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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 600 items) |
Abstract | Architect, pioneer cotton manufacturer, state legislator, of North Carolina. Chiefly business correspondence and papers, 1850-1869. Included are Fries's correspondence as president of the Haw River Company, millers of flour, and of a cotton mill in Salem, N.C., with Thomas Michael Holt (1831-1896) of the Granite Cotton Factory; company account books showing records of grain bought and flour sold; and a letterpress copybook, 1862, of J. A. Lineback of the Haw River Factory. Letters after 1863 are addressed to Henry William Fries (1825-1905), brother of Francis Fries. |
Creator | Fries, Francis Levin, 1812-1863. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, September 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Chiefly business correspondence and papers, 1850-1869. Included are Fries's correspondence as president of the Haw River Company, millers of flour, and of a cotton mill in Salem, N.C., with Thomas Michael Holt (1831-1896) of the Granite Cotton Factory; company account books showing records of grain bought and flour sold; and a letterpress copybook, 1862, of J. A. Lineback of the Haw River Factory. Letters after 1863 are addressed to Henry William Fries (1825-1905), brother of Francis Fries.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Business papers, chiefly 1850-1869, of Francis Fries, president of the Haw River (Grist) Mill and Cotton Mill, including correspondence with Thomas M. Holt of the Granite Cotton Factory. After 1863, the papers are addressed to Fries's brother, Henry W. Fries.
Folder 1 |
1850-1857 |
Folder 2 |
1858: January-October |
Folder 3 |
1858: November-December |
Folder 4 |
1859: January-April |
Folder 5 |
1859: May-December |
Folder 6 |
1860: January-June |
Folder 7 |
1860: July-September |
Folder 8 |
1860: October-December |
Folder 9 |
1861: January-March |
Folder 10 |
1861: April-July |
Folder 11 |
1861: August-December |
Folder 12 |
1862: January-April |
Folder 13 |
1862: May-December |
Folder 14 |
1863-1866 |
Folder 15 |
1867 |
Folder 16 |
1868 |
Folder 17 |
1869 |
Folder 18 |
1870-1873 |
Folder 19 |
1901-1925 and undated |
Folder 20 |
Volume 1: 1856-1872Haw River Company General Ledger. 120 pp. |
Folder 21 |
Volume 2: 1860-1862Lettercopy book of Julius A. Lineback of the Haw River Factory. 500 pp. |
Folder 22 |
Volume 3: 1862Blotter for Haw River Company with records of grain bought and flour sold. 50 pp. |
Folder 23 |
Volume 4: 1840Diary of Francis Fries with daily accounts of the construction and operation of his woolen mill in Salem, N.C. He apparently built the mill himself with the help of his own and his father's slaves and his diary notes both the specific work done each day and who did it, as well as other work done by the slaves during the same period. Beginning in August, there are accounts of wool purchased or brought for spinning from local farmers, the daily operation of the mill, and expansion and adjustments to the building and machinery. 7 pp. |