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Duncan and Blackwell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-726
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the papers of various family members stemming from the Duncan and Blackwell family line. This includes materials from the Bias, Beane, Fontaine, Mitchell, and Tardy families as well as other connections. Materials include correspondence, diaries, family bibles, business papers (e.g., sale of cotton receipts), ledgers, estate records, bills of sale for enslaved persons, photographs, and other miscellaneous objects. The bulk of these materials come from the middle- to...
Dates:
1800-1950
Found in:
Manuscripts
Lenoir Plantation records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-585
Scope and Contents
The Lenoir Plantation records contain the personal and business records of the extended Lenoir family in Mississippi and Texas. There is a small amount of correspondence with family and friends, including some Civil War letters, along with other personal material. The largest proportion of the collection materials is concerned with the family’s business activities including financial correspondence, accounts and invoices, deeds, legal materials, and other documents pertaining to the land...
Dates:
1792 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1930
Found in:
Manuscripts
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- Bias, Elizabeth Duncan, 1858-1937 1
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