Letters, 1818-1857.

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Letters, 1818-1857.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39390405

Collection contains family letters to McBee discussing financial difficulties, how to make a carriage, railroad development in the Carolinas and Georgia, contracts for a railroad into Greenville, S.C., road construction, a remedy for the cold, the admission of California as a free state, the construction of a steam sawmill, a runaway slave, sickness among slaves, arrangements for the care of several slaves, and the transfer of the management of a cotton factory and paper mill from Alexander McBee to Vardry McBee.

26 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413962

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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McBee family.

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McBee, Vardry, 1775-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf0787 (person)

Southern businessman. From the description of Letters, 1818-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39390405 Planter and businessman of Greenville, S.C.; developer of textile industry during antebellum era, including Camperdown Mills on the Reedy River; born in Spartanburg County in 1775, McBee was called 'The Father of Greenville.' Vardry founded many business and civic organizations; he contributed land for various churches and academi...