Title: William B. Rodman, Jr. File: Letterbook, Vol. 3 (Sept 19 1894 - Jan 1 1895)

Identifier: 0329-b82   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/20122)

Description: The eldest son of a wealthy, landowning North Carolina family, William Blount Rodman II (1862-1946) attended the University of North Carolina, managed the family farms, became active in the National Guard, and, like his father, was a prominent attorney. Rodman served as mayor of Washington (1891-1894), chairman of the N.C. Democratic Party Congressional Committee (1890-1904). As a National Guard officer he rose in rank to colonel of the First North Carolina Regiment. This is vol. 3 of a series of thirty-eight letterpress books covering the period from 1894 to 1904. These volumes contain onionskin paper copies of Rodman's outgoing correspondence. Vol. 3 - (Sept. 19, 1894-Jan. 1, 1895), concerning State Guard, campaign speeches, Fusion, Congressman W. A. B. Branch, cotton.