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John N.L. Cummings correspondence : Guyandotte, Va. [i.e. West Va.], 1812-1841.
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John N.L. Cummings correspondence: Guyandotte, Va. [i.e. West Va.], 1812-1841John Norris Levande Cummings correspondence
Creator/Contributor:
Cummings, John N. L. (John Norris Levande), creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Cummings, Mary Susan Wright, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Cummings, Jeny, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Wright, John, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hills, Jonathon, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hills, Elizur, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hills, Happy, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Forbs, Hart, correspondent.Abstract:
Contains 47 handwritten letters primarily between John N.L. Cummings and his wife, Mary Susan Cummings (nee Wright) and other
related family members. Includes love letters, and general correspondence including letters concerning an American merchant
ship running a British blockade. Includes numerous letters of the Hills family in Hartford, Connecticut [it is unclear what
the relationship was between the Hills and Cummings families]. The letters are mostly addressed from towns and locations throughout
the American South and some other areas including Guyandotte, Virginia [i.e. West Virginia], Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah,
Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, Natchez, Mississippi, Nachitoches, Louisiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bermuda.
Also contains a preliminary list of contents.
Date:
1812 (issued)Subject:
n-usu--Manners and customs
Southern States -- Social life and customs
Southern States
Cummings, John N. L. (John Norris Levande) -- Correspondence
Cummings, Mary Susan Wright -- Correspondence
Cummings, Jeny -- Correspondence
Wright, John -- Correspondence
Hills, Jonathon -- Correspondence
Hills, Elizur -- Correspondence
Hills, Happy -- Correspondence
Note:
Deposit ; 19410328.
Preliminary list of contents available in the library.
John Norris Levande Cummings was an agent for a British hunting company which arranged hunting trips west of the Mississippi
River in the southwestern part of what is now the United States.
Preferred citation: John N.L. Cummings correspondence : Guyandotte, Va. [i.e. West Va.], 1812-1841, BANC MSS 76/143 z, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
love letters.Love letters
Personal correspondence
Love letters.
Lettres d'amour.
Physical Description:
print
1 oversize box (0.4 linear feet)
Language:
English