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Alfred Cumming papers : 1857-1865.
BANC MSS P-F 354 FILM
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Title:

Alfred Cumming papers : 1857-1865

Creator/Contributor:

Cumming, Alfred, 1802-1873, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Cumming, Elizabeth Wells Randall., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Cumming, Alfred, 1829-, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Funkhouser, George., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Funkhouser, Andrew., Correspondent.

Abstract:

Papers relating to Cumming's term as governor of Utah Territory, 1857-1861, including commissions, letters received, letterpress copies of letters sent, and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and printed documents; letters by his wife Elizabeth Wells (Randall), and two letters by his nephew, Alfred Cumming (1829- ), a Confederate army general. Added is a letter from George Funkhouser to Andrew Funkhouser, Plattsburgh, Missouri, 1838, concerning the Mormon War in Missouri. Originals in Duke University Library.

Date:

1857 (issued)

Subject:

Governors -- Utah
Mormons -- Missouri -- History -- Sources
Mormon war
Utah -- History -- Sources
Plattsburg (Mo.) -- History -- Sources

Note:

Negative (Rich. 112:8) from originals at: Duke University (made 1959, Jan.)
Positive (Film P-F 354) made from negative at Brigham Young University (made with permission of B.Y.U., 1959 April)
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to Duke University Library.

Type:

Letterpress copybooks.
Scrapbooks.

Physical Description:

microfilm
1 microfilm reel : positive.
Partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 112:8) and positive.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-F 354 FILM

Origin:

United States

Copyright Note:

FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to Duke University Library.