Robert Alexander Walker Collection
1849-1890
Manuscript Collection #502- Creator(s)
- Walker, Robert Alexander
- Physical description
- 0.215 Cubic Feet, 3 items , consisting of correspondence, an account book, and a promissory note.
- Preferred Citation
- Robert Alexander Walker Collection (#502), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1849-1890) including correspondence, an account book, promissory note, price of tobacco, transportation, sale.
Scope and arrangement
An account book (1857-1859, 1882-1890) records the payment and receipt of money for a variety of goods. It also includes an 1859 estimate for the value of six enslaved persons and the 1890 account of sales for the estate of Hugh Woods.
Also included are a promissory note for $60 (March, 1849) and a letter from a tobacconist in Richmond, Virginia (October, 1866), discussing the price of tobacco and the costs involved in its transportation and sale.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mr. Robert A. Walker
Processing information
Processed by M. Quintanilla, May 1988
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, May 2023
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
Topical
Slavery--North Carolina--Person CountyTobacco industry--North Carolina--Person County