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  2. James Buchanan Duke - Wikipedia

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    Duke's father, Washington, had owned a tobacco company that his sons James and Benjamin (1855–1929) took over in the 1880s. In 1885, James Buchanan Duke acquired a license to use the first automated cigarette making machine (invented by James Albert Bonsack), and by 1890, Duke supplied 40 percent of the American cigarette market (then known as pre-rolled tobacco).

  3. American Tobacco Company - Wikipedia

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    The first Bonsack machine was installed in the Durham Duke tobacco plant on April 30, 1884. Duke set a deal with the Bonsack Machine Company when he installed his machine. Duke agreed to produce all cigarettes with his two rented Bonsack machines and in return, Bonsack reduced Duke's royalties from $0.30 per thousand cigarettes to $0.20 per ...

  4. George Washington Watts - Wikipedia

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    Becoming associated with Washington Duke of Durham, North Carolina in 1878, he helped organize and incorporate W. Duke Sons and Company, a tobacco business of which he became a stockholder, secretary, and treasurer. However, being the only non-family member in the company created some animosity between Watts and the oldest Duke son, Brodie ...

  5. Washington Duke - Wikipedia

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    Washington Duke was born on December 18, 1820, in eastern Orange County, North Carolina, in what is today the township of Bahama in Durham County.The eighth of ten children of Taylor Duke (c. 1770 – 1830) and Dicey Jones (born c. 1780), Washington worked as a tenant farmer until he married Mary Caroline Clinton (1825–1847) in 1842.

  6. 20 years ago, American Tobacco helped remake downtown Durham ...

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    The red brick warehouses had been crumbling since 1987, when cigarette manufacturer American Tobacco Company, makers of the popular Lucky Strike brand, ended business after a century in Durham.

  7. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (Virginia DMV) serves a customer base of approximately 423,000 ID card holders and 6.2 million licensed drivers with over 7.8 million registered vehicles in Virginia. Virginia DMV has more daily face-to-face contact with Virginia's citizens than any other state agency.

  8. Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco, also known as "Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco", was a brand of loose-leaf tobacco manufactured by W. T. Blackwell and Company in Durham, North Carolina, that originated around the 1850s and remained in production until August 15, 1988. [1]

  9. Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory - Wikipedia

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    Duke Homestead State Historic Site is a state historic site and National Historic Landmark in Durham, North Carolina. [2] The site belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources and commemorates the place where Washington Duke founded the nation's largest early-20th-century tobacco firm, the American Tobacco Company.