Adam Cuninghame letter to William Cuninghame, 1729 August 2.

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Folder 1

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2 pages.

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Concerning his decision to leave Williamsburg Adam writes: "please to know that Williamsburgh is but a small Village containing not 60 families at most; and in and about this City are no less than 25 or 30 phisishians [sic] and of that number not above 2 capaple [sic] of living handsom[e]ly." Cuninghame goes on to describe the expense of living in Williamsburg, his failed attempt to become a ship's surgeon and his indebtedness to Dr. Blair.

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