| Scope and content |
Papers consist of a photocopy of a diary scrapbook that records news in Tarboro, N.C., including deaths of friends and family; news of state and national concern; commercial improvements for Tarboro and North Carolina; Civil War events in Tarboro, including troop movements and engagements on the Tar River; plans for various patent machines, medicines, industrial products, and foods; list of vessels arriving at Wilmington, N.C.; yellow fever epidemic in Wilmington, N.C.; addresses and prices of journals concerning temperance and education; list of military events connected with a bridge over the Tar River in Edgecombe County, N.C.; description of the convention for succession in Columbia, S.C.; rules and regulations of F. L. Bond's cabinet shops; and a description of his idea for the beautification of the railway between Tarboro, N.C., and Rocky Mount, N.C., by planting flowers. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
F. L. Bond Papers (#296), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Reproduction note | Photocopy. Greenville, N.C., : East Carolina University, 1975. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. Steven L. Cummings. |
| Biographical note | F. L. Bond, of Tarboro, N.C., was a furniture manufacturer and dealer in the nineteenth century. |
