Peirce-Haralson-Rumble family papers, 1809, 1820-1931 (bulk 1854-1895).

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Peirce-Haralson-Rumble family papers, 1809, 1820-1931 (bulk 1854-1895).

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Correspondence, legal papers, miscellaneous items, and genealogical materials covering the period 1809-1931 document the lives of members of the Peirce, Haralson, and Rumble families. The largest series of the collection consists of correspondence, primarily letters written to and from Frances Temple Peirce Haralson throughout her life, discussing news of family and friends and social activities in Natchez, Mississippi and West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Love letters between Wilson Rumble and Mary Haralson pertain to their pending marriage and expectations. Information is also included concerning Wilson's business, as well as social activities and economic conditions in Natchez. Legal papers relate chiefly to Bertrand Haralson, Sr. while a resident of Baton Rouge and West Feliciana Parish, and include certificates, statements of sale, and official notices. Miscellaneous items include a mounted print taken in 1820 of Frances Temple Peirce's paternal aunts.

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Haralson, Bertrand, 1823-ca. 1875.

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Rumble, Wilson, b. 1866.

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Haralson, Jennie Percy Whicher, b. 1864.

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Haralson, Bertrand, 1859-1920.

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Haralson, Frances Temple Peirce, b. 1826.

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Minor, Rebecca Ann Gustine, 1813-1887

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William J. Minor was a sugar planter of Southdown and Hollywood plantations in Terrebonne Parish, and Waterloo Plantation in Ascension Parish, La. His father, Stephen Minor (1760?-1815), owned Concord Plantation, was governor of the Spanish district of Natchez, and was the first president of the Bank of Mississippi. William J. Minor was the second president of the Agricultural Bank of Natchez. He married Rebecca A. Gustine and had eight children, including Henry Chotard Minor, heir to Southdown ...

Rumble, Mary Haralson, b. 1864.

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