John Moore and family papers, 1831-1880.

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John Moore and family papers, 1831-1880.

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Papers consist of legal and business papers and correspondence of Moore, his daughters, and his sons-in-law. Most business papers pertain to sugar growing and trade and include bills of lading, accounts from commission brokers, balance sheets, statements of crop production, and letters concerning sales of sugar and molasses. Estate and testamentary documents of William M. and Willis B. Prescott include an inventory of slaves, livestock, buildings, and furnishings on the estate of W. M. Prescott (1855), documents partitioning slaves among John Moore and his daughters Adelaide and Evelina (1855-1857), and papers related to the succession and partition of the estate of Willis B. Prescott (1857). An inventory of the estate of John B. Young (1864) and the succession of David W. Magill of Saint Martin Parish (1866) are included. Other financial documents include mortgages, promissory notes, and items related to land sales. The collection includes land grants (1860) for acreages in Opelousas, Louisiana. The collection contains a few items related to legal cases and lawsuits.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Prescott, Willis B.

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Prescott, Evelina S.

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Moore, John, 1788-1867.

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John Moore, a judge, and politician of Saint Mary, Saint Landry and Iberia Parishes of Louisiana, served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1825-1834. He was a member of the 26th and 27th Congresses of Louisiana (1840-1843), was elected to the 32nd Congress, and was a delegate to the State Secession Convention, 1861, where he introduced the Louisiana Secession Ordinance. He was a sugar planter at Magnolia Ridge Plantation (also called Oakland Plantation), which he built in 18...

Prescott, William M. (William Marshall), d. 1854.

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