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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Elliot Papers, #240, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mr. and Mrs. William Elliot of Fayetteville, N.C., prior to 1940.

Additional Descriptive Resources

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

Sensitive Materials Statement

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• Carter County (Ky.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Elliot, John.
• Elliot, William H.
• Elliott family.
• Harnett County (N.C.)--History.
• Merchants--Kentucky--History--19th century.

John Elliot was a resident of Harnett County, N.C. Other members of his famiy included his wife Isabella, daughter Anne Eliza, and son William H. Elliot.

The collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1820-1880, deeds, wills, bills and receipts, indentures, accounts, estate settlements, and papers relating to the property of John Elliot and members of his family. Includes general cash books for a firm in Carter County, Ky, and account books related to the settlement of an estate. There is a letter, 1789, from Samuel Johnston.