Family papers, 1713-1968.

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Family papers, 1713-1968.

Papers contain letters, cotton accounts, printed material and other business records. Subjects discussed include the cotton production of the Gaius Whitfield plantation near Demopolis, Ala., convict labor, Alabama railroads, and James B. Whitfield's investment in the Alabama resort town of Bladon Springs.

2.66 cubic ft. (2 records center cartons, 1 archives box and 1 oversized archives box).

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Whitfield family.

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Alabama. Convict Dept.

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Whitfield, James B.

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Whitfield, Mary Ann.

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Whitfield, Nathan Bryan, 1799-1868

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Whitfield, Charles Boaz.

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Whitfield, Gaius.

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The Whitfield family was a prominent plantation family in the Demopolis, Marengo Co., Ala. area. Nathan Whitfield built the mansion of Gaineswood; Gaius Whitfield was also a planter; and James B. Whitfield was a businessman. From the description of Family papers, 1713-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122442173 ...