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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Henry Adolphus London Papers, #2011, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Lawrence London, of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1944, September 1970, and March 2004 (Acc. 99832).

Additional materials received from Fred D. Jerome of Raleigh, N.C., August 1977.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021

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.

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• Account books.
• Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company.
• Inland water transportation--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• London family.
• London, Henry Adolphus, 1808-1882.
• London, William Lord, 1838-1916.
• Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Pittsboro (N.C.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• W. L. London and Son.

Henry Adolphus London (1808-1882) of Pittsboro, N.C., was a merchant and secretary-treasurer of the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company.

The collection includes business papers of Henry Adolphus London, including correspondence, contracts, engineers' reports, bills, receipts, payrolls, etc., concerning the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigation Company, which attempted to construct a waterway to transport coal from Chatham County, N.C., to Fayetteville, N.C.

Also included are family papers of Henry's son, William Lord London (1838-1916), Pittsboro general merchant, as well as wills, marriage contracts, estate papers, household bills, and receipts. The volumes are primarily general merchandise account books, 1846-1866, and records of the Navigation Company, 1849-1864. Also included is W. L. London's letter book, 1883-1885, and account statements and building specifications for W. L. London and Son.

• Oversize volumes (SV-2011/1,20,22,26)
• Oversize papers (OPF-2011/1)