Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1859-1891 [manuscript].

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Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1859-1891 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25280935

The collection includes papers, 1859-1891, consist of correspondence and other business papers of Alexander Boyd Andrews relating to his career as a railroad executive and capitalist, chiefly correspondence, bills, routine reports and monthly returns, receipts, and bills of lading. Railroads with which Andrews was connected include the Raleigh & Gaston, Chatham, Richmond & Danville, Atlantic & North Carolina, Western North Carolina, and the Southern. The earlier papers relate to railroad construction and specific arrangements for and the volume of business of a ferry on the Roanoke River at Gaston, N.C., including records of individual agents, boatmen, and other employees. In the late 1870s there is correspondence relating to the consolidation of railroads, financing, and the changes of ownership and management. The papers become less numerous after 1875. Also included are a scattering of personal and family letters, personal bills, and accounts, and papers relating to the planting of cotton and the selling of that and other crops through Baltimore commission merchants. The sixteen volumes include records relating to the operation of the ferry, 1866; farm records and accounts, including accounts with tenants and sharecroppers; personal and bank accounts; two volumes relating to Mrs. Andrews's housekeeping and church work, and a volume of data about births, marriages and deaths in the Andrews, Johnston and Hawkins families.

About 2,500 items (6.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143710

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hawkins family

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Western North Carolina Railroad Company

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Andrews family

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Chatham Railroad Company.

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Richmond and Danville Railroad Company

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Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company

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Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company

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Johnston family

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Andrews, Alexander Boyd, 1841-1915

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Alexander Boyd Andrews of North Carolina was a Confederate Army officer, planter, and railroad executive. From the description of Alexander Boyd Andrews papers, 1859-1891 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25280935 1841 Alexander Boyd Andrews born to William J. and Virginia (Hawkins) Andrews. 1859 1860 ...