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Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 550 items) |
Abstract | In 1873, the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherfordton Railroad was reorganized as the Carolina Central Railway Company. In 1875, the company completed a line to Shelby, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, financial and legal material, and other records, of the railroad and its officials in Wilmington, N.C., and New York, N.Y., particularly Charles H. Roberts (born 1821), president. Principally consisting of intra-company correspondence, the records chiefly relate to railroad management, financial matters, and bond sales. |
Creator | Carolina Central Railway Company. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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In 1873, the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherfordton Railroad was reorganized as the Carolina Central Railway Company. In 1875, the company completed a line to Shelby, N.C. The company was placed into receivership in 1877, with Henry Decker as administrator, and was later reorganized as the Carolina Central Railroad Company, 1880.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, financial and legal material, and other records, of the Carolina Central Railway Company and its officials in Wilmington, N.C., and New York, N.Y., particularly Charles H. Roberts (born 1821), president. Chiefly consisting of intra-company correspondence, the records primarily relate to railroad management, financial matters, and bond sales. Other topics include policy decisions, progress of line construction, land title and land acquisition matters, court cases, political and appointment battles, the state of business along the line, and the affairs of other railroads in the state, particularly the North Carolina Railroad. Principal correspondents include Edward Matthews and Watson Matthews. There is also a list of company stockholders and scattered statements, balance sheets, reports, estimates, receipts, and bond notices.
Back to TopChiefly letters and telegrams, 1874-1875, to Dr. Charles H. Roberts, president of the Carolina Central Railway Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, with some communications from other officials of the line. Principal correspondents are Edward Matthews, attorney, bond-broker, and financial agent of the company, and Edward's brother Watson Matthews, secretary and treasurer of the company. Some additional letters appear from local agents, attorneys, and other persons with an interest in the company. The correspondence generally relates to financial matters of the railroad, management and operations, the sale of company bonds, and placement and coverage of its drafts and financial paper in the New York and overseas markets. Other topics include policy decisions, progress of line construction, land title and land acquisition matters, court cases, political and appointment battles, the state of business along the line, and the affairs of other railroads in the state, particularly the North Carolina Railroad.
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1873 |
Folder 2-10
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
1874 |
Folder 11-20
Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20 |
1875 |
Folder 21-22
Folder 21Folder 22 |
1877-1878 |
Folder 23-25
Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25 |
1879 |
Folder 26 |
1880 |
Folder 27 |
1881 |
Folder 28-34
Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34 |
Undated |
Chiefly scattered statements, balance sheets, reports, and estimates, 1873 and 1881. There are also a few receipts and bond notices, and one receipt for the Naugatuck Railroad Company, 1883.
Folder 35-39
Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39 |
Statements of expense and earnings, 1878-1881 |
Folder 41-48
Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48 |
Balance sheets, 1873-1879 |
Folder 49 |
Monthly reports, 1875-1876 |
Folder 50 |
Abstracts of estimates, 1874 |
Folder 51 |
Contracts, 1874 |
Folder 52-54
Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54 |
Miscellaneous, 1873-1883 |
Folder 55 |
Proclamation of the mayor of Wilmington, N.C., 1874 |
Folder 56 |
List of stockholders of the railway, 1874 |
Image Folder PF-4278/1 |
Photograph of unidentified men, undated |
Photograph (P-4278/Folder 1).
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