Kingsport Land Company Circular
This circular, presenting the Financial Statement as of February 1, 1894, was sent to the company's stockholders. After listing the company's resources and liabilities, they had an excess of $98.70, which was not enough to pay the tax bill of $316.50. The board of directors had therefore decided to sell sixty six shares of stock, and this circular asked current stockholders to buy at least a few shares each. It was sent out over the name WM. G. Mathes, secretary and treasurer. On the blank parts of the circular, someone has worked several arithmetic problems in pencil.
Dates
- 1894 February 1
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This circular, presenting the Financial Statement as of February 1, 1894, was sent to the company's stockholders, asking them to buy at least a few shares each as a way of raising funds to pay that year's tax bill.
Biographical/Historical Note
William G. Mathes was born on October 24, 1854, in Washington County, Tennessee, to E.S. and Mary Jane (Bovell) Mathes. He moved to Jonesboro in 1865, and in 1871 became its deputy postmaster. In 1874, he began a grocery store and built it into a thriving business. In 1886, he helped to found the Jonesboro Banking and Trust Company, and served as one of its directors and its cashier. He married Fannie C. Barrett on March 2, 1876, and they had at least two children, Buford and John, and possibly another named Anna. Mathes died at 91 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This manuscript consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This manuscript is the property of Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository