James Gilliam Kilbourne family collection, 1838-1899.

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Kilbourne, James Gilliam, 1828-1893. James Gilliam Kilbourne family collection, 1838-1899.

James Gilliam Kilbourne family collection, 1838-1899.

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The collection contains personal and business papers of three generations of the Kilbourne family. Early papers consist of letters and documents relating to Kilbourne's work as attorney for the Clinton and Port Hudson Railroad. Civil War letters from him to his wife while encamped in Mississippi mention army personnel and describe camp life and morale. Post-1870 papers consist chiefly of personal letters to Kilbourne from his children, and letters to his children from friends and suitors. These relate local and family news. Letters from Charles Kilbourne relate his experiences as a student at Centenary College and as a teacher in and resident of Waterproof, Louisiana. Letters from Harry Kilbourne while attending the Commercial and Business College at Lexington, Kentucky, from Lewis Kilbourne living in St. Louis, from Emma while attending Norvilla Collegiate Institute in Greensburg, Louisiana, and from Susie and Maggie Kilbourne at Wesleyan Female Institute, Staunton, Virginia, comment on costs, classes, and activities. Silliman Female Collegiate Institute is also represented in students' letters and items pertaining to its administration and finances. Letters to Kilbourne's grandson Walter Morehead at Centenary College are also included. Documents, letters, and volumes concerning J.G. Kilbourne's legal career are scattered throughout the collection. Journals, ledgers, record, receipt, index, and letter books of Fuqua and Kilbourne and McVea and Kilbourne contain entries for fees, notes on cases, settlements, and docket assignments. Additional volumes record the operation of Comite Plantation, household accounts, cotton sales, medical treatment for family and African-American workers, and accounts with the latter. Some of these volumes are authored by Dr. F.D. Wood. Miscellaneous items include the muster rolls of the 4th Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers, carte de visites of family members, calling cards, and speeches and poems by Charles Kilbourne.

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