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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 180 items) |
Abstract | John Wilson Cuningham was an agriculturalist and state Democratic Party leader, from Person County, N.C. Wilson served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1844 and 1864-1865, and later in the state Senate. The collection includes chiefly letters to Cuningham from Calvin Henderson Wiley (1819-1887), a classmate at the University of North Carolina and apparently the real author of Cuningham's political speeches, and copies of political writings. Also included are Cuningham's records as executor of the estate of Dr. Matthew M. Harrison of Brunswick County, Va.; other legal papers; receipts; and miscellaneous other documents. |
Creator | Cuningham, John W. (John Wilson), 1820-1887. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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John Wilson Cuningham (1820-1887) was an agriculturalist and state Democratic Party leader, from Person County, N.C. Wilson served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1844 and 1864-1865, and later in the state Senate.
Back to TopThe collection includes chiefly letters to Cuningham from Calvin Henderson Wiley (1819-1887), a classmate at the University of North Carolina and apparently the real author of Cuningham's political speeches, and copies of political writings. Also included are Cuningham's records as executor of the estate of Dr. Matthew M. Harrison of Brunswick County, Va.; other legal papers; receipts; and miscellaneous other documents.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1854-1859 |
Folder 2 |
1860-1862 |
Folder 3 |
1863-1869 |
Folder 4-8
Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8 |
Undated |
Folder 9 |
Bills and receipts; M. M. Harrison estate papers, 1853-1862 |
Reel M-196/1 |
Microfilm |