Papers, 1818-1947, (bulk 1850s-1870s).

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Papers, 1818-1947, (bulk 1850s-1870s).

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Papers of a family that settled in Charlotte in the 1850s. Contains extensive records involving the purchase and operations of gold mines, mills, and other businesses owned by the family and by their Renwick and Smedberg relations in North Carolina and South Carolina beginning in the 1820s. Also contains papers of Admiral Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) pertaining to the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, correspondence relating to his purchase of the High Shoals Iron Works in Gaston County, N.C., deeds and contracts concerning his property in Washington, D.C., and papers of his first wife, Jane Renwick Wilkes (d. 1848), relating to her marriage settlement and estate.

1.75 linear feet (2,788 items, including 88 photographs)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7568661

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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Wilkes, Jane Jeffrey Renwick, d. 1848.

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Charlotte, N.C.)

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Smedberg family.

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Renwick family.

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High Shoals Iron Works (Gastonia, N.C.)

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Wilkes family.

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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

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Wilkes was a career U.S. naval officer who, as captain of the San Jacinto, provoked the Trent Affair in 1861. From the description of Letter, November 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770003 Charles Wilkes, American naval officer and explorer, was born on April 3, 1798 in New York, NY. He surveyed Narragansett Bay in 1832-1833, which led to his appointment to a depot of charts and instruments, which later became the Naval Observatory. In 18...

United States exploring expedition (1838-1842)

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The United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes left U.S.A. Aug. 1838, returning July 1842. The ships in the expedition were the Flying Fish, Oregon, Peacock, Porpoise, Relief, Seagull and Vincennes. The expedition visited the Antarctic, Sydney Harbour, Bay of Islands, N.Z., various islands in the Pacific and areas on the coast of South America and U.S.A. From the description of Records [microform]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225845806 ...