William J. Minor papers, 1845-1862.

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William J. Minor papers, 1845-1862.

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Fifteen letters written by William J. Minor from Natchez, Mississippi, were addressed to General T. J. Wells of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The letters chiefly concern racing, management and breeding of thoroughbred horses, and the horses Lexington, Lecomte, and Pryor. Letters mention Duncan F. Kenner, Colonel Adam L. Bingaman, and others, referring to their horses, betting, racing news, and items in the sporting journal SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. Also mentioned in the letters are yellow fever and cholera outbreaks and national and local politics. Printed items include newspaper clippings (1860) listing Metairie Jockey Club races and names of horses owned by Minor. Printed pamphlets are entitled CONSTITUTION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI JOCKEY CLUB ADOPTED JULY 1845, and SHORT RULES FOR TRAINING TWO YEAR OLDS (1854).

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Minor, William J., 1807-1869.

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William J. Minor, son of Stephen Minor of Natchez, Mississippi, was a sugar planter of Southdown and Hollywood plantations in Terrebonne Parish and Waterloo Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He was married to Rebecca A. Gustine and had eight children. William Minor was influential in the development of horse racing and thoroughbred breeding in Louisiana. The Minor family was related by marriage to the Kenner family of Louisiana. From the description of William J. Minor paper...

Adams County, Mississippi, Jockey Club.

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Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887

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Confederate legislator from Louisiana. From the description of Papers of Duncan Farrar Kenner, 1882-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423515 Duncan Farrar Kenner was a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Conventions of 1845 and of 1852, a member of the Confederate Congress, and a Confederate special commissioner plenipotentiary to France in 1863. A planter, he founded Ashland Plantation in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and had interests in Bow...

Bingaman, Adam L.

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Metairie Jockey Club.

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