Harper family account books, 1829-1893.

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Harper family account books, 1829-1893.

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Extensive daybook and ledger accounts of Waugh and Harper, a general merchandise business operated at Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., by James Clarence Harper, George Washington Finley Harper, and a number of partners; other records of scattered dates relating to this business, including invoices, inventories, shipping and hauling accounts, produce orders, barter accounts for such items as wild herbs, roots, bark, and sheepskins, and letterpress copies of business letters; and a cash book of the Chester & Lenoir Railroad, 1874-1882.

53 items (4.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7133027

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad

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Harper, G. W. F. (George Washington Finley), 1834-1921

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George Washington Finley Harper (1834-1921) of Lenoir, N.C., was a merchant, Confederate officer, railroad builder, banker, and entrepreneur. From the description of G. W. F. Harper papers, 1838-1921 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23030702 George W.F. Harper attended Davidson College in 1855 and 1856 as an irregular student in the science course. He served as a Trustee of Davidson College from 1904 to 1921. He was also director of the State Hospital in Morganton, N.C. and...

Harper, James Clarence, 1819-1890

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James Clarence Harper was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Patterson, Caldwell County, N.C., in 1840, where he engaged in farming, merchandising, the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, stock raising, and teaching. He served as civil engineer, surveyor, and justice of the peace. He was a colonel in the state militia; member of the North Carolina legislature, 1865-1866; and U.S. representative, 1871-1873; and sat on the North Carolina Commission of Claims. ...

Waugh and Harper (Lenoir, N.C.)

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Harper family.

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