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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Evans Tanner Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Biographical Information:
Evans Tanner was a postmaster and merchant of Tanner's Store, Mecklenburg County, VA. Part of his business included tobacco trade.
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1830-1880, of Evans Tanner of Tanner's Store, Mecklenburg County, Va., many concerning the tobacco trade. Includes letters, 1843-1855 and accounts, 1849-1880, of Evans Tanner; accounts, 1844-1848, of King, Walker & Co., Mecklenburg County, Va.; and accounts, 1852-1854, of Walker & Tanner, Mecklenburg County, Va.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Legal documents
- Mecklenburg County (Va.)
- Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
- Receipts (financial records)
- Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century
Container List
Letters, 1843-1855
Item 1: J.B. Northington, House of Delegates, Richmond, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, February 10, 1843
Item 2: Martha Poole, Plymouth, Lowndes Co., Miss., to "Cousin Evans" Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., February 4, 1846
Item 3: Samuel Saunders, Harrisonville, Missouri, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., April 30, 1846
Item 4: Carrington, Cowardin & David, Richmond, Va., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., March 31, 1847
Item 5: John Tanner, Marianna, Fla., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., January 18, 1848
Item 6: R.B. Hicks, Brunswick Co., Va., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., September 19, 1848
Item 7: Floyd F[?]. Young, Petersburg, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Va., April 12, 1849
Item 8: James Whitehead, Cane Creek Factory, N.C., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Va., November 13, 1849
Item 9: Samuel Saunders, Cass County, Mo., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg County, Va., November 29, 1849
Item 10: Hannah Farrar, St. Francis, Ark., to "mother", Angelica Walker, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia, July 16, 1850
Item 11: Samuel Saunders, Cass County, Mo., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Va., September 4, 1850
Item 12: Samuel Saunders, Cass County, Mo., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg County, Va., February 9, 1851
Item 13: John Walters, Henry Co., Tennessee, to Evans Tanner, Tanner's Store, Va., April 2, 1853
Item 14: Hartwell Arnold, South Lowell, N.C., to Evans Tanner, June 6, 1853
Item 15: Vaughan & Young, Oaks Warehouse, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., May 2, 1854
Item 16: Vaughan & Young, Oaks Warehouse, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., November 7, 1854
Item 17: Vaughan & Young, Oaks Warehouse, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., January 17, 1855
Item 18: Vaughan & Young, Oaks Warehouse, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., March 5, 1855
Item 19: William Poole, Warrenton, Mo., to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, [Mecklenburg Co.], Va., May 8
Item 20: Commissioners Report of Betsey A. Daley's estate, June 7, 1830
Item 21: Agreement for the lease of a tract of land in Mecklenburg County, between the party of Susan, Coleman, and Parley Jones and the party of Evans Tanner, December 6, 1831
Item 22: Deed to a tract of land in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, made between the party of Evans Tanner and wife and the party of Tally Division No. 379, Sons of Temperance, and Meridian Lodge No. 119, Freemasons, September 27, 1851
Item 23: Charles King, 1844
Item 24: King, Walker & Co., 1844-1848
Item 25: William Poole estate, 1852
Item 26: Evans Tanner, 1849-1880
Item 27: Walker & Tanner, 1852-1854