Samuel Lander Ledgers, 1838-1865

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Samuel Lander Ledgers, 1838-1865

Samuel Lander Ledgers, 1838-1865

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The Reverend Samuel Lander Sr. was bornin Tipperary, Ireland, in 1792, the son of William Lander. He married Eliza AnnMiller (b. 1793) in 1812; the couple had at least four children. Lander, a Methodistminister and carriage maker, moved to Boston, Mass., in 1818 because of Catholicintolerance of Methodism in Ireland. The family first lived in Newark, N.J., before settling in Salisbury,N.C., where Lander became a United States citizen. He lived in Lincolnton, N.C.,from 1828 until his death in 1865. The collection consists of two ledger books kept bySamuel Lander between 1838 and 1865. The books include records, often annotated withdetailed information, of money received and expenditures for various householdgoods, his carriage making business, boarders, and land; records of deaths; andhours, terms of employment, agreements, and notes on various hired hands,apprentices, and slaves, some of whom may have been hired out by Lander's sonWilliam. Notes on hands and apprentices include conditions of hire, reports of badconduct, and discharges. The entry for 2 March 1847 records the sale ofslaves.

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