Inventory of the J. L. King and Company Records, 1892-1896

Collection Number 5192-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Historical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
block Items Separated
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Creator
J. L. King and Company.
Title
J. L. King and Company Records, 1892-1896
Call Number
5192-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 5
Abstract
J. L. King and Company was a tobacco manufacturer in Greensboro, N.C. The company partners appear to have been J. L. King, G. H. McKinney, and J. G. Brodnax, Jr.
The collection consists of a ledger, 1892-1896; two letters, 1894; and two notes relating to S. J. Pegram and Company. The ledger contains records of company expenses, bank accounts, and accounts with customers located from New York to North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. There is an alphabetical index to customers at the beginning of the volume.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Watchung, N.J., in November 2004 (Acc. 99973).
Processing Information
Processed by: Elise Allison, February 2005
Encoded by: Elise Allison, February 2005
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the J. L. King and Company Records #5192-z, 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--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Brodnax, J. G.
Greensboro (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
J. L. King and Company
King, J. L., fl. 1892-1896.
McKinney, G. H.
Tobacco industry--North Carolina--Greensboro.
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Historical Note

J. L. King and Company was a tobacco manufacturer of Greensboro, N.C. The company partners appear to have been J. L. King, G. H. McKinney, and J. G. Brodnax, Jr. (possibly John Grammar Brodnax, Jr., b. 1868).

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of a ledger relating to J. L. King and Company, tobacco manufacturer of Greensboro, N.C., 1892-1896; two letters, 1894; and two notes relating to S. J. Pegram and Company. The ledger contains records of company expenses, bank accounts, and accounts with customers located from New York to North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. There is an alphabetical index to customers at the beginning of the volume.

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Items Separated

Oversize volume (V-5192/S-1)
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Detailed Description of the Collection

Records, 1892-1896
5 items.
Oversize Volume V-5192/S-1
Ledger, 1892-1896
Folder 1
Letters and notes, 1894 and undated

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