Title: William B. Rodman, Jr. File: Letterbook, Vol. 14. (Dec 31 1897- May 10 1898)

Identifier: 0329-b94   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/21555)

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. 14 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. 14 - (Dec. 31, 1897-May 10, 1898), concerning agriculture, State Guard, cotton marketing, federal judgeship, county geology, Spanish-American War, politics, Guard mobilization.