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John Wilson Cunningham

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Alexander Cuningham papers,

Cuningham, Alexander · 1740

Business papers and some family letters of four generations of the Cuningham family, merchants and planters, from 1740: Robert Cuningham, Alexander Cuningham of Petersburg, Virginia, his brother Richard M., John Wilson Cuningham and John Somerville Cuningham. The 6,371 items touch on Person County farming and trade, tobacco and cotton marketing, Leasburg Academy and University of North Carolina students. At Duke's Rubenstein Library.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the Duke record: Cunningham, John Wilson, 1820-1887.

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  • NC LIVE: prepared search for John Wilson Cunningham Library card An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
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