Tyre Glen papers, 1806-1882 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Glen, Tyre
Abstract:
Tyre Glen was a slave trader, planter, postmaster, and merchant in North Carolina. This collection consists largely of business papers, particularly of financial and legal documents concerning the slave trade in North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama as well as possibly other locations. In addition to copious information on slave trading in the 1830s and 1840s, the collection includes references to Glen's Union sympathies and claims for horses confiscated by the U.S. Army; farming; exemptions from the Confederate Army and other topics.
Extent:
4 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.10035

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists largely of business papers, particularly of financial and legal documents concerning the slave trade in North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama as well as possibly other locations. In addition to copious information on slave trading in the 1830s and 1840s, the collection includes references to Glen's Union sympathies and claims for horses confiscated by the U.S. Army; farming; exemptions from the Confederate Army and other topics.

Volumes include accounts of slaves, mercantile interests, and general expenses. Also included in the collection are two volumes concerning a firm known as Poindexter and Palmer operating a general store in North Carolina. These records contain numerous accounts of individuals from the region included H.P. Poindexter, various members of the Clingman family and Richard C. Puryear.

Biographical / historical:

Tyre Glen began trading in slaves in the early 1820s; he purchased slaves in Surry County, North Carolina and neighboring counties as well as in Virginia. In 1846, Glen became postmaster at Red Plains, Yadkin County, North Carolina. He was also an active farmer and sometime speculator who was a subscriber in the Yadkin Navigation Company.

Glen petitioned for exemption from military service in the Confederate Army on the plea that he furnished the government with mules and supplies. After the war Glen retailed liquor at Salisbury in Rowan County, along with other businesses. he also continued his farming operation until his death in 1875.

Acquisition information:
The Tyre Glen papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a acquired in 1939 and 1993.
Processing information:

Processed by: Rubenstein Library Staff

Multiple accessions described in this finding aid including 93-195.

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Slave trade -- United States
General stores -- North Carolina -- Yadkin County
Slave traders -- Records
Slave traders -- North Carolina
Format:
Account books
Daybooks
Names:
Glen, Tyre

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