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A. E. RANKIN AND COMPANY, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ACCOUNT BOOKS, #3168, 1833-1888

Ledgers and daybooks of a large Fayetteville, North Carolina, mercantile firm. Volume 1 records accounts with an African American, believed to be "Uncle Billie Williams," who ran a dray- for-hire business (1885-1888).