Godfrey, William R., b. 1870. William R. Godfrey papers, 1823-1898.
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William R. Godfrey papers, 1823-1898.
Chiefly bills and account sheets, 1823-1825, re construction of bridge over the Pee Dee River by the Cheraw Bridge Company, Cheraw, S.C., materials purchased, provisions for laborers, legal papers, and records of wage payments to African-American and white workers identified by name. Land deed, 21 Jan. 1824, Marlboro District, S.C., Merchants Bank of S.C., Cheraw, S.C., J[ames] A[uld] Harrington conveying right-of-way for a public road to the Cheraw Bridge Company; account book, 1852-1883, Cheraw and Anson Plank Road Company and the Cheraw Bridge Company; receipt book, 1864-1865, Cheraw and Coal Fields Railroad Company. Also including manuscript, 1 Jan. 1869, Cheraw Bridge Company treasurer's report; letter, 23 Mar. 1869, B.D. Townsend, Society Hill, S.C., re Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company stockholders electing a new president, Townsend's opposition to a provisional administration due to the company's uncertain financial position, volunteering to be president, his qualifications, and his willingness to resign as president of the Cheraw and Salisbury Rail Road. Letter, 7 May 1889, from J[ames] W. Kates, Richmond, Va., re agreement between Cheraw Bridge Company and Postal-Telegraph-Cable Company granting right-of-way for extending lines across the Pee Dee River, S.C.; manuscript, 15 Oct. 1890, from Cheraw Bridge Company Board of Directors, Cheraw, S.C., to Henry Jackson and A[lexander] G. Kollock, re proposed free ferry across the Pee Dee River, violation of the Cheraw Bridge Company's charter, and possible legal action; undated manuscript, listing stockholders in the Old Cheraw Bridge Company. Also including letter, 6 Jan. 1843, Cheraw, S.C., from Duncan Clarke, Fulton, Miss., re land sale in Mississippi, benefits of bankruptcy laws, and availability of farm lands in Mississippi; oversize account book, 1863-1864, Confederate States Depository at Cheraw, S.C., re bond purchasers [PU-5]; diary, 1919, of Harriet P. Godfrey during senior year of high school in Cheraw, S.C.
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