David Hunt and family papers, 1803-1838.

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David Hunt and family papers, 1803-1838.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244440521

This collection consists of personal and business correspondence of David Hunt and Abijah Hunt. Letters relate to various business matters, conditions of plantations, and to the ownership of slaves.

0.3 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132586

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Hunt, David, 1779-1861

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David Hunt was born on October 22, 1779, in Trenton, N.J., and died on May 18, 1861, in Jefferson County, Miss. With numerous cotton plantations and a significant number of slaves, Hunt was one of the wealthiest cotton merchants in Mississippi, and indeed one of the wealthiest men in the United States. From the description of David Hunt letters, 1803-1839 (bulk 1820-1829). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 437260190 David Hunt, native of New Jersey, was one o...

Hunt, Abijah, -1811

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Abijah Hunt, a native of New Jersey, formed a business partnership with his brothers Jeremiah and Jess Hunt, and Elijah Smith. He came to Natchez in 1798 as a sutler, or licensed merchant, for the United States Army stationed along the lower Mississippi River. Hunt immersed himself in local politics as an outspoken Federalist, and became embroiled in a conflict with George Poindexter, a Democratic Republican who later became Governor of Mississippi. The two fought a duel on the west bank of the ...