Papers, 1786-1929 ; (bulk 1816-1908).

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Papers, 1786-1929 ; (bulk 1816-1908).

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Personal and business correspondence, and accounts and genealogical records of the Bonsack and Plaine families, connected by marriage. Included are letters from family members in schools in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. Included also are letters concerning woolen factories in Good Intent, Va., 1862, and at Bonsack, Va., during the 1880s. There are also references to David H. Plaine's work as a churchman, teacher, and politician in and around Roanoke, Va.; accounts of Jacob Bonsack, a merchant in Good Intent, Va., and accounts of Harry E. Plaine, a hardware dealer in Broken Bow, Neb., during the 1880s. About fifty letters, 1786-1851, are written in German to the two John Bonsacks, father (1760-1795) and son (1781-1859).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Plaine family.

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Bonsack, John, 1760-1795.

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Plaine, David H.

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Bonsack, Jacob, 1819-1889.

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Bonsack family.

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Bonsack, John, 1781-1859.

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David H. Plaine's was a churchman, teacher, and a politician in and around Roanoke, Virginia. Jacob Bonsack (1819-1889), was a merchant in Good Intent, Virginia. Harry E. Plaine was a hardware dealer in Broken Bow, Nebraska, during the 1880s. From the guide to the John Bonsack papers, Bulk, 1816-1908, 1786-1929, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

Plaine, Harry E.

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