William Kenner papers, 1802-1832.

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William Kenner papers, 1802-1832.

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Business and personal papers of William Kenner cover topics including territorial and antebellum economic and social life in New Orleans, slavery and plantation life in Louisiana and Mississippi, conditions before the War of 1812, the effects of the embargo on prices of cotton and plantation supplies, details of the Napoleonic Wars, the industrial riots in England after these Wars, the Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson's defense of the city, information about captains, steamboats, and sailing vessels hired by Kenner's firm, and investments in the Bank of Mississippi and Planters' Bank of New Orleans. Financial papers include correspondence, bills, receipts, invoices, and accounts which document Kenner's personal and plantation debts, credits, and expenses, cotton sales, and the activities of "William Kenner and Company." Expenses documented include the education of Kenner's children, the purchase of home furnishings, and purchases of plantation supplies including clothing for slaves. Land patents reflect property holdings in Louisiana and Mississippi. Papers document Kenner's trade of cotton to England (1812-1832), the effects of the blockade of the Atlantic coast and the use of Russian and Swedish vessels (1813). Testamentary documents relate the settlement of the estate of Stephen Minor (1822). Letters, many from Kenner to John Minor, discuss prices of cotton, slaves, and plantation produce and supplies, the return of a runaway slave (1819), property improvements including the construction of cotton gins (1820), Kenner's apprehensions of a British invasion and speculation on Andrew Jackson's activities (1814), and the defeat of Napoleon as it impacted the European cotton market (1815).

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Kenner, Stephen Minor, 1808-1862.

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Kenner, William, 1774-1824.

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Minor, John.

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Minor, Stephen, 1760?-1815.

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Stephen Minor, a planter of the Concord Plantation, was a governor of the Spanish district of Natchez and a mayor of the town of Natchez, Mississippi. His son, William J. Minor (1807-1869) married Rebecca A. Gustine of Philadelphia and had 7 sons and 1 daughter. William J. Minor owned and operated the Hollywood and the Southdown plantations in Terrebonne Parish and the Waterloo Plantation of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Stephen Minor's daughter, Mary Minor (1778-1814) married William Kenner (177...

Bank of Orleans (New Orleans, La.)

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William Kenner & Company.

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Planters' Bank (New Orleans, La.)

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