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for North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal Vol. 50 Issue 3, July-September 2024
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This is an abstract of a ledger owned by Samuel Landers. Landers was born in Ireland in 1792 and died in Lincolnton in 1864. He was a Methodist preacher and carriage maker.
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The article concerns a business ledger of Jacob Swindell and later his son Jacob Swindell Jr. of Hyde and Beaufort Counties. It is particularly valuable as a primary resource for maritime historians studying commerce in the Federal and Antebellum periods and coastal North Carolina families. Jacob Sr. was an agent for John Gray Blount of Washington, N.C.
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Records are available in 26 counties in North Carolina concerning ordinaries and taverns in the north Carolina State Archives. Mostly what are preserved are bonds, but also found are petitions for establishing enterprises. The first attempt to regulate these type of establishment in North Carolina was in 1715, followed by a stronger act by the legislature in 1766.