Physical medium | paper handwritten printed. |
Organization of material | Organized by type of material. |
Abstract |
Collection contains legal records and financial papers for the Lancaster and related families. Land records pertain primarily to land transactions in the Swift Creek section of Craven County. Other papers include a bill of sale for a slave (1846), correspondence concerning bank financing (1850), a summons, a plat for land on Swift Creek, mortgages, and receipts. |
Cite as |
Lancaster Family Papers, #82, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, East Carolina University. |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner- 19 items; Mrs. Mary Gardner Powell; Vanceboro, N.C.; deposit; Mar. 31, 1969. |
Biographical note | The collection contains legal records and financial papers of several generations of the Lancaster family. |