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Box 1

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Business Correspondence and Accounts, 1866-1873

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140695
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers, 1840-1906, of Peter W. Ferrell of Danville, Virginia. Includes correspondence, 1860-1873, concerning family news, debts, and the shipping of staves. Correspondents include his brother James O. Ferrell, a teacher at the Kentucky Military Institute, Farmdale, Kentucky.; his brother-in-law John M. Sutherlin of New Orleans, Louisiana; and various companies in Halifax County, Virginia.

Dates: 1866-1873
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers

Smith and Brown, Danville, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, 1866 March 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140696
Scope and Contents

Note promising payment of $171 to him within twenty days.

Dates: 1866 March 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Account from Peter W. Ferrell to Thomas D. Neal, 1866 November 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140852
Scope and Contents

Covers general purchases of hay bacon, jewelry, potatoes, other foods, and household supplies from February 16, 1866 to October 24, 1866.

Dates: 1866 November 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Passano, Magruder and Co., Baltimore, Maryland, to Peter W. Ferrell, 1868 January 31

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140856
Scope and Contents

Letter informing him that he owes an extra $1.98.

Dates: 1868 January 31
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Stein Bros., by [?] Bateman, Baltimore, Maryland, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1868 May 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140862
Scope and Contents

Letter concerning debt owed by R.W. Ferrell to Stein Bros. Including E. 19 May 1868, from Stein Bros., Baltimore, Maryland to P.W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, being a statement of account for the previous six months.

Dates: 1868 May 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Anthony M. Dufeey, Martinsville, Virginia to Peter W. Ferrell, Dansville, Virginia, 1868 October 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140873
Scope and Contents

Letter reminding P.W. Ferrell of the $2000 note he owes, due on December 6th.

Dates: 1868 October 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

David Valentine and Co., New York, New York, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1868 November 2

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140875
Scope and Contents

Letter concerning the sending a lawyer to collect money from an overdue note.

Dates: 1868 November 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Robert Moore, Baltimore, Maryland, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1869 December 23

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140882
Scope and Contents

Letter about past due account of $127.13 owed by P.W. Ferrell to Robert Moore.

Dates: 1869 December 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1872 December 5

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140885
Scope and Contents

Requests Mr. Ferrell to send a flat to Wolftrap so that he can load, and ship a shipment of staves to him.

Dates: 1872 December 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 February 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140897
Scope and Contents

Tells of shipment of staves and heading being sent.

Dates: 1873 February 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 February 17

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140904
Scope and Contents

Blames bad weather for his inability to supply the shipment of heading and staves; acknowledges the receipt of one hundred dollars.

Dates: 1873 February 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 March 1

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140909
Scope and Contents

Announces the shipment of staves.

Dates: 1873 March 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Christopher Sutherlin, Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia., 1873 March 15

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140913
Scope and Contents

Announces the shipment of staves and heading.

Dates: 1873 March 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 March 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140939
Scope and Contents

Informs him that in the future, he must pay the freightage on all lumber sent unless otherwise informed.

Dates: 1873 March 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Christopher Sutherlin, Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 March 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140943
Scope and Contents

Informs him that a flat has been loaded with staves and headings, and will be sent as soon as possible.

Dates: 1873 March 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Christopher Sutherlin, Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1873 April 21

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140949
Scope and Contents

Announces shipment of staves and heading that night.

Dates: 1873 April 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

J.A. McCauley, Company Shop, North Carolina, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 May 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140955
Scope and Contents

Requests payment of a bill for $14.80 incurred on May 10, 1873 from the Alamance Tobacco Company.

Dates: 1873 May 29
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 June 11

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140962
Scope and Contents

Announces the shipment of headings and staves.

Dates: 1873 June 11
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Christopher T. Sutherlin, Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1873 July 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140965
Scope and Contents

States that there are staves at the depot waiting for a flat, ready for shipment.

Dates: 1873 July 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

M.R. and C.W. Thomas, Clover Depot, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1873 July 24

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id140970
Scope and Contents

Informs him that his order will be filled at his request.

Dates: 1873 July 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

C.T. Sutherlin and Company, Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia, 1873 July 28

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id141378
Scope and Contents

Staves and heading have been sent to the depot to be loaded and shipped, as soon as a flat arrives.

Dates: 1873 July 28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

Thomas King, Wolftrap, Halifax County, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell and Co., Danville, Virginia, 1873 July 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id141379
Scope and Contents

States that next shipment of staves will be late because all of the workhands are sick.

Dates: 1873 July 29
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts

M.R. and C.W. Thomas, Clover Depot, Virginia, to Peter W. Ferrell, Danville, Virginia., 1873 August 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id141381
Scope and Contents

Discusses shipment of lumber.

Dates: 1873 August 8
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Peter W. Ferrell Papers / Business Correspondence and Accounts