Edward J. Gay family papers, 1797-1921 (bulk 1838-1910).

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Edward J. Gay family papers, 1797-1921 (bulk 1838-1910).

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Personal and business papers of the Gay and related families consists of correspondence, land records, maps, photographs, land plats, bills, receipts, drafts, invoices, contracts and agreements, time sheets and pay rolls. These papers pertain to plantation economy, commerce, the sugar cane industry, slavery, St. Louis Plantation and its operation, Iberville Parish, the Civil War and Reconstruction in Louisiana, social activities and family matters. Manuscript volumes 1-31 reflect the business affairs of Joseph Erwin and include estate record books (1825-1848), cashbooks (1834-1852), expense account book (1836-1849), memoranda books (1812, 1829-52, bank books (1812, 1837-1846), daybook (1843-1847), and a diary (1827-1838). Volumes 32-36 contain daybooks (1826-1848, 1854-1858) and plantation record books (1849-1860) of Colonel Andrew Haynes concerning his estate and the management of his plantation by Edward J. Gay. Edward J. Gay's own record books, v. 37-92, consist of cashbooks (1860-1874, 1883), crop report book (1895-1904), daybooks (1857-1860, 1869-1874, 1877), memorandum books (1862-1908, n.d.), time books (1872-1887, n.d.), and notebooks (1865-1866). Volumes 93-164 comprise the record books of his grandson, Senator Edward J. Gay, III. They include cashbooks (1896-1898), a cane report book (1899-1900), memorandum books (1896, 1899), and scrapbooks (1880-1903, 1918-1919). A photograph album of the Gay family and friends, v. 165, is also among the manuscript volumes. Collection also contains official congressional files that document the political careers of Edward J. Gay and his grandson, U. S. Senator Edward James Gay, III. Files consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, newspaper clippings and other printed material pertaining to political campaigns, state and national elections, political patronage, legislative bills, Dept. of Agriculture, construction of levees by the Mississippi River Commission, and the participation in elections and political support of African-Americans. Legislative correspondence discusses pending bills concerning pensions, tariffs, health of rural populations, the creation of the Department of Education, and the transportation, storage and marketing of livestock. Files also contain selected subject materials relative to the American Legion bonus (1920), cotton, sugar, League of Nations (1919-1920), the United States Post Office, railroads, women's suffrage, and U. S. military academies. Among the correspondents are U. S. Senator Randall L. Gibson, Francis T. Nicholls, U. S. Congressman William A. J. Sparks, and William S. Posey, an African-American state legislator from St. Mary Parish. Correspondence also contains requests from servicemen (1919-1920) for assistance in obtaining military discharges and finding employment.

80.3 linear ft.165 v.

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