Ange Family Papers
1829-1895
Manuscript Collection #205- Creator(s)
- Ange family
- Physical description
- 0.044 Cubic Feet, 80 items , including correspondence, legal papers, promissory notes, financial records, and miscellaneous.
- Preferred Citation
- Ange Family Papers (#205), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Papers (1829-1895) consisting correspondence, legal papers, promissory notes, financial records, loyalty oath, receipts for state and local tax.
Scope and arrangement
The collection deals primarily with economic affairs of the Ange family of Martin County, N.C. during the period 1829-1895.
Included are numerous promissory notes, court debt suits, and receipts for payment of debt. There are also lists of debts accumulated by the family for calico, rum, whiskey, tobacco, cows, pigs, etc. Numerous receipts for state and local taxes are included.
Correspondence is primarily family centered but there are references to economic affairs including the construction of hog pens, logrolling, planting crops, and picking cotton. Miscellaneous material includes the loyalty oath of Francis Ange, 1880 medicine advertisements, and a poem "The Vain Squirrel."
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Loaned by Mr. Vernon White
Processing information
Processed by D. Lennon
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Family Names
Ange familyTopical
Agriculture--North Carolina--Martin County--History--19th centuryDebtor and creditor--North Carolina--Martin County
Patent medicines--History--19th century