Papers, 1811-1947 (bulk 1883-1939).

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Papers, 1811-1947 (bulk 1883-1939).

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Chiefly correspondence and financial papers for three generations of the interrelated Anderson, Danforth, Sutton, and Wynn families, who lived in Danburg, Wilkes County, Ga. Correspondence primarily consists of courtship letters between Walter L. Sutton and Harriet (Hattie) L. Wynn, 1883-1886. Earlier correspondence during the War of 1812 is chiefly between George Reab, Jr. and military authorities concerning whether or not he should be required to return to military service. Included is a muster roll for the 13th U.S. Infantry Regiment in which he served. Account books, 1904-1939, for the W.L. Sutton Company and its forerunner the Heard & Sutton Company comprise most of the financial papers. Included are ledgers, daybooks, and one cashbook. Sutton was a partner with his brother-in-law Thomas V. Heard from about 1888 to 1907 in the firm Heard & Sutton. Both were general merchandising businesses which also sold agricultural implements. The account books also contain some domestic accounts and include information pertaining to agricultural labor. There are separate account books for ice and cotton ginning and for Sutton's cotton merchant business. Sutton also sold lumber. Account books kept by family members consist of one for a boarding house (1857-1860 maintained by Harriet B. Danforth and one for a blacksmith shop (1836-1838) maintained by Samuel Danforth, Harriet's husband. The collection also includes printed commencement programs, early 1900s, for Danburg High School, and debating society minutes and bylaws, 1853-1855.

1416 items (5.8 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6791185

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Anderson family.

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Sutton family.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. Infantry, 13th

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Heard & Sutton Company.

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Danburg High School (Ga.)

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Sutton, Walter Lee, 1863-1947.

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Businessman, planter, cotton merchant. From the description of Papers, 1811-1947 (bulk 1883-1939). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122615873 From the description of Papers, 1811-1947 (bulk 1883-1939). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 22300060 Walter Lee Sutton was born in 1863 in Wilkes County, Georgia. In 1886, he married Harriet (Hattie) Louise Wynn, also from Wilkes County, and they had ten children, two of whom died at a...

W.L. Sutton Company.

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Wynn family.

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Danforth family.

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