Benjamin Kendrick papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840).

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Kendrick, Benjamin. Benjamin Kendrick papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840).

Benjamin Kendrick papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840).

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Legal papers, bills, receipts, and correspondence document Kendrick's life as a cotton planter in St. Francisville and in Jackson, Louisiana. The earliest materials in the collection reflect Kendrick's activities in St. Francisville and include bills and receipts for rents, storage, freight, blacksmithing, clothing, and merchandise purchased from the firms Joseph Gray & Company, McMicken and Ficklin, Smith and Mills, and Alexander and Lewis Sterling. Papers (1810-1840) include receipts for medical care of family members and slaves, tax receipts, statements concerning the education of Kendrick's daughter Isabel Ann with tutors and at College Hill, Florida Institution (1824-1833), contracts for the manufacture of shoes for family and slaves (1826-1837), and receipts from a jailer in Fayette County for holding slaves (1833-1835). Correspondence includes letters from New Orleans merchants, a letter from a Missouri slave dealer discussing purchases and prices of slaves (1836), and a letter of Kendrick's son-in-law, David J. Fluker of East Feliciana Parish, concerning the estate of Caroline Kendrick and the inheritance of Fluker's wife, Isabel Ann Fluker. Legal papers include Kendrick's promissory notes (1812-1835) to various individuals and land deeds for holdings in East and West Feliciana Parishes. Several papers (post 1840) including bills and correspondence pertain to David J. Fluker.

0.7 linear ft. (611 items)

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