Mary Susan Ker papers, 1785-1958.

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Mary Susan Ker papers, 1785-1958.

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Letters received by Mary Susan Ker between 1852 and 1910 from family and friends along the Mississippi River in Louisiana and Mississippi, documenting their lives, family relationships, and financial positions. Among the correspondents is sister Sarah Evelina Ker (1826-1868), who married Richard E. Butler; lawyer and sugar planter David Ker (1825-1884); lawyer John Ker (1826-1870); cotton planter Lewis Ker (1831-1894); and William Henry Ker (1841-1902), teacher and principal of Natchez Institute. There is also material relating to Mary Susan Ker's work as a governess in Louisiana and Mississippi and as a teacher in public and private schools in Adams County, Miss., New Orleans, and Natchez. Civil War letters appear for William Henry Ker, who served in Virginia and North Carolina with a cavalry troop raised in Adams County, and for civilians in Louisiana and Mississippi. Ker's diary, 1886-1923, describes a trip to Europe in 1886-1887 and the social life and customs of post-Reconstruction Mississippi, especially around Natchez and Vicksburg. All papers dated before 1852 belong to John Ker (1789-1850), including items relating to his work with the American Colonization Society, or to other Ker family members.

ca. 6400 items (12.5 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ker, John, 1789-1850

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Medical doctor of Good Hope Plantation of Concordia Parish, La., and the father of Mary Susan and William H. Ker. From the description of John Ker thesis, 1811. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 86114709 John Ker, a medical doctor and planter of Good Hope Plantation, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, was the father of Mary Susan and William H. Ker. From the description of John Ker and family papers, 1803-1862. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat rec...

Kerr family.

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Ker, David, 1825-1884.

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Ker, William Henry, 1841-1902.

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Ker, Mary Susan, 1838-1923

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Mary Susan Ker of Natchez, Miss., was the daughter of cotton planter and American Colonization Society vice-president, John Ker (1789-1850) and Mary Baker Ker (d. 1862). From the description of Mary Susan Ker papers, 1785-1958. WorldCat record id: 23289839 Mary Susan Ker (1838-1923), daughter of Mary Baker and John Ker, was born near Natchez, Mississippi, in 1838. John Ker (1789-1850) had studied medicine in Philadelphia, served as a surgeon in the Creek War, ma...

Butler, Richard E., fl. 1820-1909.

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American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Butler, Sarah Evelina Ker, 1823-1868.

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Ker, Lewis, 1831-1894.

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Natchez Institute (Miss.)

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Ker, John, 1826-1870.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...