Kirk Cunningham collection 1807-1880 1846-1868 Cunningham, Kirk collection

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Kirk Cunningham collection 1807-1880 1846-1868 Cunningham, Kirk collection

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This collection contains letters between Kirk Cunningham of Mobile, Alabama, his wife Mary, and his brother John of Lancaster, Massachusetts. Kirk Cunningham wrote a series of letters to his wife while seeking work in San Francisco, California, in 1854 and 1855, and to his brother while living in Mobile, Alabama, during the years leading up to the Civil War. His letters concern economic matters, philosophy, and politics. John Cunningham wrote about his life in Massachusetts.

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