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Levi Mewborn (?) - letter from Office of the Scientific American Patent Office Department [May 9th, 1877]

Levi Arendall Mewborn was born on March 8, 1843, in Kinston, N.C, to Levi and Susan Mewborn. He married Elizabeth Parrot in and had at least six children. He died on May 13, 1907, at the age of 64.

Noah James Rouse was born on April 13, 1861, in Lenoir County, N.C. He had two children, Robert and Charles Rouse, in 1894 and 1907, respectively. On October 3, 1935, he died in Kinston, N.C., at the age of 74.

Written March 2024

Scope and arrangement

The collection contains a limited amount of correspondence of a routine nature. An 1890 letter discusses the invention of and a patent for a "Machine for Plaining Electrotypes"; and a 1922 letter from Noah J. Rouse of Kinston attacks increased taxation and overspending.

Land records (1736-1884) include deeds, descriptions, a grant, and a sheriff's sale deed for property in Kinston and Lenoir County.

The bulk of the papers consists of routine financial records, including accounts (1845-1902), promissory notes (1844-1903), and receipts (1845-1902).

Other material includes returns and reports concerning the gauging of brandy at a Lenoir County distillery (1878-1880), certificates, a petition for patent and other patent material (1888, 1890), internal revenue assessment (1873), and miscellaneous items.

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Custodial History

September 22, 1967, 222 items; Papers (1736-1922) of Moore and Mewborn families of Lenoir County, consisting of correspondence, deeds, accounts, promissory notes, receipts, mortgages, certificates, reports, and other miscellaneous material. Given May, 1966, by Miss Shirley Kilpatrick, Kinston, N.C.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Miss Shirley Kilpatrick

Processing information

Processed by D. Lennon, September 1967

Encoded by Apex Data Services

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Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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