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Title Letter from President of the Switzerland Company to Capus M. Waynick (Page 1 of 2)
Title Note Francis O. Clarkson is President of the Switzerland Company
Date December 26, 1938
Description Clarkson writes to the editor of the High Point Enterprise in response to the article "Mountain Land Values." The letter was meant to set the record straight and Clarkson details the history of the case, making an argument for the need for "just compensation." Continued on page 2 of 2
Commentary This was the same matter in which Judge Clarkson had enlisted the help of J. Allen Austin Box 10, folder 539.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Individual Francis O. Clarkson
Tags Lawsuits
Letters
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
Public opinion
Switzerland Company
Waynick, Capus M.
Credit Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.