Box 2

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Copy of a log kept by Stephen Clark of his stay in America when he was thirteen years old. With footnotes added by Stephen Clark. CD enclosed. Spiral bound.

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Photocopy of a published compilation of essays written by Sarah Bancroft Clark's husband, Roger Clark (1871-1961). He was a descendant of the founders of the Clark shoe manufacturing company and one of the owner/managers 1905-1935. It contains the history of C. and J. Clark, local and family history

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Spiral bound history of the Bancroft textile mills of Wilmington, 1831-1961. The author was long-time employee of Bancroft Mills. The company fell victim of textile mills moving to the South. It closed in 1961 and sold to Indian Head Mills in 1962.

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Largely related to Clark family in England. Reference to the dispersion of family furniture. Descendants of Cyrus and James Clark genealogy fan chart printed for the 150th anniversary of C and J Clark removed to PG 7, Clark Family.

Scope and Contents A descendant of William and Emma Bancroft, Richenda C. "Chenda" Davison proposed to research the beginnings of Woodlawn and write a history. She focused her research on the Poole family of Wilmington. Sarah Poole (1804-1896), daughter of William and Sarah Sharpless Poole, married Joseph Bancroft (parents of William Poole Bancroft). Her brother, John Morton Poole, engineer and mechanic, founded the J. Morton Poole Company which developed steel rolls used in the production of paper and...

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Includes a photocopy of his autobiography published in The Bancroft Bulletin

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Plan prepared by Charles Leavitt