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- Tags: Economy
David Anderson & Co., "Eagle Foundry," Fayetteville Observer, March 23, 1863
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Ebenezer Emmons, Map of the Deep River Coal Field, 1856
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Endor Iron Works Ledger, 1864-1868
4/11, Payroll: $426.00, Expenses: $2986.93, Sales: 10036 lbs. pig iron at $.50/lb ($5018.00)
4/30, Payroll: $967.35, Expenses: $4793.37
5/11, Payroll: $546.67, Expenses: $225.00, Sales: 43598 lbs ($21,799.00)
5/17, Payroll: $1357.11, Expenses:…
Tags: Economy, Home Front
"Seventy-Five Negroes Wanted," Raleigh Register, March 21, 1861
Seventy-Five Negroes Wanted. I desire to purchase from fifty to seventy fiveLikely Young Negroes, of both sexes, ranging from eight to thirty years old--such as will be saleable in the Southern Market. No unsound negro wanted. I will pay Richmond…
Tags: Economy, Slavery/Slaves
J.M. Hollowell, "Coming of the Yankees" (1939)
COMING OF THE YANKEES
(By J. M. HOLLOWELL)
Since I stopped writing of my early recollections of Goldsboro, I have been asked by some of the young folks why I did not tell more about the Yankee army coming to Goldsboro in 1865, and what they did,…
Charles T. Jackson, Geological Map of Deep River Coal Field: From Recent Surveys, September 1853
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Washington Caruthers Kerr and Henry Benjamin Charles Nitze, Map of North Carolina Showing the Distribution of Iron Ores, 1892
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Letter from Major Smith Stansbury to Colonel Josiah Gorgas, September 2, 1863
St. George’s Ba.
September 1st, 1863–
Colonel J. Gorgas
Col: Your telegram of 21st Ulto. To Fort Fisher was received; in hand, just in time for the “Eugenie.â€
A copy was enclosed to Capt. Fry, and handed to me–
I…
Tags: blockade running, Confederacy, Economy, wartime
Tax Records for Caswell County, 1847
"North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company," Raleigh Register, March 21, 1861
This company takes risks upon all healthy lives between the ages of 14 and 60 years--for one year, for seven years, or for life--the assurers for life participating in the profits of the Company. Slaves between the ages of 10 and 60 years, are…
Tags: Economy, Slavery/Slaves
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D. H. Hill, 1859-1924
Daniel Harvey (D. H.) Hill (1859-1924), the son of Confederate general D. H. Hill, was an important figure in the commemoration of the Civil War and…