Abstract Original letters, beginning with business letters to Thomas Cumming, first intendant (mayor) of Augusta, letters from his children through several generations. There is a large group of letters from Julien Cumming from a prison camp during the Civil War. Julien later died there. Thomas Cumming (1765-1834), businessman, married Anne Clay (1767-1849), resided in Augusta, Georgia and had eight children. Their children included Joseph (1790-1846) and Henry Harford (1799-1866) who married Julia...