Inventory of the Gertrude Evans Fearing Papers, 1824-1878

Collection Number 3356-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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
Fearing, Gertrude Evans.
Title
Gertrude Evans Fearing Papers, 1824-1878.
Call Number
3356-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
4 volumes
Abstract
Merchants' records of members of the Fearing family of Elizabeth City, N.C., including ledgers, 1824-1827 and 1856-1861, and a daybook, 1878, for general merchandise; and a lettercopy book, 1847-1850, of A. C. Toms, commission merchant and forwarding agent dealing in domestic and foreign grain and produce in Norfolk, Va.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Loan 1958
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 Gertrude Evans Fearing Papers, #3356-z, 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.
Commission merchants--Virginia--History--19th century.
Elizabeth City (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Fearing family.
Grain trade--Virginia--History--19th century.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Norfolk (Va.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Produce trade--Virginia--History--19th century.
Toms, A. C.
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Collection Overview

Merchants' records of members of the Fearing family of Elizabeth City, N.C., including ledgers, 1824-1827 and 1856-1861, and a daybook, 1878, for general merchandise; and a lettercopy book, 1847-1850, of A. C. Toms, commission merchant and forwarding agent dealing in domestic and foreign grain and produce in Norfolk, Va.