Jesse W. Grainger Papers, 1891-1918

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Jesse W. Grainger Papers, 1891-1918

1891-1918

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0352

Papers (1891-1918) including correspondence, legal materials, financial records, ledgers, estate papers, real estate records, political material, letters and miscellaneous concerning Jesse W. Grainger of Kinston, North Carolina, a very successful truck farmer, owner of the first tobacco warehouse in Kinston, and very active in civic affairs.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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East Carolina Teachers Training School

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Grainger, Jesse W., 1845-1910.

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Jesse Willis Grainger (1845-1910) was a tobacconist and businessman in Kinston, Lenoir County, N.C. He was a member of the Lenoir County Finance Committee, president of the Kinston Board of Trade, president of the Chamber of Commerce, vice president of banks in Kinston and New Bern, president of the State Mutual Life Insurance Company, president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and owner of the Kinston Free Press. Grainger was also the Lenoir County representative to the General Asse...

Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company

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