Foote family : papers, 1759-1987.

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Foote family : papers, 1759-1987.

1759-1987

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Papers include early correspondence, 1810-1877, between William Foote of Cedar Hill estate in Faquier County, Virginia, and his sons and grandsons who settled in the Mississippi Territory, Huntsville, Alabama, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, and those who remained in Virginia. Early correspondence concerns family matters; pioneering efforts; farming and the agricultural economy, including market prices for various goods, especially cotton, wheat, and flour; family businesses; discussions regarding the purchase of Indian lands and treaties; discussions on political views and on the doctrine of repudiation; and politics and government, including military news during the War of 1812, Mexican War, and Civil War. Later family correspondence, 1900-1937, pertains to poultry business of G.A. Foote and Son of Irvington, Ky., and includes personal correspondence from the families Gerard Alexander Foote and Edwin Cox Foote. Papers also include legal documents, such as wills, contracts, bonds, and agreements; land papers, 1798-1883; estate inventories; a Confederate military appointment; slave papers, 1824-1840; accounts, bills and receipts for personal and business transactions, 1789-1881; personal and business accounts of G.A. Foote and family, 1902-1918 and Edwin Cox Foote, 1915-1951; academic records; poetry; programs; broadsides; greeting cards; pig pedigree record book; poultry show tickets; miscellaneous printed material and family items; scrapbook; Foote family genealogical records; and newspaper clippings. Also included are papers of Henry Smith (Executor of Richard H. Foote's estate) and family which includes correspondence; day books and account books of Henry Smith, 1846-1883, containing a travel log descriptions of land lots, and accounts of produce and other goods; legal documents; land papers, 1836-1883; accounts, bills and receipts, 1855-1884; and papers about William G. Hunton's estate.

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