Papers,
Papers of Cushing Biggs Hassell, merchant and Primitive Baptist clergyman of Williamston in Martin County, and his son Sylvester Hassell, 259 items from 1814. Topics include the family store, prices of crops and goods, the Fort Fisher assault, Union prisons at Fort Warren and Governor's Island, the Democratic Party and the state constitution. Kemp P. Battle and UNC administration also appear.