Block 190, 1870-1916, undated

Contains materials pertaining to real estate transactions of Wilmington’s Block 190, the parameters being the Cape Fear River, Grace Street, N. Front Street, and Dock Street. These documents include envelopes, plat drawings, single sheets of notes, correspondence, mortgage certificates, deeds, Mechanics' Home Association documents, newspaper clippings, indentures, and court documents. Names of specific people mentioned in these records include Elizabeth James, Rich Langdon, Jas Smallwood, Samuel Johnston, O. G. Parsley, Thomas H. Blount, Jas Wilson, George H. Kelley, Bernahard Marx, Norwood Giles, Jos. E. Johnston, Isaac Shrier, Betsy Shrier, Rufus W. Hicks, Thomas C. Miller, Joseph S. Hopkins, Annitte H. Hopkins, Skipwith Wilmer, Francis W. Kerchner, Annie Roberts Taylor, Matthew P. Taylor, Grattan Williams, West, E. D. Hall, Eli W. Hall, David G. Worth, Thomas Campbell, James Campbell, Noah Smitherson, Samuel J. Person, F. A. Boyle, John C. Heyer, T. D. Meares, Mary A. S. Paigett, J. A. Taylor, McNair, Nutt, Ann Smith, Robert Cameron, and C. A. McKay. Other entities mentioned in these records include Cape Fear Club. This list is not conclusive, as many records are incomplete or illegible. Specific dates mentioned in these records include 1870, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1904, and 1916, although the bulk of the materials are undated and likely range from the 1870s to 1920.