Inventory of the William A. Lash Papers, 1890-1899

Collection Number 3900


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Lash, William A.
Title
William A. Lash Papers, 1890-1899 (bulk 1892-1893).
Call Number
3900
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1,200 items; (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Railroad and other business papers, mainly 1892-1893, of Lash, president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, with offices at Greensboro, N.C., and papers relating to Lash's 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 Robert 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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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1969
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William A. Lash Papers, #3900, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Bank of Fayetteville (N.C.)
Bank of New Hanover.
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company.
Davis, J. W.
Farm life--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Farm management--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Gray, Robert T.
Holt, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1831-1896.
Lash, William A.
Morehead, James Turner, 1840-1908.
Murchison & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
North Carolina--Economic conditions.
North State Improvement Company.
Railroad companies--History.
Railroads--Finance.
Railroads--History--19th century.
Railroads--North Carolina--History.
Stokes County (N.C.)--Social conditions.
United States--Economic conditions--1865-1918.
Withers, W.
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Collection Overview

Railroad and other business papers, mainly 1892-1893, of Lash, president of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad, with offices at Greensboro, N.C., and papers relating to Lash's 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 Robert 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.