James Madison Wells papers, 1865-1899.

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James Madison Wells papers, 1865-1899.

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Papers consist of receipts (1865, 1876), a promissory note (undated), cabinet cards (1833, undated) and death notices (1899) of Wells and Mary Scott Wells.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7997594

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Wells, Mary Ann Scott, 1818-1899.

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Wells, James Madison, 1808-1899

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Born near Alexandria, La., in 1808, James Madison Wells was the son of Samuel Levi Wells II, a member of the Louisiana constitutional convention in 1811. After completing his education at St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Ky., and at Cincinnati Law School, Wells returned to Louisiana to manage his family's plantations. He married Mary Ann Scott in 1833. Wells was an active Whig but transferred his allegiance to the Democratic Party after the Whig Party's collapse in the 1850s, supporting Stephe...