Grima family papers

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Grima family papers

1781-1923

https://archives.tulane.edu/repositories/3/resources/840

This collection consists of handwritten personal and business papers of Berthe, Felix, Alfred, and Edgar Grima, of New Orleans, La., their descendents, as well as many others. It contains documents originating in the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. Included are slave sale documents, land transactions, mortgage agreements, wills, tax receipts, succession suit material, business and personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, as well as financial ledgers and genealogical material. Notable correspondents include W. C. C. Claiborne, Judah P. Benjamin, and General James Wilkinson. Also included are personal and business papers of John Slidell.

5.5 linear feet (7 boxes and 8 v.)

fre, Latn

eng, Latn

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8005572

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817.

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William C. C. Claiborne practiced law in Tennessee and became judge of the Superior Court of Tennessee in 1796. He became governor of the Territory of Mississippi in 1801 and was appointed to receive Louisiana from France in 1803. He served as governor of the Territory of Orleans, 1803-1812, and as governor of the State of Louisiana, 1812-1816. From the description of William C.C. Claiborne letter book, 1804-1811 (bulk 1804-1805). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86142655 Gove...

Grima, Berthe.

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Grima, Alfred.

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Grima, Felix, 1798-1887

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Grima, Edgar.

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Grima family.

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The Grima family was a prominent and wealthy Creole family in Louisiana, with roots in Malta and France. From the description of Grima family papers, 1781-1923. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 701562515 ...

Slidell, John, 1793-1871

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to T.H. Herbert, Esq., 1856 12 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664032 Slidell was a Louisiana lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and as Confederate agent to France whose capture sparked the Trent affair. From the description of Legal answer, 1800s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 122558030 ...