledger of general merchandise, Norfleet & Murdaugh, Bertie County, 1815-1816; and general mercantile books of unnamed firms of Edenton, N.C., 1802, and of Murfreesboro, N.C., 1816-1861. The order books contain chiefly general orders and court martial records.