Asa H. Hursey family papers, 1824-1903 (bulk 1824-1899).

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Asa H. Hursey family papers, 1824-1903 (bulk 1824-1899).

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Legal, financial and political papers, correspondence, and printed items document the personal life and activities of Hursey as a postmaster and sawmill operator in Pearlington, Mississippi. Legal contracts, financial papers and correspondence document his association with sawmill owners Francis William Delesdernier, Thomas Bailey, N. L. Burgess, and other merchants and businessmen in Mississippi and Louisiana. Bills and receipts document the shipment of lumber and Hursey's debts and credits. Land and tax documents show Hursey family land holdings in Mississippi, particularly in Hancock County. Correspondence and personal papers discuss social life in Mississippi and Louisiana, including Mardi Gras; the Civil War; views on Negro labor and slavery; travel in Central America and California; social and agricultural conditions in Tampa, Florida; and Freemasonry. A manuscript record book (1850-1863) of the United States Post Office Department contains accounts of letters paid and unpaid, letters lost in the mail, and stamps received and sold. Mississippi political items include election returns (1849-1852), a Democratic party ticket (1854), and political broadsides (n.d.). Fifteen maps include manuscript items showing property holdings in Hancock County, Mississippi; printed military maps (1863?) showing railroad lines; and a map of New York City (n.d.). Printed items include issues, clippings, and fragments of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Philadelphia newspapers (1850-1900) Pamphlets and printed items concern political issues, the lumber industry, shipping, and Freemasonry. The collection includes an example of Confederate currency.

590 items (589 items, 1 ms. v.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Hursey, Asa Houston, d. 1872.

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Asa H. Hursey, a native of Maine, moved to Pearlington, Mississippi, after 1841. There he was a postmaster and operated a sawmill which cut chiefly pine and cypress. His son, Richard W. C. Hursey, traveled in Guatemala and Central America surveying natural resources in the area. From the description of Asa H. Hursey family papers, 1824-1903 (bulk 1824-1899). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505669 ...

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...