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Minor, John. John Minor account book, 1815-1823.

Title: John Minor account book, 1815-1823.

The journal of John Minor as executor of the estate of his brother, Stephen Minor, lists the income received from cotton and other produce on Concord Plantation, Adams County, Miss.; Waterloo Plantation, Ascension Parish, La.; and Lake Plantation, Concordia Parish, La., as well as expenditures for members of the Minor family, property, plantation, and estate business.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799. Manuel Gayoso de Lemos papers, 1792-1799.

Title: Manuel Gayoso de Lemos papers, 1792-1799.

Letters of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos to Major Stephen Minor concern general administrative issues and personal matters in the closing years of Spanish rule of the Natchez District. Letters discuss the survey of the Ellicott Line between Spanish Louisiana and American Mississippi Territory, which was drawn by Andrew Ellicott, surveyor for the United States government; the strained relations between Americans and Spaniards in Natchez; and prominent persons in the district including Andrew Ellicott, Don Jose (Joseph) Vidal, Captain Pope, Colonel Howard, and Captain [Isaac?] Guion, who was sent to Louisiana to assist with the transfer of the territory to the United States. Personal issues discussed include activities and health of members of the Gayoso de Lemos and Minor families and Gayoso de Lemos' interest in horses. Letters (1797-1799) of Gayoso de Lemos to Commandant Luis Deblanc on the German coast of Louisiana concern Benato Trahan and his bequest of one-fifth of his estate to a free Negro woman named Venus and the bodily injury of Luis Blouden at the hands of Maler Bacunos. A letter to Colonel Daniel Clark (1793) extends Gayoso de Lemos' offer of legal assistance to the Clark family. The collection contains a fourteen-page document in Spanish by Manuel Gayoso de Lemos entitled, "Instructions for my commission to the Chocta Nation" (March 1792), and a proclamation by Gayoso de Lemos calling for the reestablishment of peace at Natchez (June 1797).

ArchivalResource: 41 items.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Kenner, William, 1774-1824. William Kenner papers, 1802-1832.

Title: William Kenner papers, 1802-1832.

Business and personal papers of William Kenner cover topics including territorial and antebellum economic and social life in New Orleans, slavery and plantation life in Louisiana and Mississippi, conditions before the War of 1812, the effects of the embargo on prices of cotton and plantation supplies, details of the Napoleonic Wars, the industrial riots in England after these Wars, the Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson's defense of the city, information about captains, steamboats, and sailing vessels hired by Kenner's firm, and investments in the Bank of Mississippi and Planters' Bank of New Orleans. Financial papers include correspondence, bills, receipts, invoices, and accounts which document Kenner's personal and plantation debts, credits, and expenses, cotton sales, and the activities of "William Kenner and Company." Expenses documented include the education of Kenner's children, the purchase of home furnishings, and purchases of plantation supplies including clothing for slaves. Land patents reflect property holdings in Louisiana and Mississippi. Papers document Kenner's trade of cotton to England (1812-1832), the effects of the blockade of the Atlantic coast and the use of Russian and Swedish vessels (1813). Testamentary documents relate the settlement of the estate of Stephen Minor (1822). Letters, many from Kenner to John Minor, discuss prices of cotton, slaves, and plantation produce and supplies, the return of a runaway slave (1819), property improvements including the construction of cotton gins (1820), Kenner's apprehensions of a British invasion and speculation on Andrew Jackson's activities (1814), and the defeat of Napoleon as it impacted the European cotton market (1815).

ArchivalResource: 371 items.

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Minor, Stephen, 1760?-1815. Minor family papers, 1774-1914 (bulk 1774-1891).

Title: Minor family papers, 1774-1914 (bulk 1774-1891).

Minor family correspondence contains letters to Stephen Minor including one written by Thomas Power, captain of the militia at New Orleans, discussing the Burr conspiracy (1807) and letters (1814) from William Kenner of New Orleans and Simon Gratz of Philadelphia. Correspondence of William J. Minor includes letters (1829, 1837) from John Minor and his mother, Katherine Minor, discussing plantation affairs and personal matters; a letter (1849) from Loyal Case of New Orleans offering to purchase an interest in Ship Island; and a letter (1865) from William J. Minor to his son, Henry Chotard Minor of Southdown Plantation. A letter (1774) from H. Beaumont of Montreal, to Bernard Lintot in Connecticut concerns an account of Beaumont, the shipment of items, and family matters. Born in Connecticut, Lintot was an early settler and merchant of Natchez. The collection contains documents in Spanish confirming land titles for property in Natchez, some signed by Baron de Carondelet; memoranda; a sugar producer's license (1891) of Henry C. Minor of Houma, Terrebonne Parish; a will (1862) of Mary Ann Gustine of Queens County, New York; and a prayer for expectant mothers. Copies of reports (1913-1914) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Station, are included. Printed items include a copy of "Message from the President of the United States to the House of Representatives" (1797) signed by John Adams, and a pamphlet (1859) of a union meeting in Faneuil Hall, Boston.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.1 pr. v.1 microfilm reel.

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Minor, William J., 1807-1869. William J. Minor and family papers, 1779-1898, 1941 (bulk 1830-1870).

Title: William J. Minor and family papers, 1779-1898, 1941 (bulk 1830-1870).

The collection includes a Spanish land grant, 1791 and land survey, undated; plantation records, early Natchez banking papers, and personal correspondence of the Stephen, the William J., and the Henry C. Minor families of Natchez, Mississippi, and Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Letters of Stephen Minor reflect his banking and farming activities, and the shipment of produce, especially cotton. Correspondents include John and Berhard Lintot, Felix Trudeau, Joseph Vidal, Alexander Milne, Samuel Postlethwaite, Peter Walker, and J.C. Wilkins. Several items relate to Philip Nolan and his wife, Fannie (nee Lintot). Letters (1839-1842) of William J. Minor and Stephen Duncan relate to activities of the Agricultural Bank of Natchez. Later correspondence concerns plantation life, cotton growing, and horse racing. Civil War letters concern property ownership, African-American labor, trade conditions, the Confederate economy, and protection of Minor family property by Federal forces. Some relate to the death of William J. Minor's son, Duncan, from disease while in military service (1862) and the parole of his son, William, from Johnson Island Prison (1864). Reconstruction letters and papers relate to plantation management and to freedmen laborers and tenant farmers. Also present are letters of Henry C. Minor, and Minor, Butler, and Postlethwaite family genealogies. Plantation diaries (1847-1870) kept by William J. Minor and later, his wife, Rebecca, record personal and business affairs on Concord, Hollywood, Southdown, and Waterloo plantations. Volumes include records of medical care on plantations, rules governing overseers, drivers and slaves, and lists of slaves and provisions issued to them.

ArchivalResource: 410 items.37 v.1 microfilm reel.68 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm.

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