Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons family papers, 1797-1955 (bulk 1820-1910).

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Turnbull-Bowman-Lyons family papers, 1797-1955 (bulk 1820-1910).

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Correspondence, plantation management papers, financial papers, legal documents, personal papers, and printed and graphic materials document the lives of members of the Turnbull, Pirrie, Lyons, Bowman, and to a lesser extent, the Barrow, Stirling, and Fort families. Correspondence discusses plantation, financial, and social matters and includes antebellum letters. A letter (1799) from Thomas Durnford to John Turnbull discusses attempts to recover two runaway slaves. A letter (1854) from John Sidney Thrasher, author and editor, to James P. Bowman requests that he read and comment on Thrasher's essay CUBA AND LOUISIANA. Letters from Henry Lyons (1841, 1850, n.d.) describe economic conditions in San Francisco during the Gold Rush. The bulk of the correspondence is of Sarah T. Bowman and her children. Plantation records of William B. Turnbull and James P. Bowman include slave lists and plantation diaries which document Frogmoor and Rosedown Plantations. The diaries contain lists of slaves and details of plantation management. Financial papers include factors' statements, mostly of Daniel Turnbull and James P. Bowman, which document sugar and cotton produced on Rosedown, Middleplace, Inheritance, Hazelwood, and other plantations. Among the financial papers are receipts and statements for goods and services. A receipt (1855) for furniture and other items purchased from Prudent Francis Mallard by William B. Turnbull is included. Legal documents of the Turnbull, Pirrie, Lyons, Matthews, Barrow, Bowman, and Fort families consist mostly of land title documents and succession papers. Legal papers of John B. Dawson, a parish judge and relative of the Barrow family, are present. Some of Dawson's letters are included. Personal papers and printed and graphic materials reflect the lives and interests of family members, particularly the Bowmans. A legal opinion (n.d.) on the rights of married women over their paraphernal property is included.

3.5 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7123282

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Sterling family.

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Lyons, Eliza B. (Eliza Bowman), 1805-1851.

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Mallard, Prudent Francis, 1809-1879.

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Durnford, Thomas, 1762-1826.

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Young family.

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Turnbull, Martha Barrow, 1809-1896

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Martha Barrow Turnbull was born at Highland Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, La., in 1809. Along with her husband, Daniel Turnbull (1799-1861), she founded Rosedown Plantation in the same parish in 1835. An avid horticulturalist, she assembled a large collection of botanical specimens that she planted in extensive gardens at the plantation. From the description of Martha Turnbull diary transcription, 1837-1895 (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 227337558 ...

Thrasher, J. S. (John Sidney), 1817-1879

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Dawson, John B. (John Bennett), 1800-1845.

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Bowman, James P. (James Pirrie), 1832-1926.

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Bowman, Sarah T. (Sarah Turnbull), 1831-1914.

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Turnbull, Daniel, 1796-1861

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Daniel Turnbull was a successful Louisiana planter, primarily of cotton plantations. He founded Rosedown Plantation in West Feliciana Parish, La., in 1835 where he resided with his wife, Martha Hilliard Barrow Turnbull. An avid horticulturist, she assembled a large collection of botanical specimens that she planted in extensive gardens at Rosedown. Their children were James, Daniel, William, and Sarah. The Bowman and Turnbull families were associated through the marriage of Sarah Turnbull and Ja...

Lyons, Henry George

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Epithet: Colonel Director and Sec Science Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000292 Henry George Lyons was born on 11 October 1864 in London. He was educated at Wellington College, and in 1882 entered the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. In 1884, he attended a two-year course of military engineering at Chatham, after which he was posted to Gibraltar and then to Egypt, where he studied geology in...