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MG 268
LEMUEL R. SPONG CORRESPONDENCE
1876-1877, 1881-1883
1 cu. ft.


Lemuel R. Spong was the overseer of the shipping department of Cumberland County Nail Works; an agent for Adams Express Company and Northern Central Railroad at Fairview, Pennsylvania in 1884; he was elected register of wills for Cumberland County and became manager for the McCormick Estate quarry interests in 1888. Spong owned farming properties, and was president of the Mechanicsburg Gas and Water Company.

The documents consist of Spong's general correspondence, 1876, 1877, 1881-1883, concerning raising poultry and pigeons, and regarding manufacturers and merchants with price quotations on saleable items.




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