Inventory of the Hawkins Family Papers, 1738-1895

Collection Number 322

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

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
Hawkins family.
Title
Hawkins Family Papers, 1738-1895
Call Number
322
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 16,000
Linear Feet: 28.5
Abstract
The Hawkins family, primarily of Warren and Franklin counties, N.C., included Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818), who served with Washington in the American Revolution, was in the Continental Congress and the United States Senate, and, in the 1790s, was agent to the Creek Indians and superintendent of all tribes south of the Ohio River; John Davis Hawkins (1781-1858), who graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1801, studied law, and served in the North Carolina Senate; William J. Hawkins (1819-1894), who studied medicine, but worked chiefly in railroads and banking; Philemon Benjamin Hawkins (1823-1891), who was a planter and served in the North Carolina legislature; and Colin M. Hawkins (fl. 1860-1880), businessman of Raleigh, N.C. Hawkins family members worked as planters, state and federal officials, railroad executives, bankers, commission merchants, machinery and phosphate manufacturers, and operators of other enterprises in North Carolina and several adjacent states.
The collection includes extensive business and personal correspondence, 1738-1893, of several generations of the Hawkins family. Also included are papers of other locally prominent related families and correspondence with relatives who lived in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, and other states. Some correspondence relates to slaves owned by family members. Volumes up to 1865 relate primarily to planting and railroads; included are some slave records. The remainder of the volumes are account books, letter books, inventories, order and shipping records, and other records. Among companies important in the papers are Hawkins, Williamson & Company, cotton brokerage and commission merchants of Baltimore, and its successor Hawkins & Company; C. M. Hawkins & Company, which continued Hawkins & Company; the Pioneer Manufacturing Company of Raleigh, N.C., distributor of plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure; and the North Carolina Phosphate Company, incorporated in 1885, with its main offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C. There is almost no material pertaining to Benjamin Hawkins's activities as Revolutionary War leader and United States senator, but there are a few items relating to his career as a United States Indian agent.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Gifts and purchases from the Andrews family of Raleigh, N.C., before 1940 and in 1952, with subsequent additions and purchases in 1963, 1967, 1973, 1983, 1984, and 1985.
Processing Information
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, Greg Smith, and Matt Powell, January 1993
Encoded by: Bari Helms, March 2005
All additions as of January 1993 have been interfiled.
This collection was rehoused under the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Hawkins Family Papers #322, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Franklin County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Gas manufacture and works--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816.
Hawkins, Colin M., fl. 1860-1880.
Hawkins family.
Hawkins, John D. (John Davis), 1781-1858.
Hawkins, Philemon Benjamin, 1823-1891.
Hawkins, William J., 1819-1894.
Hawkins, Williamson & Company (Baltimore, Md.)
Indian agents--United States.
Industries--North Carolina--Raleigh.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Merchants--Maryland--Baltimore.
North Carolina--Economic conditions.
North Carolina Phosphate Company (Raleigh and Castle Hayne, N.C.)
Phosphate industry--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Plantations--North Carolina.
Pioneer Manufacturing Company (Raleigh, N.C.)
Railroads--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Raleigh (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Raleigh Gas Light Company (N.C.)
Slave records--North Carolina.
Slavery--North Carolina.
Warren County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
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Biographical Note

John Davis Hawkins (1781-1858) was born in Warren County, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1801; studied law with Judge John Haywood; lived in Franklin County, N.C.; and was a land owner in Franklin and Warren counties. He served in the state senate, 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1840. He married Jane A. Boyd (1784-1875), a daughter of Alexander Boyd of Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Va. John and Jane had six sons: James Boyd, who moved to Texas; Frank (1815-1896), who moved to Mississippi; physician William J. (1819-1894), of Raleigh; John D., Jr., who moved to New Orleans; Philemon Benjamin (1823-1891), who remained in Franklin County and served in the North Carolina legislature; and Alexander Boyd Hawkins (1825-1921), who moved to Florida and later to Raleigh. The couple also have five daughters: Ann, who married Wesley Young; Lucy, who married Thomas Kean; Mary, who married Protheus E. A. Jones; Virginia, who married William J. Andrews; and Jane A., who did not marry.

William J. Hawkins (1819-1894) studied at the University of North Carolina, was graduated from William and Mary, and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He settled at Ridgeway, N.C., to practice medicine but became interested in the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad and moved to Raleigh. He served as president of the railroad, 1855-1875. The Raleigh & Gaston and the lines with which it was associated later became the Seaboard Air Line. In 1890, Hawkins became president of the Citizens National Bank of Raleigh. He was married three times: to Mary Alethea Clark, with whom he had two sons, Colin M. and Marmaduke J.; to Lucy N. Clark, with whom he had two daughters, Loula and Alethea; and to Mary A. White, with whom he had one daughter, Lucy C.

John Davis Hawkins was the son of Philemon (1752-1833) and Lucy Davis Hawkins of Warren County. His siblings were William (1777-1819), governor of North Carolina, who married Ann Swepson Boyd; Eleanor Howard, who married Sherwood Haywood; Ann, who married William Person Little; Delia, who married Stephen Haywood; Sarah, who was the second wife of William Polk; Joseph, who married Mary Boyd; Benjamin Franklin, who married Sally Person; Lucy Davis Ruffin, who married Louis D. Henry; and Philemon, Frank, George W., and Mildred, all of whom did not marry.

John Davis Hawkins's grandfather was Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801), son of Philemon and Ann Eleanor Howard Hawkins of Virginia. When he was about 18, Philemon Hawkins moved to North Carolina with his mother, stepfather, younger brother John, and sister Ann. They settled in Granville County, which later became Bute and subsequently Warren County. Philemon married Delia Warren, with whom he had six children: Fannie, who married Leonard Bullock; John; Philemon, Jr. (1752-1833); Benjamin, who was a United States senator and Indian agent; and Ann, who married Micajah Thomas.

Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) served on Washington's staff as a translator to French officers during the Revolutionary War, and, in 1785, served as commissioner to treat with the Cherokees and other tribes. He was a member of the Continental Congress, 1781-1784, 1786, and 1787 and a United States senator from North Carolina, 1789-1795. Beginning in the 1790s, he was agent to the Creek Indians and superintendent of all Indian tribes south of the Ohio River.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes extensive business and personal correspondence, 1738-1893, of several generations of the Hawkins family, primarily of Warren County, N.C., and Franklin County, N.C. Hawkins family members worked as planters, state and federal officials, railroad executives, bankers, commission merchants, machinery and phosphate manufacturers, and operators of other enterprises in North Carolina and several adjacent states. Also included are papers of other locally prominent related families and correspondence with relatives who lived in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, and other states. Some correspondence relates to slaves owned by family members. Volumes up to 1865 relate primarily to planting and railroads; included are some slave records. The remainder of the volumes are account books, letter books, inventories, order and shipping records, and other records. Among companies important in the papers are Hawkins, Williamson & Company, cotton brokerage and commission merchants of Baltimore, and its successor Hawkins & Company; C. M. Hawkins & Company, which continued Hawkins & Company; the Pioneer Manufacturing Company of Raleigh, N.C., distributor of plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure; and the North Carolina Phosphate Company, incorporated in 1885, with its main offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C. There is almost no material pertaining to Benjamin Hawkins's activities as Revolutionary War leader and United States senator, but there are a few items relating to his career as a United States Indian agent.

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Arrangement of Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Material
1.1. 1738-1865
1.2. 1866-1891
2. Volumes
2.1. 1801-1868
2.2. 1866-1895
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Items Separated

Oversize papers (OP-322 A and B)
Oversize volumes (322/S-7,9,12,14,40,45,51,58-60,63,71,75-76,83,99,104,117,121,124-125,129,148,180,216,221,232
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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Correspondence and Related Material, 1738-1893.

About 15,700 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
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1.1. 1738-1865.
About 7,000 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
1738-1799 Deeds for lands, slaves, and other property, chiefly in Granville and Warren counties, N.C., but also Bute, Franklin, Montgomery, and Edgecombe counties. Materials relate to Philemon Hawkins (Sr. and Jr.), Joseph Hawkins, and other members of the Hawkins, Williams, Forkner, and related families in Raleigh and Warren County.
There are many Benjamin Hawkins materials, including a letter, 9 April 1785, from Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) in Savannah to Compte de la Forest, reporting his recent evaluation of the Georgia seacoast, rivers, and islands for shipbuilding. Antoine Rene Charles Mathurin de la Forest (1756-1846) was secretary of the French to the United States in 1778 and became vice consul for Carolina and Georgia in 1783 and later consul general. On 10 February 1792, there is a draft of a letter from Hawkins to George Washington about the government's relations with Indians. There are also copies of reports and letters sent to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn by Hawkins and Hawkins's journal entries March-June 1797, during which time he worked with a commission appointed to survey a boundary line between the Cherokee Nation and Tennessee and between the Creek Nation and Georgia. Also included is an order from Benjamin Hawkins at Fort Wilkinson, Ga., 6 January 1798, to Edward Price, United States factor, for a bushel of corn and a bushel of salt to be supplied to an Indian woman named Hothletocco, so that she and her family might return to the Creek Nation. There is also a letter 23 November 1798, from Hawkins at Hillaubee, Talladega County, Ala., to Colonel David Henley in Knoxville, Tenn., replying to Henley's request to purchase cows and reporting that Rachel Spillard, who had been employed by a Mr. Dinsmoor to teach the Cherokee Indians to spin and weave, had left to work in a cotton factory and had not been paid for her work with the Cherokees. Henley (1748-1823) was a native of Massachusetts who served in the Revolutionary War and held various government posts, including clerk in the War Department. Mr. Dinsmoor may be Silas Dinsmore (1766-1847), an Indian agent.
1800-1804 Scattered papers of Philemon Hawkins, his brother Benjamin, and son John Davis, chiefly relating to property and including deeds, indentures, powers of attorney, and bills. In 1801, there is the will of Philemon Hawkins Sr. of Pleasant Hill, Warren County, naming his children and grandchildren as heirs.
Benjamin Hawkins items include letters, 7 February 1800, from Georgia Governor James Jackson to Hawkins concerning Hawkins's work as an Indian agent, and 27 December 1800, from Hawkins at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River near Milledgeville, Ga., to Joseph Clay, merchant of Savannah. Hawkins wrote to acknowledge receipt of merchandise and the federal stipend for the Creek Indians, sent by Clay to a Mr. Wright, United States factor for the Creeks. In the letter, Hawkins commented on the progress of the government's plan to settle the Creeks. On 21 January 1803, there is a letter from William Hawkins (1777-1819) to Benjamin Hawkins about Benjamin's career and family matters.
1805-1819 By 1805, papers are primarily of John D. Hawkins (1781-1858) of Franklin, Warren, and Granville counties. Papers are chiefly business correspondence; bills; items relating to the purchase and sale of slaves and land and to tobacco crops; notes; tax receipts; and items relating to Hawkins's law practice, commencement exercises at the University of North Carolina, Hawkins's saltworks and sawmill, the Louisburg Female Academy, and teachers employed by Hawkins to instruct his children. Included is a June 1818 letter from John G. Blount in Washington, N.C., about the need for legislation to permit construction of a canal from the Roanoke River to the Tar River. In 1819, there are materials relating to Archibald Lytle, William Person, and William Hawkins. In March 1819, there is the will of Muscogie Hawkins, who left his estate to Lavinia Hawkins.
1820-1823 Miscellaneous business papers of John D. Hawkins relating to planting, property, securing teachers for his children, leather tanning and shoemaking enterprises, University of North Carolina finances, Benjamin Hawkins's will, and the division of family property.
Among the 1820 letters are a draft of a letter from John D. Hawkins to John Branch, president of the Board of Internal Improvement, about the Tar River Navigation Company; a letter from A. D. Murphey about the Board; and letters from W. N. Edwards of Washington, D.C., about post offices and pension cases. On 15 July 1823, there is the draft of a letter to William Welborn about political misunderstandings in the race for state legislature. Richard Russell's bills and other business papers run throughout these years.
1824-1825 Business papers of Richard Russell, who died intestate in 1825. There are also business papers of John D. Hawkins, including deeds; bills; and correspondence about the leather business, land, crop and slave prices, the estate of Alexander Boyd, and the affairs of Richard Boyd. Among the correspondents are William Robards, Joseph W. Hawkins, Thomas H. Kean, William Pannill of Petersburg, and other merchants; also Will Polk, William M. Swepson, Benjamin F. Hawkins, H. L. Jeffers, John D. Hawkins's father Philemon, and other members of the Hawkins family. In a letter, dated 30 April 1825, James Manney of Beaufort, N.C., wrote about progress in cutting the canal linking the Tar and Roanoke rivers.
1826-1843 Business correspondence and other papers of John D. Hawkins. Hawkins was concerned with planting cotton, wheat, and tobacco crops; managing land, especially in Tennessee, and other property; leather and salt enterprises; banking; the Alexander Boyd and Richard Russell estates; civil suits in court; family matters, including securing teachers for his children; Revolutionary War pension cases for which he was attorney, especially, beginning in 1834, Elizabeth Milligan McCarty's claim, and beginning in 1840, that of Esther Johnston; politics and political campaigns; the plough factory and furnace at Sandy Creek mills in Warren County, erected in 1837; and beginning around 1837, railroad construction.
Included are an exchange of letters in April 1827 between John D. Hawkins and Nathaniel Macon about an invitation to a public dinner for Macon; a letter, 19 September 1827, from F. F. O'Neill of Charleston, S.C., to Colonel William Polk about Polk's academy; a letter in February 1829 from David Clark about cotton manufacturing machinery and Andrew Jackson; an exchange of letters in October 1829 about John D. Hawkins's desire to visit West Point to observe teaching methods to be implemented at the University of North Carolina and John Branch's reaction to the idea; a partnership agreement, 7 September 1837, between John D. Hawkins and William B. Williams to erect a plough factory and furnace at Sandy Creek Mills; a letter, 7 December 1837, from Charles M. Garnett to Hawkins about building the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad; a February 1838 copy of the will of Jacob Fane (Fain), who was emancipated in 1805 and died ca. 1837, and a copy of the emancipation bond; letters, 1839-1841, from John D. Hawkins Jr. to his father about life at the University of North Carolina; an 1842 certificate documenting William J. Hawkins's completion of work for the M.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania; and letters of R. W. Haywood about family tombstones and gold mining.
1844-1849 Business papers of John D. Hawkins, now at Henderson Depot, N.C., continue with an increasing percentage relating to railroad matters, especially correspondence as a stockholder in the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. Beginning around 1844, there are also business papers of Hawkins's son William J. Hawkins at Ridgeway, Warren County. There are also family letters, chiefly among John D. Hawkins's children. Beginning in 1844, there are letters from Louis H. Russell, who was supported at William and Mary in Virginia by his uncle John D. Hawkins.
Also included are a phrenological reading, dated 6 March 1844, of John D. Hawkins by William P. Hebard of Oxford, N.C., and letters, 1844-1845, about hiring out slaves for railroad work; a contract, October 1845, for building a house at Ridgeway for William J. Hawkins; many letters, particularly in 1846, about Revolutionary War pension cases; a copy of a letter, 3 August 1846, from John D. Hawkins to William P. Williams about John D. Hawkins, Jr.'s campaign for a seat in the state legislature; 1847 letters from John B. Hawkins in Mattagorda County, Tex., about his property, crops, and life there; items, March-May 1847, about President James K. Polk's visit to the University of North Carolina; a report, 14 July 1847, to John D. Hawkins about the condition of his lands in Tennessee; correspondence in 1847 about extending the railroad from Raleigh into South Carolina; copies of letters in June 1848 relating to a misunderstanding between Robert Strange and President Polk; correspondence, August-November 1848, with the Georgia Historical Society about publication of Benjamin Hawkins's writings; letters, 1847-1848, from Frank Hawkins and family in Carroll County, Miss.; and letters, December 1848, of N. B. Massenburg concerning plans for enlarging the courthouse.
1850-1865 Accounts and correspondence with commission merchants at Petersburg and Richmond and a few personal bills and legal papers relating to John D. Hawkins continue until his death in 1858, after which there are items about the settlement of his estate. On 16 June 1850, there is a letter from Congressman J. R. J. David to John D. Hawkins about how the territorial slavery issue was unlikely to result in a settlement acceptable to the South. On 15 September 1850, there is a letter to Hawkins about his sons' taking the census in Warren County. In the early 1850s, there are a few items relating to the sale and hiring out of slaves. On 26 November 1852, there is a contemporary copy of a letter to Junius Amis of Vicksburg, Miss., from John D. Hawkins about trouble with a slave.
During this period, there are a few family letters, especially those relating to Virginia Hawkins Andrews. On 17 September 1852, there is a letter from the physician at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Va., to John D. Hawkins about a resident relative's mental state.
As the years go by, papers increasingly relate to William J. Hawkins (1819-1894), son of John D. Hawkins. These include papers about his presidency, beginning in 1855, of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad, and to his work with W. J. Hawkins & Company, which contracted to build sections of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad in the 1850s. There are also many papers relating to the building of the bridge at Gastonia, N.C.
In the 1850s and 1860s, there are also papers relating to the affairs of William's brother Philemon Benjamin Hawkins (1823-1891), who was a planter and contractor of Franklin County. In the 1850s and early 1860s, he was in partnership with David Bisset as contractors for railroad construction. Papers show that this partnership worked on some projects near Pendleton, S.C., and Weldon, N.C., and that Philemon Hawkins was also a member of the W. J. Hawkins Company that built sections of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad near Abingdon, Va. His life outside railroad construction, which he spent managing properties in Franklin County, at Henderson, or at Spring Grove near Henderson is also documented. There are also some papers relating to Philemon's tenure in the state legislature in 1852. Also included are scattered papers of John D. Hawkins Jr., Alexander Boyd Hawkins of Henderson, James B. Hawkins of Texas, Frank Hawkins of Mississippi, and other family members.
In the early 1860s, there are papers relating to John D. Hawkins's estate, including a list, dated 15 December 1860, of slaves belonging to the estate. A list on 9 December 1862 gives the final disposition of the estate's slaves.
During the Civil War period, there is little to indicate that a war was going on, except that the Hawkinses sent their cotton and other products South instead of to Virginia. In 1862, there are a few slight references to family members in military service. A 26 August 1862 letter to Alexander Boyd Hawkins from Phinizy & Clayton, commission merchants of Augusta, Ga., discussed counterfeit Confederate bank notes in circulation. A letter on 13 November 1862 to Alexander Boyd Hawkins from commission merchants Duncan & Johnston of Savannah, Ga., discussed a shipment of flour that had not been received and probably had been confiscated by the government. On 13 November 1863, there is a letter to Jane Hawkins in Henderson from William J. Hawkins in Raleigh about the confiscation of horses. In December 1863, Hawkins and other railroad presidents exchanged letters about planning routes for the delivery of goods and protesting taxes about to be levied.
There are few items dated 1863-1864. By the end of 1865, William J. Hawkins appears to have made a good recovery from wartime inconveniences, although there is a letter, dated 14 December 1865, to him from George Grice at the Car Works in Portsmouth, Va., stating that northern troops having stolen all the supplies used in building railroad cars, the Works would have to wait for the reorganization of the banks to be able to purchase enough supplies to reopen. Materials in November and December 1865 are chiefly letters of application and recommendation for jobs with the National Express and Transportation Company of the State of North Carolina, of which William was a director.
Folder 1
1738-1759
Folder 2
1760
Folder 3
1761-1764
Folder 4
1765-1769
Folder 5
1770-1778
Folder 6
1779
Folder 7
1780-1782
Folder 8
1783-1789
Folder 9
1790-1794
Folder 10
1795-1799
Folder 11
1800-1802
Folder 12
1803-1804
Folder 13
1805-1806
Folder 14
1807-1808
Folder 15
1809
Folder 16
1810-1811
Folder 17
1812
Folder 18
1813
Folder 19
1814
Folder 20
1815-1816
Folder 21
1817
Folder 22
1818
Folder 23
1819
Folder 24-25
1820
Folder 26
1821
Folder 27-28
1822
Folder 29-30
1823
Folder 31-34
1824
Folder 35-37
1825
Folder 38
1826
Folder 39-40
1827
Folder 41
1828
Folder 42-43
1829
Folder 44-46
1830
Folder 47-48
1831
Folder 49-50
1832
Folder 51
1833
Folder 52-53
1834
Folder 54
1835
Folder 55
1836
Folder 56
1837
Folder 57
1838
Folder 58
1839
Folder 59-62
1840
Folder 63
1841
Folder 64
1842
Folder 65-66
1843
Folder 67
1844
Folder 68-69
1845
Folder 70-74
1846
Folder 75-78
1847
Folder 79-81
1848
Folder 82-85
1849
Folder 86-88
1850
Folder 89-91
1851
Folder 92-94
1852
Folder 95
1853
Folder 96
1854
Folder 97-98
1855
Folder 99-105
1856
Folder 106-109
1857
Folder 110-114
1858
Folder 115-117
1859
Folder 118-120
1860
Folder 121
1861
Folder 122-123
1862
Folder 124
1863-1864
Folder 125-127
1865
Folder 128-134
Undated and fragments before 1866
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1.2. 1866-1891.
About 8,700 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Papers of William J. Hawkins and his brothers continue. In the late 1860s and 1870s, William was a member of Hawkins, Williamson & Company of Baltimore, general commission merchants, with B. P. Williamson, J. J. Thomas, and Colin M. Hawkins. His papers as president of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad run from about 1867 to 1875, and his papers as president of the Ridgeway Company are of the some period. Philemon Benjamin Hawkins's papers also continue; these include some relating to his service in the North Carolina senate in 1870.
Papers of Colin M. Hawkins, son of William J. and Mary Alethea Clark Hawkins, are also included. His business papers extend from the 1860s through the 1880s and include materials relating to his time in Baltimore in the 1860s and 1870s as a member of Hawkins, Williamson & Company and its successor, Hawkins & Company. Also documented is his career in the 1880s, when he was in Raleigh and connected with the Pioneer Manufacturing Company, Raleigh Light & Gas, and the North Carolina Phosphate Company. The Pioneer Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1883 by J. C. Kearney, P. M. Wilson, and Colin M. Hawkins to make objects of wood and metal. The company distributed plows, cotton planters, pulleys, machine castings, bobbins, spools, shuttles, and manure. The North Carolina Phosphate Company, with offices at Raleigh and works at Castle Hayne, N.C., was incorporated in 1885, with M. J. Hawkins as president and Colin M. Hawkins as secretary. F. M. Andrews, J. F. Dortch, and A. H. A. Williams were also among the incorporators.
Included are bills, receipts, notes, deeds, indentures, tax lists, insurance policies, notes on court proceedings, estate settlement accounts, and a few family letters. There is also correspondence relating to plantation management in Mississippi, 1870-1875; cotton sales, 1870-1880; tobacco markets, 1878; land speculation in North Carolina, 1883; and accounts with commission merchants and factors.
Throughout the period, there are papers relating to railroad construction and management. These include contracts and other records of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad and specifications for construction of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad.
There are several oversize plats, town plans, and building specifications from the 1870s and 1880s for various locations. These include plans for William J. Hawkins's houses in Raleigh and Ridgeway and for the residence of I. H. Pearce in Oxford, Miss. There are also engineering sketches of mill machinery labeled "N.C. Phosphate Mill, Raleigh," and maps, including one of Middleburg, Warren County, N.C.; one of the Roanoke Navigation & Water Power Company's canal and other properties; one of William J. Hawkins's pine lands in Moore, Richmond, and Montgomery counties, N.C.; one of the Ridgeway Company's land holdings in 1873; and an undated street and pipe-line map of Salisbury, N.C.
Folder 135-137
1866
Folder 138-139
1867
Folder 140-145
1868
Folder 146-156
1869
Folder 157-159
1870
Folder 160
1871
Folder 161-164
1872
Folder 165-166
1873
Folder 167
1874
Folder 168-169
1875
Folder 170
1876
Folder 171
1877
Folder 172
1878
Folder 173-175
1879
Folder 176
1880
Folder 177
1881
Folder 178-179
1882
Folder 180-183
1883
Folder 184
1884-1885
Folder 185-186
1886
Folder 187
1887
Folder 188
1888-1889
Folder 189
January-May 1890
Folder 190
June 1890-August 1891
Folder 191-194
Undated and fragments after 1865

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2. Volumes, 1801-1895 and undated.

233 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Note that there is slight overlap in dates between subseries 2.1 and subseries 2.2. Page counts typically exclude blank pages.
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2.1. 1801-1868.
53 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 195
Volume 1, 1801-1805
72 pp. Account book with a copy of the will, 1801, of Philemon Hawkins (1717-1801) and accounts relating to the settlement of his estate, Philemon and John Hawkins, executors.
Folder 196
Volume 2, 1813-1821
83 pp. Account book with miscellaneous memoranda and accounts of John D. Hawkins, including fees due county courts of Warren, Granville, and Franklin counties; wages paid; debts and loans; and cotton crop and salt work accounts.
Folder 197
Volume 3, 1815-1816
30 pp. Account book with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda, including some listing expenditures for provisions and numbers of hogs killed. Owner unknown.
Folder 198
Volume 4, 1820-1825
96 pp. Accounts of John D. Hawkins relating to his leather working, a teacher for his children, and other matters.
Folder 199
Volume 5, 1821
14 pp. Accounts for leather and other shop work. Owner unknown.
Folder 200
Volume 6, 1822
22 pp. Inventory of sale of the personal property belonging to Philemon Hawkins.
Folder 201
Volume S-7, 1822-1825
354 pp. Ledger of Richard Russell, including accounts for general merchandise, produce, blacksmithing, and hauling. Richard Russell died intestate about 1825 and John D. Hawkins was the agent for his estate settlement.
Folder 202
Volume 8, 1823-1827
26 pp. Accounts of expenditures, possibly of Sherwood Haywood.
Folder 203
Volume S-9, 1825-1826
98 pp. Ledger with index.
Folder 204
Volume 10, 1825-1846
96 total pp. Front to back, 1825-1832: accounts of Richard Russell's estate. Back to front, 1826-1846: accounts of John D. Hawkins for leather, lumber, teachers, etc.
Folder 205
Volume 11, 1826-1831
15 total pp. 1826-1829: account of Sherwood Haywood, agent, with Mark Cooke, teller, Bank of New Bern at Raleigh. 1830-1831: account of John D. Hawkins as executor of Sherwood Haywood's estate.
Folder 206
Volume S-12, 1830-1841
57 total pp. 1830: daybook, McCorkle Gold Mining Company. 1838: records of the purchase of the plow factory at Sandy Creek Mill by John D. Hawkins from William B. Williams. 1838-1841: ledger containing plow factory accounts.
Folder 207
Volume 13, 1833
17 pp. Inventory of sale of the personal property belonging to Colonel Philemon Hawkins.
Folder 208
Volume S-14, 1833-1850
270 total pp. 1833-1836: records of general merchandise purchased wholesale at New York for a story at Sparta. 1840: inventory of goods sent from store in Sparta to the railroad depot. 1841: records of a sale by W. J. Andrews. 1842-1850: accounts of John D. Hawkins and Richard Hines, at Henderson, N.C., for merchandise bought in New York and sold at auction.
Folder 209
Volume 15, 1837-1839
88 pp. "Memorandum book for the Rail Road," containing financial and other records John D. Hawkins, of roadbed work and work done at the depot in Henderson.
Folder 210
Volume 16, 1838-1848
47 total pp. 1842-1848: ledger of John D. Hawkins for labor, hides, lumber, brandy, etc. 1838-1847: account of Ann Johnson with executors of Joseph W. Hawkins's estate. 1844-1847: accounts of John D. Hawkins as guardian of Lewis H. Russell.
Folder 211
Volume 17, 1838-1852
234 pp. Memoranda and ledger book of John D. Hawkins, chiefly for the plow factory. Also included are a few recipes and miscellaneous personal memos.
Folder 212
Volume 18, 1839-1840
13 pp. Alexander Boyd Hawkins account book, including accounts for slaves' shoes.
Folder 213
Volume 19, 1842-1843
10 pp. List of personal property, including slaves, belonging to P. E. A. Jones and sold under trust made February 1842 for the benefit of John D. Hawkins and Wesley W. Young.
Folder 214
Volume 20, 1844-1851
95 pp. Accounts of merchandise purchased wholesale, possibly by Cheatham & Vaughan, at Petersburg and Henderson; tobacco and cotton sale accounts; and store accounts from Henderson. Entries appear in John D. Hawkins's handwriting and that of others.
Folder 215
Volume 21, 1846-1852
284 pp. Daybook for cash sales of general merchandise.
Folder 216
Volume 22, 1846-1852
66 pp. Record of hides received for tanning by Philemon Benjamin Hawkins of Franklin County.
Folder 217
Volume 23, 1848-1852
120 pp. "Shop Book" of William J. and John Andrews of Henderson, for blacksmithery and other iron work.
Folder 218
Volume 24, 1849-1850
362 pp. Henderson account book, possibly of William J. and John Andrews, with accounts for general merchandise, provisions, shoemaking, hides, iron and nails, hardware, plastering, watch repair, and tooth extraction.
Folder 219
Volume 25, 1851-1857
123 pp. Accounts relating to estates handled by John D. Hawkins. In the back of the book, there is a list of slaves hired to work on the Central Railroad, 1852.
Folder 220
Volume 26, 1852-1853
163 pp. "Roanoke Valley Railroad, [Sylvanius] Johnson & [David] Bisset's Ledger," containing accounts with employees and officers of the company.
Folder 221
Volume 27, 1852-1856
27 total pp. 1852: Miscellaneous accounts of Bisset & Johnson of the Roanoke Valley Railroad. 1856: David Bisset's cash account on a South Carolina railroad contract.
Folder 222
Volume 28, 1853-1854
129 pp. Accounts of David Bisset, contractor, with workers at Little Nut Bush Bridge on the Roanoke Valley Railroad.
Folder 223
Volume 29, 1855-1856
61 pp. Time rolls of hands employed by James Bain at Rockfield Quarry, Chesterfield County, Va.
Folder 224
Volume 30, 1856
29 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad.
Folder 225
Volume 31, 1856
60 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston and the Petersburg & Weldon railroads.
Folder 226
Volume 32, 1856-1857
107 pp. Ledger with accounts of David Bisset and/or Philemon Benjamin Hawkins for Raleigh & Gaston Railroad work.
Folder 227
Volume 33, 1856-1857
80 pp. Accounts of Philemon B. Hawkins & Company for work on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad.
Folder 228
Volume 34, 1856-1866
75 pp. Miscellaneous accounts of William J. Hawkins.
Folder 229
Volume 35, 1857-1858
27 pp. Cash paid out by Philemon Benjamin Hawkins for tobacco, clothing, sundries, etc., while working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina.
Folder 230
Volume 36, 1857-1859
24 pp. Bisset & Hawkins accounts for general merchandise and provisions while working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina. Also included are a few accounts of E. B. Benson & Sons.
Folder 231
Volume 37, 1858
122 pp. Bisset & Hawkins ledger containing accounts with laborers and with slaveholders for their slaves working on the Blue Ridge Railroad in South Carolina.
Folder 232
Volume 38, 1858
46 pp. Accounts of N. F. Bardwell of the South Side Railroad for labor, coal, clothing, etc.
Folder 233
Volume 39, 1858-1866
105 pp. "Hawkins & Andrews" book of accounts of J. D. Hawkins & Company and A. B. Andrews for a tanning operation.
Folder 234
Volume S-40, 1858-1860
145 pp. Accounts for general merchandise, clothing, blacksmithery, etc., with many entries relating to the Blue Ridge Railroad, South Carolina.
Folder 235
Volume 41, 1858
23 pp. Record of clothing, coal, sugar, etc., for workers on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad.
Folder 236
Volume 42, 1858-1860
71 pp. Workers' time book, showing names and days worked on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Workers are identified as "stonecutter," "black hands," etc.
Folder 237
Volume 43, 1859
26 pp. Accounts with slaves for work and tobacco with daybook entries and ledger accounts for work on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Plugs of tobacco were apparently given in exchange for putting down holes (6 holes=$.18).
Folder 238
Volume 44, 1859-1861
69 pp. Tannery accounts of John D. Hawkins.
Folder 239
Volume S-45, 1859-1862
165 pp. Plantation accounts, including slave records, of William J. Hawkins at Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C.
Folder 240
Volume 46, 1859-1862
49 pp. Inventory and accounts of the estate of John D. Hawkins, who died 5 December 1858, William J. Hawkins, executor.
Folder 241
Volume 47, 1860
57 pp. Philemon Benjamin Hawkins's ledger for general accounts relating to work on the Blue Ridge Railroad.
Folder 242
Volume 48, 1860-1863
195 pp. Tannery ledger; owner unknown.
Folder 243
Volume 49, 1861-1863
85 pp. Record of wheat brought to mills owned by [Philemon?] Hawkins and flour sent to the Henderson railroad depot for shipment to soldiers in the field.
Folder 244
Volume 50, 1863-1865
87 pp. Record, perhaps kept by D. A. Hunt, of bags of wheat and flour received, sent, and given to the poor.
Folder 245
Volume S-51, 1863-1868
112 total pages. 1863-1865: ledger with tannery accounts. 1867-1868: miscellaneous accounts, including those of A. B. Andrews with laborers for provisions, etc., and with members of the Hawkins family.
Folder 246
Volume 52, 1865-1866
78 pp. Accounts involving barter for provisions and general merchandise and other accounts involving cash sales.
Folder 247
Volume 53, 1865-1866 and undated
78 total pp. 1865-1866: ledger of A. B. Andrew with accounts with overseers and laborers, including employees' records at the ironworks and railroad ferry at Gaston. Undated: accounts of Philemon Benjamin Hawkins with Hawkins & Bisset and with Hawkins & Mordecai.
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2.2. 1866-1895.
180 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 248
Volume 54, 1866-1867
Accounts in individuals, perhaps a saleperson's record book.
Folder 249
Volume 55, 1867
Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company with instructions from clients in regard to selling.
Folder 250
Volume 56, 1867-1868
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 251
Volume 57, 1867-1868
Produce book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 252
Volume S-58, 1867-1868
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 253
Volume S-59, 1867-1868
Cash sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 254
Volume S-60, 1867-1869
Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 255
Volume 61, 1867-1870
Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 256
Volume 62, 1867-1872
Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 257
Volume S-63, 1867-1877
Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 258
Volume 64, 1867-1869
Colin M. Hawkins letter book, Columbia, S.C.
Folder 259
Volume 65, 1867-1870
Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 260
Volume 66, 1867-1868
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 261
Volume 67, 1868
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 262
Volume 68, 1868
Daybook listing wholesale shipments of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 263
Volume 69, 1868
Sales book for naval stores of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 264
Volume 70, 1868
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 265
Volume S-71, 1868-1870
Index of names and petty cash ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 266
Volume 72, 1868-1869
Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 267
Volume 73, 1868-1869
Land boundaries of Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C.
Folder 268
Volume 74, 1868-1870
Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 269
Volume S-75, 1868-1872
Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 270
Volume S-76, 1869-1871
Sales and commission book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 271
Volume 77, 1869-1870
Labor and freight accounts of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 272
Volume 78, 1869-1877
Land boundaries of Ridgeway, Warren County, N.C.
Folder 273
Volume 79, 1869
Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 274
Volume 80, 1869
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 275
Volume 81, 1869-1870
Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 276
Volume 82, 1868-1872
Drafts and bills of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 277
Volume S-83, 1869-1872
Shipping book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 278
Volume 84, 1869
Daybook and general merchandise accounts of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 279
Volume 85, 1869-1870
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 280
Volume 86, 1869-1871
Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 281
Volume 87, 1869-1872.
Household expenses of Martha Clark, who may have been employed by Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 281a
Volume 88, 1869-1870
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 282
Volume 89, 1869-1876
References and agreements book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 283
Volume 90, 1870
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 284
Volume 91, 1870
Daybook, owner unidentified.
Folder 285
Volume 92, 1870
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 286
Volume 93, 1870
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 287
Volume 94, 1870
Cotton warehouse record of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 288
Volume 95, 1870
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 289
Volume 96, 1870-1871
Journal of B. T. Williamson.
Folder 290
Volume 97, 1870-1872
Notification book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 291
Volume 98, 1870-1871
Cotton sample book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 292
Volume S-99, 1870-1877
Cotton receiving book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 293
Volume 100, 1870
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 294
Volume 101, 1870-1871
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 295
Volume 102, 1870-1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 296
Volume 103, 1870
Fragment of cotton sales records of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 297
Volume S-104, 1870-1872
Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 298
Volume 105, 1870-1877
Ledger, perhaps of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 299
Volume 106, 1871-1872
Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 300
Volume 107, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 301
Volume 108, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 302
Volume 109, 1871
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 303
Volume 110, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 304
Volume 111, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 305
Volume 112, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 306
Volume 113, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 307
Volume 114, 1871-1872
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 308
Volume 115, 1871
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 309
Volume 116, 1871-1872
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 310
Volume S-117, 1871-1874
Hawkins store accounts.
Folder 311
Volume 118, 1871-1875
1871: Colin M. Hawkins cash record. 1872-1875: Martha Clark household expenses.
Folder 312
Volume 119, 1872-1874
Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 313
Volume 120, 1872
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 314
Volume S-121, 1872-1875
Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 315
Volume 122, 1872-1875
Order book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 316
Volume 123, 1872-1876
Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 317
Volume S-124, 1872-1877
Commission and sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 318
Volume S-125, 1872-1877
Daybook of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 319
Volume 126, 1872
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 320
Volume 127, 1872-1873
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 321
Volume 128, 1872-1876
Charge account book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 322
Volume S-129, 1872-1876
Ledger of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 323
Volume 130, 1873
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 324
Volume 131, 1873-1876
Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 325
Volume 132, 1873-1876
Petty cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 326
Volume 133, 1873-1877
Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 327
Volume 134, 1873
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 328
Volume 135, 1874
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 329
Volume 136, 1874
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 330
Volume 137, 1874
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 331
Volume 138, 1874
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 332
Volume 139, 1874
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 333
Volume 140, 1874
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 334
Volume 141, 1874-1875
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 335
Volume 142, 1874-1875
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 336
Volume 143, 1874-1875
Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 337
Volume 144, 1875
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 338
Volume 145, 1875
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 339
Volume 146, 1875
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 340
Volume 147, 1875
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 341
Volume S-148, 1875-1877
Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 342
Volume 149, 1875-1877
Invoice book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 343
Volume 150, 1875
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 344
Volume 151, 1875-1876
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 345
Volume 152, 1875-1876
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 346
Volume 153, 1876-1877
Petty cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 347
Volume 154, 1876
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 348
Volume 155, 1876
Cotton book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 349
Volume 156, 1876-1877
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 350
Volume 157, 1876-1877
Telegraph book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 351
Volume 158, 1876-1879
Contract book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 352
Volume 159, 1876
Advisory book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 353
Volume 160, 1877
Almanac annotated in pencil with surveyor's notes.
Folder 354
Volume 161, 1877
Sales book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 355
Volume 162, 1877
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 356
Volume 163, 1877
Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 357
Volume 164, 1877-1878
Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 358
Volume 165, 1877-1880
Letter book of William J. Hawkins.
Folder 359
Volume 166, 1878-1879
Miscellaneous accounts of Colin M. and William J. Hawkins.
Folder 360
Volume 167, 1878
Letter book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 361
Volume 168, 1878
Law lecture notebook of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 362
Volume 169, 1878-1879
Cotton gin book, Ridgeway, N.C.
Folder 363
Volume 170, 1878-1882
Cash book of Hawkins, Williamson & Company.
Folder 364
Volume 171, 1879
Cotton gin book.
Folder 365
Volume 172, 1880-1881
Ledger of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 366
Volume 173, 1881
Accounts of B. S. Jerman, Ridgeway, N.C.
Folder 367
Volume 174, >1882-1883
Letter book of Colin M. Hawkins.
Folder 368
Volume 175, 1883-1884
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 369
Volume 176, 1883-1885
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company and David Boyd.
Folder 370
Volume 177, 1883-1884
Daybook of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 371
Volume 178, 1883-1887
Minutes and organizational material of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 372
Volume 179, 1883-1884
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 373
Volume S-180, 1883-1885
Ledger.
Folder 374
Volume 181, 1883-1885
Day and sales book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 375
Volume 182, 1884.
"Block book" of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 376
Volume 183, 1884
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 377
Volume 184, 1884
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 378
Volume 185, 1884-1885.
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 379
Volume 186, 1884-1886
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 380
Volume 187, 1884-1887
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 381
Volume 188, 1884-1885
Day and petty cash book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 382
Volume 189, 1884
Telegraph book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 383
Volume 190, 1885-1886
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 384
Volume 191, 1885-1887
Minutes of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 385
Volume 192, 1885-1886
Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 386
Volume 193, 1885-1887
Daybook of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 387
Volume 194, 1885-1886
Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 388
Volume 195, 1885-1887
Daybook of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 389
Volume 196, 1885-1887
Ledger of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 390
Volume 197, 1885-1888
Letter book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 391
Volume 198, 1886-1890
Bills, receipts, scrapbook of Raleigh Gas Light Company.
Folder 392
Volume 199, 1886
Order book of Pioneer Manufacturing Company.
Folder 393
Volume 200, 1886-1889
Storage record book of Citizens Trust Company.
Folder 394
Volume 201, 1886-1889
Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 395
Volume 202, 1886-1889
Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 396
Volume 203, 1886
Time book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 397
Volume 204, 1886-1889
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 398
Volume 205, 1887-1889
Rent book.
Folder 399
Volume 206, 1887
Minutes of Raleigh Manufacturing Company.
Folder 400
Volume 207, 1887-1889
Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 401
Volume 208, 1887-1889
Rent book.
Folder 402
Volume 209, 1888-1889
Shipping book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 403
Volume 210, 1888-1891
Account book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 404
Volume 211, 1888-1891
Castle Hayne and Rocky River farm account of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 405
Volume 212, 1888-1891
Castle Hayne farm account of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 406
Volume 213, 1889
Letter book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 407
Volume 214, 1889-1890
Letter book of C. M. Hawkins & Company.
Folder 408
Volume 215, 1889-1891
Daybook of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 409
Volume S-216, 1889-1895
Order book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 410
Volume 217, 1889-1891
Time book of North Carolina Phosphate Company.
Folder 411
Volume 218, 1890