J. M. Cartwright lived in the Nat community in Nacogdoches County, Texas. He was a farmer and peddler who visited and noted in his Day Book activities and events occurring in such area communities as Nacogdoches, Wells, Douglass, Alto, Atoy, Looneyville, Crossroads, and Rusk. Mr. Cartwright also served as a Deputy Sheriff of Nacogdoches County. (Frazier, Shonda, "Cartwright, James M." Nacogdoches County Families, Curtis Media Corp., 1985; "J. M. Cartwright Papers" East Texas Research Center, Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University)
Scope and Content Note
Day books, account books and bills from J. M. Cartwright's store in Nat, Texas from which he peddled into other East Texas towns. Also includes tax receipts, correspondence, and business advertisements, genealogical material concerning Lewis, Campbell and Radley families. The bulk of the collection covers the period of the 1870's through the 1890's.
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