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Size | 5 reels of microfilm |
Abstract | Microfilm of papers, 1695-1884, in the Cupola House, Edenton, N.C., including land papers, wills, deeds, accounts, and other business and miscellaneous papers of persons in the Edenton, N.C., area, relating to local government and institutions, military affairs, especially during the War of 1812, shipping and mercantile activities, and estate settlements and guardianships. Included are papers of the Baptist Meeting House, the mercantile firm of Collins, Allen, & Dickinson, the Edenton Academy, Edmund Hoskins, and the Roberts and Rombough families. Also included is an original 1948 photograph of Cupola House. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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The papers in this collection are held in the Cupola House on Broad Street in Edenton, N.C., one of the oldest residences in the town. The house was built around 1725 by Colonel Richard Sanderson, though not in its present form. In 1756, the house was bought by Francis Corbin, an agent for the Lords Proprietors, and used as his official residence. The house is believed to have been renovated by Corbin in 1758. Prior to the acquisition of the building by the Cupola House Association, its owner, a member of the Bond family, sold some of the interior woodwork and paneling to the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Restoration, to a large degree, was made to the building which is now used to house the Shepherd-Pruden Memorial Library, and a museum containing manuscripts, costumes, china, furniture, and pictures.
The papers have been assembled over time through gifts of personal papers from the Chowan County Court House by county officials and from gifts or loans by families and individuals. Most of the papers which deal chiefly with affairs of the town of Edenton were arranged around 1926 by Mark F. Boyd, M.D., then temporarily living in Edenton as director of experimental work for the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation. During filming, some other papers were added to the sequence though the typed calendar complied by Boyd has been included in the film. The papers were filmed both at UNC and at the Cupola House. Difficulty in arrangement of the groups arose not only from trying to coordinate the two filming sites, but also from their diverse nature of the materials.
Back to TopMicrofilm of papers, 1695-1884, in the Cupola House, Edenton, N.C., including land papers, wills, deeds, accounts, and other business and miscellaneous papers of persons in the Edenton, N.C., area, relating to local government and institutions, military affairs, especially during the War of 1812, shipping and mercantile activities, and estate settlements and guardianships. Included are papers of the Baptist Meeting House, the mercantile firm of Collins, Allen, & Dickinson, the Edenton Academy, Edmund Hoskins, and the Roberts and Rombough families. Also included is an original 1948 photograph of Cupola House.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.