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Palfrey, John, 1768-1843. Palfrey family papers, 1776-1918 (bulk 1806-1875).

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1776-1918 (bulk 1806-1875).

Items related to John Palfrey consist chiefly of personal and business papers which document the operation of Forlorn Hope Plantation and the education of his sons, particularly John's education at Harvard. Topics discussed in the letters include the Embargo, the West Florida Controversy (including the capture of Baton Rouge), the War of 1812, slavery, cotton and salt manufacturing, and banking. Activities of William T. Palfrey and wife, Sidney Conrad Palfrey, are well documented their plantation records. Family papers include correspondence of John Palfrey's sons and some of his grandchildren. Topics include accounts of Civil War battles, plantation economics, Confederate government, and Reconstruction in Louisiana. Letters of William T. and Edward Palfrey describe fighting in St. Mary Parish and the Siege of Vicksburg in which Edward died. The correspondence of John Gorham Palfrey covers the anti-slavery movement and conditions at Harvard University. In letters (1832-1868) to his brother, William T., he relates his literary and historical activities, negotiations for borrowing money, emancipation of slaves inherited from his father, and estrangements from family over his abolitionist sentiments. Eleven account books, two plantation diaries, and a register of slave births document the operation of William T. Palfrey's Ricahoc Plantation and his partnership with his brother-in-law, David Weeks. Topics include accounts of Civil War battles that occurred on Ricahoc Plantation, Apr. 1863, and details about the Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad Company (1841-1842). Four volumes contain records of George D. Palfrey's business interests including accounts of the Jeanerette General Store, Iberia Parish, and the Franklin Brick Yard that he managed. The collection includes land documents of William T. Palfrey in St. Mary Parish, the will of David Weeks (1834), and marriage certificates from St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Franklin and the Church of the Epiphany in New Iberia.

ArchivalResource: 388 items.21 v.

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Papers, 1930-1995.

Title: Papers, 1930-1995.

The collection is comprised of correspondence, personal andgovernment documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and publications, thatpertain to Mykola Lebed's involvement with various Ukrainian political and civicorganizations, particularly for the period from the 1930s to the 1970s when he wasclosely involved in the leadership of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, theUkrainian Insurgent Army, the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council, and the PrologResearch corporation.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes (12linear feet)

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