Foster, James, papers, 1857.

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Foster, James, papers, 1857.

Correspondence to commission merchants Hill McLane and Co. of New Orleans from Mississippi plantation owner James Foster concerns the prospects for his cotton and corn crops, provisions and the purchase of slaves.

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Mathews County, Va., merchant and shipbuilder. From the description of Papers : of James Foster, 1796-1832. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29489773 James Foster was a prisoner at the Alabama State Prison at Wetumpka, Ala. In 1901 James Foster wrote to Governor W.J. Samford and (after the governor's death) Governor W.D. Jelks requesting a pardon. To prove his worthiness to be considered he sent examples of his work as a photographer. Fr...