Nutt, Haller, 1816-1864

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Haller Nutt (1816-1864) inherited and purchased several plantations including Araby, Evergreen, and Winter Quarters in Louisiana and Cloverdale and Laurel Hill in Mississippi.

From the description of Nutt, Haller, account book, 1849-1850. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 301958433

Student from Rodney, Miss.; M.D. University of Pennsylvania;contributor to foreign and American literary magazines and reviews; planter in Natchez, Miss.

From the description of Chemistry lecture notes [manuscript], 1833-1834. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647918714

Planter, of Natchez, Miss. Plantation journal and other papers (chiefly 1853-1860), mostly relating to the management of Nutt's land and slave holdings in Mississippi and Louisiana. Includes papers concerning the construction and furnishing of Longwood, Nutt's house at Natchez, which was designed by Samuel Sloan of Philadelphia.

From the description of Papers, 1846-1911. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019372

Haller Nutt (1816-1864) was born to Dr. Rush Nutt and Eliza Ker Nutt at Laurel Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. After attending the University of Virginia between 1832 and 1835, he returned to Mississippi to assist his father in plantation management. Haller Nutt inherited and purchased several plantations including Araby, Evergreen, and Winter Quarters in Louisiana and Cloverdale and Laurel Hill in Mississippi. Nutt owned approximately 43,000 acres of land and 800 slaves.

Source: Nutt Family Papers, Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

From the guide to the Haller Nutt Account Book 2009-011., 1849-1850, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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Death 1864

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