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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Robert Goodloe Lindsay Papers, #3491-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. John A. Tate of Charlotte, N.C., August 1960, and from Arne Skaar of Lady Lake, Fla., December 2008 (Acc. 101034).

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2009

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Additions received after 2007 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.

Finding aid updated in December 2010 by Matt Dailey because of addition.

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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• Columbia (S.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Confederate States of America--Economic conditions.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 45th.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Grain trade--Confederate States of America.
• Greensboro (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Humphrey family.
• Industries--North Carolina--Gaston County--History--19th century.
• Lindsay family--Photographs.
• Lindsay family.
• Lindsay, John A.
• Lindsay, Robert Goodloe, b. 1816.
• Morehead family.
• North Carolina--Economic conditions.
• Peyton family--Photographs.
• Schultz family--Photographs.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Tate family--Photographs.
• Tate family.
• Tate, Thomas Randolph, 1808-1871.
• Textile industry--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Robert Goodloe Lindsay (born 1816) of Greensboro, N.C., was a miller and insurance agent. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, 1832-1836.

The collection is primarily papers of Robert G. Lindsay, with a few items addressed to his wife and to his son, John A. Lindsay. R. G. Lindsay's correspondence is concerned largely with trade and finance during the Civil War, including the scarcity of certain goods, uncertainty of shipments, inflation of currency, and efforts to obtain supplies for private use as well as for business. Lindsay was trying to buy wheat and to sell flour, dealing in bolting cloth for the sifting of flour, and answering questions about machinery and other needs of manufacturers and merchants. John A. Lindsay served with the 45th North Carolina Regiment. In January 1865, he wrote to his father from Columbia, S.C., describing morale and trying to get some capital with which to speculate. Post-war items primarily concern Tate and Humphrey family history and include information about the Mountain Island textile mill in Gaston County, N.C., which was founded by Thomas Randolph Tate (1808-1871). Also included are photographs of members of the Tate, Peyton, Morehead, Schultz, Lindsay, and related families and their friends.

The Addition of December 2008 is chiefly correspondence between Robert Goodloe Lindsay and his wife, M.P. Lindsay, that focuses on personal and family affairs. Also included are letters written by other members of the Lindsay family and other items.

• Photographs (PF-3491/1-5)