Inventory of the William S. Leonard Papers, 1808-1862

Collection Number 3073


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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
Leonard, William S., 1794-1825.
Title
William S. Leonard Papers, 1808-1862 (bulk 1808-1829).
Call Number
3073
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
161 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Papers created and accumulated by William S. Leonard and his brother, Isam, sons of Jacob Leonard of South Bridgewater, Mass. William came to North Carolina in 1819 with New England goods to sell, and remained for over a year in Hertford, Perquimans County, as a school teacher. The next year he and his brother opened a store in Hertford which they operated for several years, returning to Massachusetts over the summers. In 1822 they moved their business to Windsor, Bertie County, N.C. In 1825 they both became ill, William died, and Isam moved back to Massachusetts, returning to North Carolina the next year to close the business. The papers consist of letters between the brothers, correspondence with another brother, Levi, a Unitarian minister in Dublin, N.H., and with their father; a few letters from North Carolinians, especially Edward Wood and John S. Wood, of Hertford; and letters and other papers from commission merchants in Boston, New Bedford, New York, and elsewhere. The later items deal with efforts to collect money owed to the Leonards, and with later members of the family. There is one letter, 16 May 1862, written by a Union soldier from Massachusetts while in New Bern, N.C.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchases 1955, 1956
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 William S. Leonard Papers, #3073, 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.

Bertie County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Commission merchants--New England--History--19th century.
Dublin (N.H.)--History--19th century.
Family--New England--History--19th century.
Hertford (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Leonard family.
Leonard, Isam, fl. 1807-1826.
Leonard, Jacob.
Leonard, L. W. (Levi Washburn), 1790?-1864.
Leonard, William S., 1794-1825.
Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century.
New England--Commerce--North Carolina--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Commerce--New England--History--19th century.
Perquimans County (N.C.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Unitarians--New Hampshire--History--19th century.
Windsor (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

Papers created and accumulated by William S. Leonard and his brother, Isam, sons of Jacob Leonard of South Bridgewater, Mass. William came to North Carolina in 1819 with New England goods to sell, and remained for over a year in Hertford, Perquimans County, as a school teacher. The next year he and his brother opened a store in Hertford which they operated for several years, returning to Massachusetts over the summers. In 1822 they moved their business to Windsor, Bertie County, N.C. In 1825 they both became ill, William died, and Isam moved back to Massachusetts, returning to North Carolina the next year to close the business. The papers consist of letters between the brothers, correspondence with another brother, Levi, a Unitarian minister in Dublin, N.H., and with their father; a few letters from North Carolinians, especially Edward Wood and John S. Wood, of Hertford; and letters and other papers from commission merchants in Boston, New Bedford, New York, and elsewhere. The later items deal with efforts to collect money owed to the Leonards, and with later members of the family. There is one letter, 16 May 1862, written by a Union soldier from Massachusetts while in New Bern, N.C.