Papers, 1872-1905.

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Papers, 1872-1905.

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Collection consists of a volume and loose items. Volume contains minutes (Aug. 1873-Oct. 1878; Aug. 1881-Aug. 1882) of Coldwater Grange, No. 53, Patrons of Husbandry, at China Grove, N.C. The minutes (42 p.) record the activities of both men and women members and include references to the cooperative purchasing of goods and to the establishment in 1878 of a cooperative store at Concord, N.C. The volume also contains Sloop's personal accounts (77 p.), 1897-1905, for income and expenses that includes mending shoes, local Lutheran churches, boarders, house construction, a company store, farming, and transactions for goods and services with many persons, some of them blacks. Loose items, 1872-1905, include a house drawing and floor plans, a school report card, 1872, bills and receipts, and flyers, 1891, for salesmen of the Pall Mall Electric Association selling brushes, razors, corsets, etc.

18 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001653

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Sloop, M. Luther S.

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Farmer, shoe repairman, and boardinghouse keeper, of China Grove (Rowan Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1872-1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20836351 ...

National Grange

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North Carolina State Grange. Coldwater Grange No. 53.

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