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A letter to Dr. Wilmer Hodgson asking him to resign as mill doctor for Fries.

A letter to the mill superintendant asking about jobs for men being released from jail.

A letter to a former mill employee accusing him of trying to convince his former coworkers at the mill to quit and join him at his new company.

A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H. Fries, thanking the mill superintendent for sending updates about operations. Includes and example of the…

A letter introducing a new mill employee, sent to the Fries Mill from another mill owned by the Washington Mills Company.

A letter from the treasurer of the Washignton Mills Company inquiring about several employees wh had quit their jobs in North Carolina in order to work at the mill in Fries.

A letter offering jobs and perks to a family in order to convince them to go work at the Fries mill.

A letter responding to another company's attempts to collect on an alleged $2 debt.

A letter asking about a man detained in Atlanta who was possibly wanted for murder in Fries.

A letter explaining plans to build a new Baptist Church on Main Street in Fries, Va.

An image of a bobbin winding machine sent to the Fries mill.

A note sent in by an employee explaining their inability to work for several days.

A letter sent to the mayor of Fries asking about moving to town to set up shop as a dentist.

A letter sent by the state confirming that the mill provided all utilities for the town.

A letter from the state of Virginia offering assistance to test Fries residents for hookworm.

A letter asking the mill to support an amendement that would change the way the work of women and children was limited in Virginia.

A letter to responding to a telegram about a man potentially trying to convince mill employees to quit in order to work at another company.

A letter regarding some land given to the state in order to redo a state highway.

A memo sent to all departments notifying them that the Fries Mill would shut down knitting operations.

The lease for the land and building in Fries for the grocery store, the rent for which was $1 per year.

A letter allowing the grocery store to build an extension to the building.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A letter from a resident of Fries reporting their neighbor to the mill administration for perceived suspicious behavior.

A letter from the mill Vice President and Mayor of Fries, allowing the Highway Department to clean up a specified piece of land.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A letter regarding land for a maintenence road for Highway 94.

A document granting the Virginia Department of Highways a certain amount of land to build a maintenance road for Highway 94.

A map of the area set aside for the right-of-way for Highway 94.

The deed of sale for a plot of land in Fries, Va. Sold by Wiley L. Roop to Washington Mills Company.

an indemnity bond between the First National Bank of Fries and the Washington Mills Company, to correct an error with their payroll.

A note from a surveyor hired by the mill

A memorandum from a surveyor regarding work he was contracted to do for the mill.

A text description of several parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which The Washington Inn stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the post office, barber shop, beauty shop, and insurance agency stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the bank stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Brick Store Building stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the parking lot stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which buildings and a floodwall stood.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the firehouse stood.

A map of surveyed parcels of land owned by the Washington Mills Company.

A map of a surveyed parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company on which the YMCA stands.

A text description of a parcel of land owned by the Washington Mills Company, on which the Y.M.C.A. stood.

A letter sent to a lawyer with the legal description and plat of the parcel of land on which the Y.M.C.A. building stands, requesting a deed be drawn up.