Whitesides and Dickey family papers, 1818-1900 [manuscript].

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Whitesides and Dickey family papers, 1818-1900 [manuscript].

Whitesides and Dickey family papers, 1818-1900 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31069869

Correspondence, financial and legal materials, and other items relating to members of the Dickey and Whitesides family of Lincoln and Gaston counties, N.C., including James Dickey, Alexander Dickey, Edward Whitesides, and A. M. Whitesides, who appears to have been Alexander Dickey's uncle. Much correspondence focuses on loans made by family members or land transactions in which family members were involved. Some agricultural information appears, mostly about cotton prices, and there are some letters relating to the settlement of various family members' estates. Also included are a few family letters, notably some to Rebecca McGill, who may have been Alexander Whitesides's wife, from relatives in Georgia; to Alexander Dickey from relatives in Arkansas; and to members of the Whitesides family from relatives in Texas. All of these letters discuss family activities and local conditions. Financial items include routine legal papers relating to land sales and estate settlements, bills and receipts for various goods and services, and items relating to money lending. There are a few items relating to the Beattie fammily, apparently Whitesides family relatives. Also included are miscellaneous notes, advertisements for various products, and a few poems from the 1850s by Rebecca McGill.

250 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill