John H. Randolph family letters, circa 1780-1860.

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John H. Randolph family letters, circa 1780-1860.

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Letters written by various members of the John Hampden Randolph family of Nottoway Plantation, Louisiana. These letters, written from Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, discuss family matters, plantation crops, and depict various aspects of the family's transition from Virginia to Louisiana. An early letter (1820) describes traveling through Indian territory.

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Randolph, John H. (John Hampden), 1813-1883.

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John Hampden Randolph was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Wilkinson County, Mississippi, in 1819. There he practiced law and began working as a cotton planter. In 1823, he was appointed as a circuit court judge in Mississippi. Randolph married Emily Jane Liddell, daughter of Moses Liddell, in 1837. In 1841, the Randolphs moved to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, where John Randolph owned and operated sugar plantations Forest Home, Nottoway, Blythewood, and Bayou Goula. He began sugar p...

Randolph, Peter S.

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