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[Identification of item], in the Whitesides and Dickey Family Papers #4712, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Fred and Kay Moss of Gastonia, N.C., in August 1994 (Acc. 94110).

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• Arkansas--Social life and customs.
• Dickey family.
• Dickey, Alexander.
• Dickey, James.
• Estates (Law)--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Gaston County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Gaston County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Lincoln County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Loans, Personal--United States--History--19th century.
• McGill, Rebecca.
• Real property--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Texas--Social life and customs.
• Whiteside family.
• Whitesides, A. M.
• Whitesides, Edward.

Correspondence, financial and legal materials, and other items relating to members of the Dickey and Whitesides family of Lincoln and Gaston counties, N.C., including James Dickey, Alexander Dickey, Edward Whitesides, and A. M. Whitesides, who appears to have been Alexander Dickey's uncle. Much correspondence focuses on loans made by family members or land transactions in which family members were involved. Some agricultural information appears, mostly about cotton prices, and there are some letters relating to the settlement of various family members' estates. Also included are a few family letters, notably some to Rebecca McGill, who may have been Alexander Whitesides's wife, from relatives in Georgia; to Alexander Dickey from relatives in Arkansas; and to members of the Whitesides family from relatives in Texas. All of these letters discuss family activities and local conditions. Financial items include routine legal papers relating to land sales and estate settlements, bills and receipts for various goods and services, and items relating to money lending. There are a few items relating to the Beattie fammily, apparently Whitesides family relatives. Also included are miscellaneous notes, advertisements for various products, and a few poems from the 1850s by Rebecca McGill.