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Includes correspondence related to the Gattis vs. Kilgo trial and appeal, Cooleemee Cotton Mills, Coleman Manufacturing Company, the endowment of Lincoln Hospital, the Furches and Douglas impeachment trials (NC legislature), the Guilford Battleground Commission, and the purchase of a house on 5th Ave. in New York, NY. Also includes letters (December 1900-January 1901) from Moses H. Cone regarding the sale of his finishing works, and a letter from W. B. Lee (April 1901) describing work at the Colégio Americano Granbery.

Includes letters regarding the Duke family's relocation to NY, the construction of the Trinity College library, the Gattis vs. Kilgo case, correspondence from W. A. Erwin regarding expenses from water power surveys in NC, and a letter from Ceasar Cone relating his interest in establishing a cotton mill in SC.

Includes correspondence related to water power surveys in NC and SC and a letter from James B. Duke to Benjamin N. Duke regarding his trip to Russia (January 1902).

Includes letters related to the Erwin Mill No. 2 site in Harnett County, NC, NC and SC water power surveys, and a letter from Minnie Duke concerning her husband Brodie L. Duke (April 1902).

Includes letters related to the funding needs of Watts Hospital and Kittrell College; letters from W. A. Erwin about the new Erwin Cotton Mills sites in Cooleemee, NC and Harnett County, NC; letters from William A. Blair, Lindsay Patterson, and Jeter C. Pritchard on 1902 political campaigns; and letters related to Benjamin N. Duke's purchase of property on 5th Ave. and 76th St., New York, NY.

B. F. Taylor to Benjamin N. Duke: land plat for property at 5th Ave. and East 76th St., New York, NY (Frank E. Forbes, surveyor).

Includes letters from Jonathan C. Kilgo and Greensboro Female College Alumnae Association members regarding the school's funding crisis and possible closure, and correspondence with J. B. Cobb and A. B. Carrington related to American Tobacco Company's southern tobacco markets, including sales statements for the 1902 tobacco crop.

Mary Davis Allen to Benjamin N. Duke: ground plan for Louisburg Female College pantry.

Includes letters from Walter H. Page and Trinity College trustees regarding the John S. Bassett affair, correspondence related to the Coleman Manufacturing Company, the smallpox outbreak in Durham, Brodie L. Duke's divorce and child custody case, and fundraising for Kittrell College.