Capell family papers, 1816-1931 (1840-1880).

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Capell family papers, 1816-1931 (1840-1880).

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Business and legal documents comprise the bulk of this collection. Most documents pertain to acquisition of land and include instruments of conveyance, certificates of land ownership, and land deeds. Business papers consist of invoices for shipment of cotton and goods; slave bills of sale (1822-1856); receipts; and correspondence relating primarily to the sale of cotton and goods. Personal correspondence includes comments by Jefferson Davis on the "righteous cause" (Nov. 6, 1882), several letters to President Grover Cleveland endorsing a political appointment for Henry Clay Capell (March-Aug. 1893) and attesting to his high moral character (1895). Also included are letters regarding the death of Robert L. Capell who died in military service (Aug. 31, 1865, Sept. 27, 1865) and the impact of the Civil War (Jan. 9, 1866). Volumes consist of plantation diaries (1842-1867) for Pleasant Hill Plantation; plantation record books, including a cotton book (1881-1891) of Henry Clay Capell; a crop book (1840-1849); and plantation record books of other family members. Capell maintained daybooks (1881, 1886-1887) while operating a store near Rose Hill, Miss., and included in volume five are the constitution, bylaws, order of business, and list of members of the Rose Hill Agricultural and Horticultural Club (1880). Among miscellaneous items is a tintype of and unidentified man (n.d.); list of heirs to the estate of John Resse (ca. 1880); Capell family genealogy [photocopy] (n.d.); and a biography of Eli J. Capell [photocopy] which appeared in THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW (n.d.). Typescripts of plantation diary entries record inventories of slaves, live stock and equipment, daily tally of cotton picked by slaves, yearly distribution of clothing and tools to slaves, weight of cotton bales, and amount of cotton sold annually. Slave records list individual slaves by name.

1 linear ft.30 v.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.10 microfiche.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Rose Hill Agricultural and Horticultural Club.

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888.

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Eli J. Capell was a planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation, Amite County, Mississippi. He operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi, was married to Margaret, née Anderson, and had four children, Kate, Ophelia, Robert L., and Henry Clay. Robert L. Capell was a private in Captain Moses Jackson's company, the 33rd Regiment of the Mississippi Volunteers. Henry Clay Capell was an attorney in Centerville, Mississippi. Ophelia Capell attended Silliman Female Collegiate Institu...

Capell family.

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The Capell family were planters and merchants of Amite and Wilkinson Counties in Miss. Eli Jackson Capell, the son of Littleton Capell, was a planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation in Amite County. He operated a store near Rose Hill, Miss., and was married to Margaret, née Anderson. They had four children: Kate, Ophelia, Robert L., and Henry Clay. Robert L. died during his military service in the Confederate Army. Henry Clay was an attorney in Centerville, Miss. From the description of...

Capell, Henry Clay.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Capell, Littleton.

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