William R. Godfrey papers, 1823-1898.

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William R. Godfrey papers, 1823-1898.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40810712

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.

123 items and 6 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Cheraw and Anson Plank Road Company.

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Kollock, Alexander Gregg, b. 1862.

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Confederate States Depository (Cheraw, S.C.)

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Postal Telegraph-Cable Company

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Cheraw and Coal Fields Railroad Company.

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Jackson, Henry J.

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Cheraw and Darlington Railroad Company.

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Godfrey, William.

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Merchants Bank of South Carolina (Cheraw, S.C.)

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Harrington, James Auld, 1785-1843.

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Clarke, Duncan L.

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Godfrey, Harriet Powe, 1842-1921

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Godfrey, William R., b. 1870.

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Lumber manufacturer of William Godfrey and Company of Cheraw, S.C.; treasurer of the Cheraw and Coal Fields Railroad Company; helped organize Cheraw and Lancaster Railroad; president, S.C. Lumber Association; son of Samuel G. Godfrey and Harriet E. Powe. From the description of William R. Godfrey papers, 1823-1898. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40810712 ...

Kates, James M.

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James (Jim) George Kates was born on March 4, 1945 in White Plains, New York. He became involved in the Civil Rights Movement in 1963, when he and a group of friends from White Plains helped solicit and collect donations for sharecroppers in Mississippi. Kates served as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs and Batesville, Mississippi, in the summer of 1964 and volunteered again in Natchez in the summer of 1965. From the description of Kates (Jim) papers, 1963-2001 (bulk 1963-1...

Cheraw Bridge Company.

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Townsend, B. D.

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Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company.

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