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| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 180 items) |
| Abstract | William Wallis McDowell was a landowner, merchant, and banker of Asheville, N.C. The collection contains business and some personal and military papers of McDowell. Among the papers are account books of the Bank of Cape Fear, Asheville branch, 1845-1866; accounts with laborers, 1858-1873; estate accounts; occasional correspondence; deeds and promissory notes related to the early acquisition of lands in western North Carolina by McDowell's father-in- law, James McConnell Smith (1794-1846); military records of McDowell as captain of the Buncombe Rifles, 1st North Carolina Regiment, and later 60th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America; a ledger pertaining to Revolutionary War pensions in ten western North Carolina counties, 1851-1852; and McDowell's diary while traveling and visiting in east Texas, 1884-1885. |
| Creator | McDowell, William Wallis, 1824-1893. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical
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William Wallis McDowell was a landowner, merchant, and banker of Asheville, N.C.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains business and some personal and military papers of McDowell. Among the papers are account books of the Bank of Cape Fear, Asheville branch, 1845-1866; accounts with laborers, 1858-1873; estate accounts; occasional correspondence; deeds and promissory notes related to the early acquisition of lands in western North Carolina by McDowell's father-in- law, James McConnell Smith (1794-1846); military records of McDowell as captain of the Buncombe Rifles, 1st North Carolina Regiment, and later 60th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America; a ledger pertaining to Revolutionary War pensions in ten western North Carolina counties, 1851-1852; and McDowell's diary while traveling and visiting in east Texas, 1884-1885.
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William Wallis McDowell Papers, 1772-1893.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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