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GEORGE PHIFER ERWIN PAPERS, #246, 1779-1931

Correspondence, legal, and financial papers of Erwin, Confederate officer, accountant, and bank president of Burke County, North Carolina, and of related families. The collection includes slave deeds of sale (1779-1856); correspondence referring to the health of slaves in Burke County and concerns over slaves mining gold in California (1852); and letters discussing a possible slave rebellion (1857-1861).