Alexander Cuningham papers, 1740-1918; (bulk 1825-1859).

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Alexander Cuningham papers, 1740-1918; (bulk 1825-1859).

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Business records and some personal correspondence of four generations of the Cuningham family, including Robert Cuningham; Alexander Cuningham, and his brother, Richard M. Cuningham; the latter's son, John Wilson Cuningham; and grandson, John Somerville Cuningham, all merchants and planters. The early papers center around Alexander and Richard's success as commission merchants for cotton and tobacco in Petersburg, Va., and the firm's planting interests in Person County, N.C. The collection also contains a few family letters, including some from Alexander Jr. while a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and from another son at Leasburg Academy, Caswell County, N.C. The papers of John Somerville Cuningham concern his work as a field agent for the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, local politics, and family matters.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964525

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cuningham, Richard M.

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Cuningham family.

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Cuningham, Robert, d. ca. 1788.

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Cuningham, John Wilson, 1820-1887.

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Cuningham, John S. (John Somerville), 1861-1922

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Leasburg Academy (Caswell County, N.C.)

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Cuningham, Alexander

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Merchant, from Petersburg, Va. From the description of Alexander Cuningham papers, 1740-1918; (bulk 1825-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405755 From the guide to the Alexander Cuningham Papers, 1740-1918, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...