Thomas Butler family photographs and plantation journal, 1844-1961 (bulk 1844-1907).

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Thomas Butler family photographs and plantation journal, 1844-1961 (bulk 1844-1907).

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Collection consists of a plantation journal for Grand Caillou and Le Carpe Plantations, Terrebonne Parish, ca. 1844-1866, and photographs of family members and home interiors. The journal, kept during Thomas Butler and later Richard E. Butler's ownership of the plantations, contains financial accounts and a list of overseers' names (1842-1859), as well as slave registers that record births, deaths, and parents of children. Photographs include portraits of Sarah D. and Mary F. Butler, R.E. Butler Jr., and unidentified persons.

0.3 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7246899

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Butler, Thomas, 1785-1847.

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Judge Thomas Butler, born in Pennsylvania, moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1809. An attorney, Butler worked for many of the merchants in southwest Mississippi and in the Feliciana Parishes. In 1813, he was appointed judge of the Louisiana Third District Court after moving to Saint Francisville. He served as a representative in the U.S. Congress (1818-1821) and was a twice unsuccessful Louisiana gubernatorial candidate. Thomas Butler married Ann Ellis in 1813, and t...

Butler, Sarah Duncan, 1884-1966.

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Butler, Mary Fort, 1887.

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Butler family.

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Members of the Thomas Butler family were cotton and sugar planters of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and resided at The Cottage. In the late 1830s, Judge Thomas Butler (1785-1847) began to develop plantations in West Feliciana and Terrebonne Parishes. Two such plantations, Grand Caillou and Le Carpe, were later operated by Judge Butler's son, Richard Ellis Butler (1819-1880). From the description of Thomas Butler family photographs and plantation journal, 1844-1961 (bulk 1844-1907...

Butler, Richard Ellis, 1819-1880.

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