Thomas Williams Mason papers, 1856-1919, 1943.

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Thomas Williams Mason papers, 1856-1919, 1943.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45142221

Mostly letters from various cotton factors and requests for legal and collections assistance from various clients. There are also a few items relating to Mason's service on the North Carolina Railroad Commission; some letters addressed to William Henry Gray, mostly relating to sales of cotton and the purchase of various agricultural supplies; and documents addressed to Mason's grandson, Willie Jones Long. The latter relate to a bond issue and plans for construction of a road in Occoneechee Township, N.C.

About 1,500 items (2.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7550073

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Gray, William Henry, 1808-1896

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Gray family.

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Long family.

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Long, Willie Jones, b. 1892.

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Mason, Thomas Williams, 1839-1921

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Thomas Williams Mason was a lawyer and cotton planter who conducted the bulk of his professional activities in and around the town of Garysburg, Northampton County, N.C. After his discharge from the Confederate Army in 1865, Mason took up residence with his wife's family at Longview Plantation, outside Garysburg, and from there supervised both his own planting interests and those of his father-in-law, William Henry Gray. In the years after 1877, Mason was active in state and local politics and a...

Mason family.

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