Letter from Whedbee and Dickinson to William B. Shepard
- Title
- Letter from Whedbee and Dickinson to William B. Shepard
- Description
- A business letter to W. B. Shepard of Edenton, North Carolina, from Whedbee and Dickinson, commission merchants in cotton and southern lumber, Baltimore, Maryland. The letter discusses the sale and price of cotton. William Blount Shepard (1844-1913) was a prominent businessman and farmer in Edenton, N.C., where he organized Edenton Cotton Mills, Edenton Peanut Company, and the Bank of Edenton.
- Date
- October 22, 1878
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 20cm x 26cm
- Local Identifier
- 0448-b1-fe
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Shepard, William B. (William Blount), 1844-1913--Correspondence
- Businessmen--North Carolina--Edenton
- Cotton--Prices--Southern States
- Spatial
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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