Inventory of the W. H. Thurber Papers, 1809-1867

Collection Number 720-z


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
Thurber, W. H., fl. 1809-1867.
Title
W. H. Thurber Papers, 1809-1867.
Call Number
720-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
50 items.
Abstract
The collection includes scattered papers of W. H. Thurber, a Mobile, Ala., factor and merchant, chiefly receipts and accounts for the shipping of goods sold or turned over to the Confederate government, and antebellum fire insurance policies for cotton and merchandise.


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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 W. H. Thurber Papers, #720-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.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Commission merchants--Alabama--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America--Commerce.
Cotton trade--Alabama--History--19th century.
Insurance, Fire--Policies--History--19th century.
Merchants--Alabama--History--19th century.
Mobile (Ala.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Thurber, W. H., fl. 1809-1867.
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Biographical Note

W. H. Thurber (fl. 1809-1867) was a Mobile, Ala., factor and merchant.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes scattered papers of W. H. Thurber, a Mobile, Ala., factor and merchant, chiefly receipts and accounts for the shipping of goods sold or turned over to the Confederate government, and antebellum fire insurance policies for cotton and merchandise.