Papers of Sargeant Prentiss Knut, 1854-1938 (bulk 1865-1938).

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Papers of Sargeant Prentiss Knut, 1854-1938 (bulk 1865-1938).

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Personal, professional, and family correspondence and papers of Sargeant Prentiss Knut. Included are pieces related to the war claims, family property and litigation, including the settlement of Lily Barret Knut's estate, and Knut's professional and political career. Also included are typescript copies of the diaries of Dr. Rush Nutt (1805) and Rittenhouse Nutt (1834).

2700 pieces.19 boxes.

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Barett family.

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Nutt family.

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Democratic Party (Miss.)

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Knut, Lily Barett, d. 1898

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Nutt, Haller, 1816-1864

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Haller Nutt (1816-1864) inherited and purchased several plantations including Araby, Evergreen, and Winter Quarters in Louisiana and Cloverdale and Laurel Hill in Mississippi. From the description of Nutt, Haller, account book, 1849-1850. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 301958433 Student from Rodney, Miss.; M.D. University of Pennsylvania;contributor to foreign and American literary magazines and reviews; planter in Natchez, Miss. From the de...

Nutt, Rush, 1781-1837

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Dr. Rush Nutt, planter, physician and scientist of Jefferson County, Mississippi. A native of Virginia, he studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Benjamin Rush. (He changed his first name from Rushworh to Rush in honor of his teacher). In 1805, he moved West, settling on a large plantation, Laurel Hill, near Rodney, Miss. He taught and practiced medicine, and was one of the founders of the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Alcorn, Miss. Dr. Nutt was partic...

Knut family.

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Nutt, Rittenhouse.

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Knut, Sargeant Prentiss, 1855-1939

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Sargeant Prentiss Nutt (who later changed his name to the old spelling, "Knut"): Mississippi lawyer and Democratic politician. He was born c. 1854, one of the eleven children of Dr. Haller and Julia Nutt. Dr. Haller Nutt, a wealthy cotton planter at Natchez, Miss. In 1860, he began the construction of his mansion Longwood, designed by the architect Samuel Sloan. A Union sympathizer, Dr. Nutt suffered tremendous losses during the Civil War. After his death, his widow filed a lawsuit against the F...