Edward Turner and family papers, 1767-1878.

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Edward Turner and family papers, 1767-1878.

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Family correspondence concerns social life, education and upbringing of children, a yellow fever epidemic in Natchez, the legal career of Judge Turner, the life of George Armstrong Custer, and politics during Reconstruction. Business and legal papers include items documenting plantation management; slave bills of sale; a plat of the estate of Robert Moore; an inventory of property and slaves owned by Edward Turner (1860); a bank book of an account at Britton & Koontz, Natchez (1874-1875); and wills and succession documents related to estates of Lewis Ellzey, Mary Ellzey, and members of the Turner family. Some items document negotiations and legal proceedings of U.S. Commissioner Fulwar Skipwith, who represented claims of American citizens against France (1815). The collection includes items related to Edward Turner's membership in a Masonic order (1827, 1858); U.S. currency (1778); school compositions written by Turner at Transylvania University; poetry; photographs; and an issue of the newspaper SOUTHERN WATCH TOWER (1843).

173 items.1 ms. v ; 11 x 17 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6725097

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Ellzey, Mary.

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Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839

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U.S. consul-general and commercial agent, Paris, France; later served as governor of the province of West Florida and the Louisiana Senate; of Louisiana. From the description of Papers, 1793-1807. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70955757 From the description of Fulwar Skipwith papers, 1793-1807. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47727970 Skipwith, a native Virginian, was appointed consul gener...

Ellzey, Lewis.

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Turner family.

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Freemasons

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Turner, Edward, 1778-1860

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Edward Turner was a judge and planter of Natchez, Mississippi. From the description of Edward Turner and family papers, 1767-1878. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467806 ...