James G. Taliaferro letters, 1852-1876.

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James G. Taliaferro letters, 1852-1876.

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The microfilm contains copies of typewritten and handwritten letters from Taliaferro, principally to his daughter. Letters discuss Taliaferro's involvement with the Secession Convention (1861); politics during the Civil War (1865); the work of the Louisiana Supreme Court (1866-1874); Louisiana politics and government (1861-1874); flooding of the Mississippi River (1874); fires, cholera, and economic conditions in New Orleans; the visit of the Emperor of Brazil to New Orleans (1876); and matters pertaining to the management of Taliaferro's plantation and local affairs in Catahoula Parish.

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Taliaferro, James Govan, 1798-1876

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James G. Taliaferro was born in Amherst, Va., on September 28, 1798, to Zacharias Taliaferro and Sally Warwick. The family moved to Claiborne County, Miss., in 1806, and to Catahoula Parish, La., in 1815. He graduated from Transylvania College in Lexington, Ky., and married Elizabeth M.B. Williamson of Lexington in 1819. Taliaferro practiced law in Harrisonburg, La., served as a judge in Catahoula Parish, and was a member of the Catahoula Parish Police Jury (1859-1860). He owned and operated the...