Letter of Cunningham, Green, and Company 18 June 1774 & 8 April 1775

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Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
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POC: Douglas Mayo
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Collection is open to research.

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There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Cunningham, Green, and Company Letters, Manuscript #2002.15 , John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Cunningham, Green, and Company Letters, Manuscript #2002.15 , John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Concerns shipments of wine and the troubles of doing business in New York at the onset of the American Revolution.

Biographical / historical:

Greg and Cunningham, the partnership of Thomas Greg of Belfast and Waddel Cunningham of New York, were provisions agents. Newton and Gordon were wine merchants with offices in Madeira and London. The firm was the result of two Scotsmen, Francis Newton and William Gordon, who fled to Madeira after the failed Stuart cause. Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander continued the business ventures of her late husband, Samuel Provoost, and was continually known in some circles as Mrs. Provoost despite her subsequent marriage to James Alexander. Their son, William Alexander (also known as Lord Stirling) served as a copartner in the family business.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2002.
Physical description:
1 item