Papers, 1804-1956 [microform].

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Papers, 1804-1956 [microform].

Papers of William Cannon and his wife Margaret Ann Barker (Laws) Cannon include: correspondence, business and personal; personal accounts; day books and ledgers of his general store at Bridgeville, 1845-56; and accounts concerning the administration of the estates of his father Josiah Cannon, Isaac Bradley, and Albert G. Pennewell.

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