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Item 25 · Streets & public works · Correspondence

Letter from Mayor of Wedowee to Governor James E. Folsom on Paving Through Town

April 7, 1948 · 2 pages

Typed letter on Town of Wedowee, Office of Mayor letterhead
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Synopsis

A one-page typed letter on Town of Wedowee, Office of Mayor letterhead, dated April 7, 1948, addressed to Governor James E. Folsom in Montgomery. It confirms a conversation held that day about 'black-toping a double drive way through the Town of Wedowee' and asks the Governor for early consideration of the project. The letterhead lists the town government of the time: Mayor W. H. Perry, Clerk W. E. Mathews, and Councilmen J. W. Carlisle, N. D. Burson, T. V. Jones, T. G. Fincher and W. T. Weathers. The signature block reads 'W. H. Mayor, Mayor' (apparently a typing slip for W. H. Perry). While concerned with street paving rather than water, the letter documents the town's leadership in 1948 and its efforts to secure state help with public works.

Key facts

  • Dated April 7, 1948
  • Addressed to Hon. James E. Folsom, Governor of Alabama
  • Requests blacktopping of a double driveway (street) through Wedowee
  • Mayor: W. H. Perry; Clerk: W. E. Mathews
  • Councilmen: J. W. Carlisle, N. D. Burson, T. V. Jones, T. G. Fincher, W. T. Weathers
Transcription
Councilmen: J. W. Carlisle   N. D. Burson   T. V. Jones   T. G. Fincher   W. T. Weathers
W. H. PERRY, Mayor   W. E. MATHEWS, Clerk
TOWN OF WEDOWEE
WEDOWEE, ALABAMA
OFFICE OF MAYOR

April 7,1948.

Hon. James E.Folsom
Governor of Alabama
Montgomery,Ala.

Dear Governor:

Confirming our conversation with you of to day relative to black-toping a double drive way through the Town of Wedowee we would like to call attention again to this project.

You seem to understand the need of same and we as a Town will appreciate very much your early consideration of this project.

Yours very truly,

W.H.Mayor,Mayor
Town of Wedowee

Physical description

Folded in thirds; uniform toning, darker along folds. Typewriter W and M characters print faintly. Appears to be an unsigned carbon or file copy.

Reading notes

Signature typed as 'W.H.Mayor' rather than 'W.H.Perry', presumably a typing error; letter is unsigned so may be a file copy.