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Collection Number: 00405-z

Collection Title: John U. Kirkland Account Books, 1829-1867.

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size 9 items
Abstract John U. Kirkland was a merchant of general merchandise and leather in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C. The collection contains ledgers and daybooks from a store in Hillsborough variously identified as William Kirkland and Son, Cain and Kirkland, and John U. Kirkland.
Creator Kirkland, John U., fl. 1829-1867.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John U. Kirkland Account Books, #405-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from the Orange County Commissioners.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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John U. Kirkland (fl. 1829-1867) was a merchant of general merchandise and leather in Hillsborough, N.C.

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The collection contains ledgers and daybooks, 1829-1867, for general merchandise and leather from a store in Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., variously identified as William Kirkland and Son, Cain and Kirkland, and John U. Kirkland.

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Contents list

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Oversize volumes (SV-405/1-8).

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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