Washington Duke
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Washington Duke was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate States Navy. In 1865, Duke founded the W. Duke, Sons & Co., a tob
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Card created by Donaldson Brothers, from the Miniature Novelties series issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco (c. 1890)
Puzzle Card Number 8, The Cryptogram Puzzle, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco (c. 1890)
Statue of Washington Duke at Duke University's East Campus, photographed in June 2006
Benjamin Newton Duke
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Benjamin Newton Duke was an American tobacco, textile and energy industrialist and philanthropist. He served as vice-president at American Tobacco Company, being also founder of Duke Energy.
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…County, North Carolina. It still exists. Artelia gave birth to three children between 1853 and 1856: daughter Mary Elizabeth Duke (1853–1899), and sons Benjamin Newton Duke and James Buchanan Duke (the latter more commonly known as "Buck"). In 1858, oldest son Sidney caught typhoid fever and died. Artelia, who had been…
Portrait of Benjamin Newton Duke
Benjamin N. Duke House in New York City