Title: William B. Rodman, Jr. File: Letterbook, Vol. 22- (March 12 1900- August 7 1900)

Identifier: 0329-b102   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/21657)

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. 22 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. 22 - (Mar. 12-Aug. 7, 1900), concerning politics, State Guard, cotton, steamboat machinery, shellfish commission.