Louis Manigault papers Bulk, 1840-1878 1776-1883 (bulk 1840-1878)

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Louis Manigault papers Bulk, 1840-1878 1776-1883 (bulk 1840-1878)

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/manigaultlouis/

Collection contains correspondence, account book, memorandum book (1858), notebook (1852), prescription book (1852), plantation records, and other papers (chiefly 1840-1878), of Louis Manigault and of members of his family. The papers contain information on Charleston, South Carolina, including social and economic conditions, student life at private schools, and the fire of December, 1861; management of a rice plantation, with comments on the transition from slave to free labor; and travel in Paris, London, Brussels, and other places in Europe. Includes a few Civil War letters, an account book of Manigault while at Yale, and letters from a family member at school at the Lyceé Impérial in Paris.

3.0 Linear feet; 6 boxes (2,042 items)

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6359851

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Manigault, Louis

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Louis Manigault was a planter and a manager of a rice plantation from Charleston, South Carolina who chronicled the life of his hometown, including social and economic conditions, in the years surrounding the Civil War. From the guide to the Louis Manigault papers, Bulk, 1840-1878, 1776-1883 (bulk 1840-1878), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) ...

College of Charleston

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Manigault family

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