William Boling Dunn, Sr., Papers

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        <titleproper>William Boling Dunn, Sr., Papers <num>MS34</num></titleproper>
        <subtitle>1838-1876, 0.21 linear feet</subtitle>
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        <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor>
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        <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher>
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          <date>2004</date>
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        <address>
          <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline>
          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline>
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      <unittitle>William Boling Dunn, Sr., Papers</unittitle>
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        <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.21 Linear Feet</extent>
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      <abstract id="aspace_27f43c5c37025320269529ee8d1670f7">William Boling Dunn, Senior, was a Wake County, North Carolina native and planter. His papers consist of receipts for taxes owed to North Carolina and the Confederate government; store receipts; tuition receipts from Wake Forest College; two land indentures; a letter about the purchase of a cotton gin (1838); and papers relating to the purchase or hire of five enslaved people that he held captive.</abstract>
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      <head>Biographical Note</head>
      <p>William Boling Dunn, Senior, was a Wake County, North Carolina native and planter.</p>
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      <head>Collection Overview</head>
      <p>This collection contains receipts for taxes owed to North Carolina and Confederate government; store receipts; tuition receipts from Wake Forest College; two land indentures; a letter about the purchase of a cotton gin (1838); and bills of sale and receipts for the purchase or hire of five enslaved people.</p>
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      <head>Sensitive Materials</head>
      <p>This collection contains materials related to enslavement. Proceed with care.</p>
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      <head>Preferred Citation</head>
      <p>William Boling Dunn, Sr., Papers (MS34), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p>
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      <p>This collection is open for use.</p>
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      <head>Copyright Notice</head>
      <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p>
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      <head>Processing Information</head>
      <p>Processed by John Woodard, May 12, 1983. Encoded by Apex, December 2004. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through <extref href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</extref>.</p>
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    <controlaccess>
      <subject source="lcsh">Slavery -- North Carolina -- History -- Sources</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Slave bills of sale -- North Carolina</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Slave trade -- North Carolina -- History -- Sources</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Slave records -- North Carolina</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Plantation owners -- North Carolina</subject>
      <persname source="local">Dunn, William Boling, Sr.</persname>
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          <unittitle>Tax receipts</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1863/1864" type="inclusive">1863-1864</unitdate>
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          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>A receipt for taxes due the Confederate States government, July 21, 1863; a receipt for taxes due the state of North Carolina, March 5, 1864; and a receipt for agricultural products due the Confederate States government, Nov. 8, 1864.</p>
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          <unittitle>Bonds</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1863/1865" type="inclusive">1863, 1865</unitdate>
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          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>A $500 bond made Feb. 20, 1863 for loan to the Confederate States; and a certificate confirming the purchase of a CSA bond, March 22, 1865.</p>
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          <unittitle>Bills of sale and receipts for enslaved people</unittitle>
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          <p>A promissory note for the hire of "Negro boy Bill," 1854; the purchase of two enslaved people, Nancy and Jame or James, 1854; a receipt for the sale of an enslaved person named Bill, 1858; and a receipt for an enslaved person named David "to work on fortifications around Wilmington" in 1864.</p>
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          <unittitle>Store receipts</unittitle>
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          <unittitle>Tuition receipts, Wake Forest College</unittitle>
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          <unittitle>Land indentures and foundry</unittitle>
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          <p>Two land indentures, 1851 and an interest in a foundry, 1869.</p>
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          <unittitle>Letter, purchase of two cotton gins</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1838/1838" type="inclusive">1838 July 24</unitdate>
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          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>Letter of confirmation from Clemons, Brown and Company, Columbus, Georgia.</p>
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