Scope and arrangement

While the major portion of the correspondence is genealogical, letters from New Orleans commission merchants to W. M. Dixon in Calhoun, Arkansas (1859-1861), discuss the decline in the quality of cotton (1859), the sale of Dixon's cotton and its quality (1860), and the amount of money transferred to his credit (1861).

The remainder of the collection relates to the genealogies of the Goodwin and allied families. Included are genealogical histories of the Mayfield, Dixon, Hutcheson, McMath, Baker, Moody, and Brown families of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Arkansas, and the Wells and related families including the Parker, Dickson, Bailie, Hunter, Bigelow, and Wheelwright families of Maine, Wisconsin, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Of interest are photographs of various family members and scenes of houses and the waterfront in Belhaven, N.C.

Administrative information

Custodial History

January 10, 1983, 70 items and 6 volumes; Family correspondence and financial papers (1839, 1859-1867, 1905-1915), genealogy correspondence, histories of the Wells and Goodwin families, notes, and miscellaneous papers. Gift of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N.A., Greenville, N.C.

September 8, 1983, 11 items; Photographs. Gift of Miss Ruth Mumford, Greenville, N.C.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.

Gift of Miss Ruth Mumford

Processing information

Processed by M. Boccaccio, November 1989

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

Personal Names

Wells family

Family Names

Goodwin family

Topical

Commission merchants--Louisiana--New Orleans
Cotton trade--Arkansas--Calhoun County (Ark.)--History--19th century

Places

Belhaven (N.C.)--Photographs
North Carolina--Genealogy
South Carolina--Genealogy

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