John and William A. Williams Papers, . 1799-1919

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John and William A. Williams Papers, ., 1799-1919

John and William A. Williams Papers, . 1799-1919

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John Williams emigrated from Scotland in 1810 and became a merchant in Wilmington, N.C.; after his death in 1857 his business was carried on by his son, William Augustus Williams (born 1810). The collection includes papers of four generations of the Williams family of Wilmington, N.C. Papers to 1830 consist chiefly of letters received by John Williams from his mother in Scotland and from his brothers, Robert Williams (died 1823) in Jamaica and William A. Williamson (died 1829), a surgeon at sea with the British navy. From 1830 to 1859, the papers are more extensive, consisting of account books, business correspondence, and other business papers related to the importing and selling of general merchandise, the sale of cotton to England, and the dyeing of cotton cloth; records, 1830-1835, of the estate of Joseph Gorrie; accounts for household expenses; family correspondence, including letters of the Iredell family of Wilmington beginning in 1844; and William Augustus Williams's diary of a trip to England and Scotland, 1833. From the 1880s into the 20th century, there is extensive family correspondence of William Arthur Williams and his wife Jane Iredell Meares Williams and their children, including letters from sons, Frank Williams and Robert Williams, with the United States army on the Mexican border, 1916-1917, and in France during World War I.

1,600; 2.0

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection