Inventory of the David A. Ray Papers, 1796-1863
Collection Number 623-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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
- Ray, David A., fl. 1848-1863.
- Title
- David A. Ray Papers, 1796-1863 (bulk 1850-1860).
- Call Number
- 623-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 45 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 David A. Ray Papers, #623-z, 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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Cattle trade--Texas--History--19th century.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Diaries.
- Estates (Law)--Southern States.
- Fayetteville (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
- Fayetteville (N.C.)--History--19th century.
- Fayetteville (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Industries--Texas--Karnes County--History--19th century.
- Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Ray, David A., fl. 1848-1863.
- Ray, Malinda B., fl. 1860-1861.
- Women--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- Women--North Carolina--Diaries.
Biographical Note
David A. Ray (fl. 1848-1863) was a Fayetteville, N.C., merchant who settled estates and handled other business for persons in North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, chiefly in the 1850s.
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The collection includes legal papers and business correspondence (in part, photocopies) of a Fayetteville, N.C., merchant who settled estates and handled other business for persons in North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, chiefly in the 1850s, including a letter describing a Karnes County, Tex., cattle ranch business, 1860. Also included is a diary, 1860-1861, of David Ray's daughter, Malinda B. Ray, concerning school life and early events of the Civil War in Fayetteville.