Inventory of the John Palmer Account Books, 1750-1756; 1778-1784

Collection Number 2793


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
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Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Palmer, John, fl. 1750-1756.
Title
John Palmer Account Books, 1750-1756; 1778-1784.
Call Number
2793
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
2 volumes
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. An account book, 1750-1756, kept by John Palmer of Gravel Hill Plantation, probably in what is now Berkeley County, S.C., and an account book, 1778-1784, kept by John Palmer Junior, of Richmond Plantation, also probably in what is now Berkeley County. Included are accounts from the estates of John Monk and John Benoist, slave lists, mercantile accounts, and a memoranda of bonds and notes of John Fitzgerald that were destroyed by British troops in 1781.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1944.
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 John Palmer Account Books, #2793, 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.

Account books.
Benoist, John.
Berkeley County (S.C.)--History--18th century.
Estates (Law)--South Carolina.
Fitzgerald, John.
Gravel Hill Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.)
Monk, John.
Palmer, John, fl. 1750-1756.
Palmer, John, fl. 1778-1784.
Plantations--South Carolina--Berkeley County.
Richmond Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.)
Slave records--South Carolina.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Destruction and pillage.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. An account book, 1750-1756, kept by John Palmer of Gravel Hill Plantation, probably in what is now Berkeley County, S.C., and an account book, 1778-1784, kept by John Palmer Junior, of Richmond Plantation, also probably in what is now Berkeley County. Included are accounts from the estates of John Monk and John Benoist, slave lists, mercantile accounts, and a memoranda of bonds and notes of John Fitzgerald that were destroyed by British troops in 1781.