Resolution of the Board of Directors, Columbia & Greenville Railroad Company, on the resignation of Thomas M. Barker (Feb. 24, 1883)

A handwritten document on lined paper, written in brown ink in a cursive hand. A small printed letterhead fragment is mounted at upper left. A green embossed company seal is affixed at lower left. A pencilled annotation appears at upper right.

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At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Columbia & Greenville Railroad Company held at Columbia, S.C. on the 24th of February 1883 the following resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz:

"Resolved: That the Directors of the "Columbia & Greenville Rail Road, in accepting "the resignation of [uncertain] Thos. M. Barker as "Auditor, for reasons assigned by him in his "letter of [illegible] [uncertain] desire to express to him, "Mr. Barker their high appreciation of the "efficiency, energy, honesty, and skill, with "which he discharged the duties of his office "while connected with the Company, and "that the severance of his connection with "us, deprives the Company of a most valuable “officer.”

"Resolved: That the Secretary of the "Company furnish [uncertain] Mr. Barker with “a copy of the foregoing resolution.”

I certify the foregoing to be a correct transcript of the resolution as adopted at the meeting of Directors of the Columbia & Greenville R.R. held 24th February 1883

John Henry

Secretary

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