Letter from William Blount Rodman III to Edmund Harding






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13 September 1955

Mr. E. H. Harding

Washington,

North Carolina

Dear Edmund:

I have asked Claude Love to confer with Mr. Gill and then write you what will be necessary in order to have available for local expenditure the moneys provided for the Bath celebration.

There will, I think, have to be an accounting for the funds and perhaps the State Auditor will make an audit some time before the end of the fiscal year after the expenditures have been made. Since the State moneys will constitute only a part of the expenditures, it may be that separate accounts should be kept of expenditure of State moneys.

Mr. Gibbs might find it advisable to talk with Mr. Henry Bridges, State Auditor, to ascertain his views about handling and accounting for the funds.

Of course, I shall be happy to extend an invitation to the Council of State to attend, but it seems to me that it would be highly desirable if the Commission or Mr. Brooks as Mayor would write to the following State officials:

Edwin Gill, Treasurer

Thad Eure, Secretary of State

Henry Bridges, Auditor

Dr. Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Charles F. Gold, Commissioner of Insurance

Frank Crane, Commissioner of Labor

L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner of Agriculture

These constitute the Council of State. Certainly an invitation should be extended to:

Luther Barnhardt, Concord, Lt. Governor

L. I. Moore, Speaker of the House of Representatives.


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Letter from William Blount Rodman III to Edmund Harding
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Three page letter from William Blount Rodman III to Edmund Harding about the 250th anniversary celebrations in Bath, N.C. As plans for the celebration of the founding of North Carolina's first incorporated town came together, the importance of the celebration became clearer. North Carolina Attorney General William Blount Rodman, in his role as a Bath Commission member, was able to provide a list of all the state dignitaries who ought to be invited.
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September 13, 1955
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