Robert M. Lusher papers, 1846-1853.

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Robert M. Lusher papers, 1846-1853.

Letters addressed to Lusher, written from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and other places in Louisiana, several by members of the Alexander Dimitry family. Letters relate to the Louisiana Sons of Temperance and to professional and personal matters.

21 letters

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Louisiana Sons of Temperance.

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Lusher, Robert Mills, 1823-1890.

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Robert M. Lusher served as clerk of the Confederate States District Court and chief tax collector for the Louisiana government during the Civil War. Prior to the war he taught in New Orleans, La., and was appointed by the city council to the board of directors of the New Orleans Public Schools. He held the position of Louisiana State Superintendent of Education in 1856 and again from 1876 to 1879. Together with Professor W. O. Rogers, he began publication of the Louisiana Journal of Education. ...

Dimitry, Alexander, 1805-1883

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Journalist, diplomat, and educator of New Orleans, La. From the description of Alexander Dimitry letter, 1841 April 25 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24997383 From the guide to the Alexander Dimitry Letter, ., 25 April 1841, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...