Floyd L. Whitehead papers, 1830-1886 [manuscript].

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Floyd L. Whitehead papers, 1830-1886 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25968141

The collection includes usiness, financial, and legal material, including letters from tobacco dealers, records of tobacco sales, tax and other receipts, slave bills of sale, and promissory notes relating to Floyd L. Whithead's business concerns; and legal documents concerning the settlment of estates, land and property disputes, and the collection of debts. Personal papers include several letters in the 1860s from Floyd's son, Alexander R. Whitehead, in Jackson County, Ala., describing family news and economic conditions, and his impressions of the Confederate Army and its officers during his service in the Civil War. There are also a few miscellaneous items relating to Floyd's brother, John Whitehead, and printed material, including advertising circulars and an 1855 broadside relating to local elections.

About 370 items (0.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7152056

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Whitehead, Floyd L.

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Floyd L. Whitehead was a merchant and tobacco planter of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Floyd L. Whitehead papers, 1830-1886 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25968141 Resident of Roseland, Nelson County, Va., and Virginia politician. From the description of Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671874 Resident of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Papers...

Whitehead, Alexander R., fl. 1852-1865.

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Whitehead family.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Whitehead, John, fl. 1830-1886.

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