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Collection Overview
| Size | About 120 items |
| Abstract | Robert Goodloe Lindsay was a Greensboro, N.C., merchant and insurance agent. The collection is primarily papers of Robert G. Lindsay, with a few items addressed to his wife and to his son, John A. Lindsay. R. G. Lindsay's correspondence is concerned largely with trade and finance during the Civil War, including the scarcity of certain goods, uncertainty of shipments, inflation of currency, and efforts to obtain supplies for private use as well as for business. Lindsay was trying to buy wheat and to sell flour, dealing in bolting cloth for the sifting of flour, and answering questions about machinery and other needs of manufacturers and merchants. John A. Lindsay served with the 45th North Carolina Regiment. In January 1865, he wrote to his father from Columbia, S.C., describing morale and trying to get some capital with which to speculate. Post-war items primarily concern Tate family and Humphrey family history and include information about the Mountain Island textile mill in Gaston County, N.C., which was founded by Thomas Randolph Tate (1808-1871). Also included are photographs of members of the Tate, Peyton, Morehead, Schultz, Lindsay, and related families and their friends. The Addition of December 2008 is chiefly correspondence between Robert Goodloe Lindsay and his wife, M.P. Lindsay, that focuses on personal and family affairs. Also included are letters written by other members of the Lindsay family and other items. |
| Creator | Lindsay, Robert Goodloe, b. 1816. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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Biographical
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Robert Goodloe Lindsay (born 1816) of Greensboro, N.C., was a miller and insurance agent. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, 1832-1836.
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Scope and Content
The collection is primarily papers of Robert G. Lindsay, with a few items addressed to his wife and to his son, John A. Lindsay. R. G. Lindsay's correspondence is concerned largely with trade and finance during the Civil War, including the scarcity of certain goods, uncertainty of shipments, inflation of currency, and efforts to obtain supplies for private use as well as for business. Lindsay was trying to buy wheat and to sell flour, dealing in bolting cloth for the sifting of flour, and answering questions about machinery and other needs of manufacturers and merchants. John A. Lindsay served with the 45th North Carolina Regiment. In January 1865, he wrote to his father from Columbia, S.C., describing morale and trying to get some capital with which to speculate. Post-war items primarily concern Tate and Humphrey family history and include information about the Mountain Island textile mill in Gaston County, N.C., which was founded by Thomas Randolph Tate (1808-1871). Also included are photographs of members of the Tate, Peyton, Morehead, Schultz, Lindsay, and related families and their friends.
The Addition of December 2008 is chiefly correspondence between Robert Goodloe Lindsay and his wife, M.P. Lindsay, that focuses on personal and family affairs. Also included are letters written by other members of the Lindsay family and other items.
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Series 1. Papers, 1855-1927 (bulk 1861-1865) and undated.
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Series 2. Photographs, circa 1860-1894.
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Additions
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Addition of December 2008 (Acc. 101034), 1839-1870 and undated.
| Folder 4 |
Correspondence, 1849-1870 (bulk 1856-1860) and undated. #03491-z, Subseries: "Addition of December 2008 (Acc. 101034), 1839-1870 and undated." Folder 4Primarily letters written by M.P. Lindsay to her husband, Robert Goodloe Lindsay, that focus on family affairs and the lonesomeness caused by his absence. Also included are letters addressed to M.P. Lindsay from Robert Goodloe Lindsay; letters addressed to Robert Goodloe Lindsay from his daughters; and letters addressed to M.P. Lindsay from her sister, M. Lindsay. |
| Folder 5 |
Other papers, 1839-1862 and undated. #03491-z, Subseries: "Addition of December 2008 (Acc. 101034), 1839-1870 and undated." Folder 5Class notes, a list of subscribers to a $1000 North Carolina bond issue, a list of loans and expenses owed to Robert Goodloe Lindsay, and Lindsay's undated notes and musings. |
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Items Separated
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 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.
Additions received after 2007 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
Finding aid updated in December 2010 by Matt Dailey because of addition.
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