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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Flowe's Store Day Books, Journals, and Ledgers #5342, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Presbyterian Historical Society of Montreat, N.C., in June 2007 (Acc. 100704).

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Processed by: Joyce Chapman, September 2007

Encoded by: Joyce Chapman, September 2007

The Presbyterian Historical Society in Montreat, N.C., owned the Flowe's Store materials until 2007; the three small ledgers were labeled by the Society as "cotton ledgers," but their connection to cotton is unclear.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Account books--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Cabarrus County (N.C.)--Commerce.
• Cabarrus County (N.C.)--History.
• Flowe's Store (Cabarrus County, N.C.)
• General stores--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Flowe's Store, located in Cabarrus County, N.C., was named for Daniel W. Flowe, who opened the store in 1881. Though it closed in 1925, as of 2007 the store's building is still standing.

The collection consists of day books, journals, and ledgers from Flowe's Store in Cabarrus County, N.C. The day books date from 1881 to 1888 and document the daily sales of Flowe's Store, noting buyer's name, purchases, and cost of each item. There are also journals, 1881-1886, that record specific customers' purchases over time; a ledger that presents a consolidated version of the material from the journals, 1882-1886; and three small ledgers, 1878-1880.