William A. Lash Papers, 1890-1899 (bulk 1892-1893)

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William A. Lash Papers, 1890-1899 (bulk 1892-1893)

1890-1899 (bulk 1892-1893)

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William A. Lash was president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, with offices at Greensboro, N.C., and owner of a farm at Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C. The collection includes railroad and other business papers, mainly 1892-1893, of Lash relating to the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad and to his farm at Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C. Many of the railroad business papers are letters to and from bankers and brokers affiliated with the Bank of New Hanover, the Bank of Fayetteville, and Murchison & Co. of New York, N.Y., and Wilmington, N.C., about railroad bonds and other financial matters. J. Turner Morehead and R.T. Gray are among the major correspondents. Also included are letters about the business of the North State Improvement Company. Of particular note is a letter, 1891, from Thomas M. Holt about problems of the nation's economy. Papers relating to Lash's farm include letters from J.W. Davis in 1890 and W. Withers after 1890, who were apparently managing Lash's business in Walnut Cove. These letters discuss crops, rents, farm work, visitors to the farm, and other matters.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6627593

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Lash, William Alexander, 1845-1908

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Dr. William Alexander Lash (1845-1908) was president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, with offices at Greensboro, N.C., and owner of a farm at Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, practiced in Walnut Cove, N.C. for a time before taking over his father's mercantile business in Walnut Cove, N.C....

Gray, R. T. (Robert Terelius), 1848-1912

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Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company

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Organized in 1879 through the consolidation of Western Railroad Company and Mt. Airy Railroad Company; reorganized in 1899 as Atlantic and Yadkin Railway Company; ran from Sanford to Mount Airy, N.C. (131 miles). From the description of Records, 1879-1899. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28409677 ...

Bank of Fayetteville (N.C.)

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Murchison & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

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Holt, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1831-1896

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Davis, J. William (James William)

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University professor, political activist. Taught political science at Texas Tech University (1938-1974), specializing in state government and constitutional law. Served on two Texas Constitutional Revision Committees and was recognized by a resolution in the Texas Legislature in 1971. From the description of Papers, 1949-1968, 1957-1968. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23667756 ...

North State Improvement Company.

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Withers, William, 1905-1987

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Morehead, James Turner, 1840-1908

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Bank of New Hanover.

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