Robert Cunningham letters, 1847; 1868 [manuscript].

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Robert Cunningham letters, 1847; 1868 [manuscript].

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Letter, January 1847, from Joel R. Poinsett to Capt. Robert Cunningham, "Rose Mount," Laurens District, S.C., about family, business, personal, and horticultural activities; and letter, 22 August 1868, from Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886) to Mrs. Robert Cunningham, Laurens District, S.C., telling of a recent visit to Washington, D.C., and Mount Vernon.

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Cunningham, Robert, active 1865-1872

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Perry, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1805-1886

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Soldier stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri at the time of the Mexican War, with family in Woodford County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, July 14, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53791408 B.F. Perry, of Greenville, S.C., was a lawyer and editor, anti-secessionist, and governor of South Carolina during Reconstruction. From the description of B.F. Perry papers, 1822-1960. WorldCat record id: 23765279 Prom...

Cunningham, Robert, 1937-

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Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...