Inventory of the Joseph Ramsey Papers, 1801-1922

Collection Number 2451


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
Ramsey, Joseph, 1812-1866.
Title
Joseph Ramsey Papers, 1801-1922 (bulk 1801-1866).
Call Number
2451
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 700 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Lawyer of Plymouth, N.C., who moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., about 1863. Business and property papers of Ramsey and of his father, William Ramsey (died 1839) of Washington County, N.C. Notes and receipts, 1830-1866, of Joseph Ramsey comprise a large part of the collection. Joseph Ramsey's papers also include estate settlements, deeds, bills of sale, accounts, and legal and other correspondence. Papers, 1860-1863, concern his functions as United States collector of customs at Plymouth and federal district superintendent of lights, and the same functions continued by him under the Confederate Treasury Department and the Confederate Lighthouse Bureau; and the legal handling of intersectional debts and the sequestration of enemy alien assets by the Confederate government. Rocky Mount, N.C., papers concern insurance company business. Also included are account books, 1853- 1860, and 1907-1911, and a memorandum book, 1864-1866. There are few papers after 1866.


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Administrative Information

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 Joseph Ramsey Papers, #2451, 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.
Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury.
Confederate States of America. Lighthouse Bureau.
Customs administration--Confederate States of America.
Customs administration--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
Insurance companies--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Lawyers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Lighthouses--Government policy--North Carolina.
Plymouth (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Ramsey, Joseph, 1812-1866.
Ramsey, William, d. 1839.
Rocky Mount (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Finance.
Washington County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
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Biographical Note

Lawyer of Plymouth, N.C., who moved to Rocky Mount, N.C., about 1863.

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Collection Overview

Business and property papers of Ramsey and of his father, William Ramsey (died 1839) of Washington County, N.C. Notes and receipts, 1830-1866, of Joseph Ramsey comprise a large part of the collection. Joseph Ramsey's papers also include estate settlements, deeds, bills of sale, accounts, and legal and other correspondence. Papers, 1860-1863, concern his functions as United States collector of customs at Plymouth and federal district superintendent of lights, and the same functions continued by him under the Confederate Treasury Department and the Confederate Lighthouse Bureau; and the legal handling of intersectional debts and the sequestration of enemy alien assets by the Confederate government. Rocky Mount, N.C., papers concern insurance company business. Also included are account books, 1853- 1860, and 1907-1911, and a memorandum book, 1864-1866. There are few papers after 1866.