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David Ashby Stuckey bills of sale, receipts, and correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-085

Collection Overview

Bills of sale, receipts, and correspondence of cotton farmer David Ashby Stuckey. Materials include bills of sale from Worth and Worth General Shipping and Commission Merchants (Wilmington, North Carolina), Ducker and Bultman (Sumter, South Carolina), and W.R. Scarborough (Bishopville, South Carolina). Also included is correspondence from the office of Worth and Worth to David Ashby Stuckey regarding the sale of three bales of cotton, bale pricing, and credit balances.

Dates

  • Creation: 1873-1899, undated

Creator

Language of Material

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

David Ashby Stuckey (1849-1932) was a cotton farmer in the Manville area of Lee County, South Carolina. His grandfather, Edmund Stuckey, settled the area circa 1800.

Extent

2 folders

Abstract

Bills of sale, receipts, and correspondence of David Ashby Stuckey, a cotton farmer from Lee County, South Carolina.

Acquisitions Information

Materials donated in 2009 by Rachael Bowman Bradbury

Related Material

Related materials in Special Collections include the 2010 publication Bishopville and Lee County by Rachael Bowman Bradbury and William P. Baskin III.

Processing Information

Processed by Joshua Minor, July 2011.

Title
Inventory of the David Ashby Stuckey Bills of Sale, Receipts, and Correspondence, 1873-1899, undated
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Joshua Minor; machine-readable finding aid created by: Joshua Minor
Date
2011
Description rules
Dacs
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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