PATRICK HENRY WINSTON PAPERS, #963, 1848-1879; 1930; 1938
Business, legal and financial papers of Winston, a prominent lawyer of Windsor, North
Carolina, and of the Williams family of Bertie and Martin Counties, North Carolina. The bulk
of the collection consists of estate papers for the Williams family and documents the
financial management of their estates and Patrick Winston's legal efforts on their behalf.
Included are slave bills of sale (1848-1863); letters from overseers discussing labor
difficulties and plantation management (1873-1879); a petition to the court to sell slaves
(1858); and accounts for the medical treatment of slaves
(1857-1863).