Maunsel White Papers, 1802-1912

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Maunsel White Papers, 1802-1912

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Maunsel White was a New Orleans commission merchant and Plaquemines Parish, La., planter. His son, Maunsell White, Jr. (fl. 1835-1883), was also a merchant and planter. Chiefly correspondence (some on microfilm only) about growing and marketing cotton, sugar, and other crops, mostly 1842-1850, and a set of plantation journals, 1852-1883, documenting the operation of the Whites' plantations, Deer Range and Junior Place. Also included are one letter from and one letter to Andrew Jackson; a letter from Zachary Taylor; letters from Maunsell White to his son while the latter was attending the University of Virginia, 1850-1851; a memoranda book of expenses and business transactions in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia, 1802-1804; and two autograph books, one of which is from Saint Joseph's College in Louisiana, circa 1846, and the other from the University of Virginia, 1850-1851.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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White, Maunsel, 1783-1863

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Maunsel White was a New Orleans commission merchant and Plaquemines Parish, La., planter. His son, Maunsell White, Jr. (fl. 1835-1883), was also a merchant and planter. From the description of Maunsel White papers, 1802-1912. WorldCat record id: 22875656 Born near Limerick, Ireland, Maunsel White was orphaned as a boy and came to the U.S. at the age of 13. After working for several years in Louisville, Ky., where he became a close friend of Zachary Taylor, White settled in N...