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ELISABETH K. DART COLLECTION Mss. 5023 Inventory

Compiled by Megan M. Atkinson

2013

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library

Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University

Revised 2017

ELISABETH K. DART COLLECTION Mss. 5023 1774, 1787-2005, undated LSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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CONTENTS OF INVENTORY

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE .......................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ....................................................................................... 5 LIST OF SUB-GROUPS, SERIES, AND SUBSERIES .................................................... 6 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................................. 7 INDEX TERMS ................................................................................................................ 11 CONTAINER LIST .......................................................................................................... 13

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SUMMARY

Size. 5.5 linear ft.; 9 volumes

Geographic locations.

St. Francisville, Louisiana; West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Inclusive dates. 1774, 1787-2005, undated

Language. English, Spanish, French

Summary. Elisabeth K. Dart (1932- ) was a historian in St. Francisville, Louisiana in West Feliciana Parish. This collection contains Dart’s manuscript and research materials used for her West Feliciana Parish research.

Restrictions on access.

Photographic negatives are restricted.

Related collections.

Elrie Robinson Collection. James M. Bradford Printing Specimens, Mss. 1723

Copyright. For those materials not in the public domain, copyright is retained by the descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. Copyright law.

Citation. Elisabeth K. Dart Collection, Mss. 5023, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.

Stack locations. Range 121:8-11


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BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE Elisabeth Kilbourne (1932- ) was a resident and local historian in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Elisabeth married Stephen Plauche Dart (1935-1993), an attorney with Kilbourne & Dart after 1954. The couple were descendants of prominent families in West Feliciana Parish and East Feliciana Parish. Elisabeth Dart was a member of the Louisiana Historical Association, President of the Friends of Oakley Plantation, and cofounder of the West Feliciana Historical Society. Dart wrote about West Feliciana subjects including "Working on the Railroad: The West Feliciana Railroad, 1828-1842" for the Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, biographies of notable figures for the Louisiana State Historical Society, and biographies for the Grace Cemetery tour, “Graveyard Tales”. For the West Feliciana Historical Society, she studied West Feliciana Parish genealogy, architecture, and history. West Feliciana Parish includes St. Francisville, historically the business and cultural district of the Parish and the capital of the Republic of West Florida, and Bayou Sara, an antebellum shipping port. Dart researched these locations and their history for various exhibits, lectures, and writings she did for the West Feliciana Historical Society. Elisabeth K. Dart moved to Portland, Oregon in the 1990s after her husband passed.


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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Elisabeth K. Dart collection (1774, 1787-2005, undated) contains manuscript and research materials used for exhibits, lectures, tours, and writing on West Feliciana Parish. Dart’s research into various West Feliciana Parish topics led her to collect original manuscripts and photographs from various West Feliciana Parish families. Dart’s personal ties to the West Feliciana Parish and her familial ties to the Kilbourne & Dart Law Firm also added to the collection. Manuscripts include deeds, correspondence, accounting records, legal papers, court cases, and receipts. Other records include published materials, copies of original materials, scrapbooks, photographs, notes, and exhibit text.


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LIST OF SUB-GROUPS, SERIES, AND SUBSERIES Series I. Elrie Robinson Collection of Printing and Typography, (1828-1898, circa 1990, undated) Series II. Manuscripts Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1774, 1796-1949, circa 2000, undated) Series III. Photographs Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1900-2005, undated) Series IV. Research and Exhibit Planning, (1787-2003, undated)

Subseries A. Doctors and Medicine, (1963, circa 2000, undated)

Subseries B. Free People of Color, (1832-1842, 1980-1984)

Subseries C. Jews and Jewish life, (1850-1916, 1981-circa 2003) Subseries D. West Feliciana Historical Society Vernacular Architecture Survey, (1969, 1975-1978)

Subseries E. West Feliciana Railroad from 1826 to 1845, (1897, 1931, 1982, undated)

Subseries F. West Florida Rebellion, (1787-1832, 1953, 1990-1993, undated)


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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS Series I. Elrie Robinson Collection of Printing and Typography, (1828-1898, circa 1990, undated) Elrie Robinson was born in Alvarado, Texas, and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1906. His wife, May E. Leake, was the editor and publisher of the St. Francisville newspaper, The True Democrat. She passed in 1925, but Elrie continued editing the newspaper. He also worked as a journalist, a printer, and was a historian of West Feliciana and printing. Robinson collected type and was an agent in the reappearance of 19th Century ornamental type. The Elrie Robinson Collection of Printing and Typography subseries (1828-1898, circa 1990, undated) mostly contains examples of printing and typography including tickets, advertising, orders, receipts, and rate cards. Other materials in the series relate to newspapers. The materials generally geographically reflect materials from West Feliciana Parish. This series is arranged in alphabetical order by type of document. Series II. Manuscripts Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1774, 1796-1949, circa 2000, undated The Manuscripts Relating to West Feliciana Parish series (1774, 1796-1949, circa 2000) contains manuscript collected by Elisabeth K. Dart or obtained by her from a family member associated with the records. These manuscripts are not directly associated with research topics in Series IV. Instead, they are individual records with the common subject being West Feliciana Parish. The series contains correspondence, debts, pawns, sales, petitions, successions, indentures, lottery tickets, minutes, receipts, wills, letters of tutorship, and accounting records. The majority of the materials are correspondence and most of the materials, including the correspondence, relate to public law. The series is arranged in alphabetical order according to last name, with the exception of court cases. There are a few materials arranged by document type. Series III. Photographs Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1900-2005, undated) The Photographs Relating to West Feliciana Parish series (1900-2005, undated) contains photographs of numerous structures in West Feliciana Parish, including plantations, houses, businesses, public buildings, churches, and cemeteries. The photographs also depict residents of West Feliciana and events held by the West Feliciana Historical Society, which Dart was involved in as a cofounder and as a historian. The majority of


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the photographs are black and white images, but there are also some postcards, printed artwork, a transparency, and pieces of scrapbooks. Of interest in this series is the compilation of St. Francisville photographs, descriptions, and published materials by Jim Murphy, particularly those documenting the Julius Freyhan School. Julius Freyhan, a Jewish resident of St. Francisville, married into the Wolf family. He and his wife’s reputation came from their donation that began St. Francisville’s first public school, the Julius Freyhan School. For more information on the Freyhan and Wolf family, see the Series IV, Subseries C. Jews and Jewish Life. Also of interest in this subseries is the Mrs. Robert E. Crump scrapbook, which contains pictures and descriptions of individuals, places, and West Feliciana life. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Series IV. Research and Exhibit Planning, (1787-2003, undated) The Research and Exhibit Planning series (1787-2003, undated) contains Dart’s personal research and her research performed for the West Feliciana Historical Society, which was used in the Society’s exhibits and lectures. The records in this series consist of manuscript materials related directly to the topics researched, as well as notes, exhibit text, and published materials related to the research. Subseries A. Doctors and Medicine, (1963, circa 2000, undated) The Doctors and Medicine subseries (1963, circa 2000, undated) contains research on yellow fever, midwifery, childbirth, and general medicine in Louisiana. It contains copies of medical texts from the earth 19th Century, published works, and Dart’s personal notes. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Subseries B. Free People of Color, (1832-1842, 1980-1984) The Free People of Color subseries (1832-1842, 1980-1984) contains research into Louisiana’s free people of color population, specifically in West Feliciana Parish. The subseries contains Dart’s notes and writings, as well as published articles, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts. The manuscripts are legal papers documenting cases including free people of color and property disputes. Dart utilized the research for writing a paper on the free people of color. She utilized the legal papers to examine what type of civil liberties free people of color maintained in legal disputes. Of specific interest in this subseries is Dart’s research into West Feliciana’s number of slave manumissions and research into West Feliciana’s free people of color. This research includes historical information regarding individual free people of color and freed slaves. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.


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Subseries C. Jews and Jewish Life, (1850-1916, 1981-circa 2003) The Jews and Jewish Life series (1850-1916, 1981-circa 2003) contains Dart’s research for a West Feliciana Historical Society exhibit. The research explores Jewish life in West Feliciana, particularly Bayou Sara, and includes genealogical studies of prominent Jewish families including Freyhan, Meyers, Wolf, Carter, Smith, Rosenthal, and Burgas. Many of these families were general merchandisers. The records included in this series are receipts from these various general merchandisers, published materials, notes, and exhibit text. Of specific interest in this subseries is the material related to Julius Freyhan, “Freyhan, Julius and M. & E. Wolf Realty and Investments research” and the Freyhan and Wolf genealogy. Freyhan married into the Wolf family, and he and his wife’s reputation came from their donation that started St. Francisville’s first public school, the Julius Freyhan School. For more information on the school and images, see the folder titled “Murphy's, Jim photographs of Saint Francisville with text” in the Series III. Photographs Relating to West Feliciana Parish. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Subseries C. West Feliciana Historical Society Vernacular Architecture Survey, (1969, 1975-1978) This subseries contains the West Feliciana Historical Society Vernacular Architecture Survey (1969, 1975-1978) completed by Dart. The survey includes photographic and textual documentation of numerous local buildings such as dwellings, dependencies, churches, halls, and commercial buildings. Dart completed the survey for the West Feliciana Historical Society exhibit of the same name. The records include photographs, negatives, contact sheets, research on housing, and hand drawn floor plans. The photographs depict architectural features such as carpentry and masonry. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Subseries D. West Feliciana Railroad from 1826 to 1845, (1897, 1931, 1982, undated) The West Feliciana Railroad from 1826 to 1845 subseries (1897, 1931, 1982, undated) contains research Dart used for her article "Working on the Railroad: The West Feliciana, 1828-1842" in the Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association in 1984. The subseries contains notes, transcriptions of manuscript materials, correspondence pertaining to the article and research, and published materials. Dart began researching the railroad, which stretched from St. Francisville to Woodville, Mississippi, at the approximate time of its 150th anniversary in 1978. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.


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Subseries E. West Florida Rebellion, (1787-1832, 1953, 1990-1993, undated) In 1810, English speaking residents in the Spanish territory of West Florida removed Spanish authorities from the territory in a rebellion in Baton Rouge. The dissenters established a Convention and government and called the area the West Florida Republic, which included the area east of the Mississippi and Baton Rouge. The rebellion started when dissenters attacked Baton Rouge on September 23, 1810. The governor of the territory of West Florida for Spain, Governor Delassus, surrendered. The Convention of the West Florida Republic named Fulwar Skipwith governor, William C. C. Clairborne Army Commander, and the capital St. Francisville. The Convention of the West Florida Republic petitioned President Madison for annexation, but Madison believed the Republic to be part of the original Louisiana Purchase and ordered Governor William C. C. Clairborne to take possession on December 10, 1810. The West Florida Rebellion subseries (1787-1832, 1953, 1990-1993, undated) contains Dart’s research for the West Feliciana Historical Society exhibit of the same topic. This research includes correspondence, deeds, and legal papers relating to the rebellion as well as Dart’s personal notes, exhibit text, published materials, and copies of original documents. The manuscripts include correspondence from the Convention of the West Florida Republic, William C. C. Clairborne, Governor Charles Dehault Delassus, John Rhea, Philemon Thomas, and Thomas Estevan. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.


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INDEX TERMS Materials relating to these people, places, and things can be found in the series indicated, as represented by their numbers. Printing--United States. I Robinson, Elrie. I West Feliciana Parish (La.) I-IV Historians--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. I, IV Slaves--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II Rural landowners--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II, III West Feliciana Parish (La.)--Rural conditions. II, III Sociology, Rural--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II, III Bayou Sara (La.) II, III, IV-C West Feliciana Parish (La.) II, III, IV Saint Francisville (La.) II, III, IV Dwellings--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. III, IV-D Small cities--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. III, IV-D Plantation life--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II Plantation owners--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II Plantation owners' spouses--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. II Cemeteries--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. III Church buildings--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. III Plantations--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. III Oakley Plantation (La.) III


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West Feliciana Historical Society.

IV

Museum labels. IV Museum exhibits--Louisiana. IV Medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States. IV-A Medicine--History--19th century. IV-A Free African Americans--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish IV-B General stores--Louisiana--Saint Francisville. IV-C Jews, German--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. IV-C Jewish families--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. IV-C Jews--Genealogy. IV-C Vernacular architecture--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. IV-D Architectural photography--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. IV-D Vernacular photography--Louisiana--West Feliciana Parish. IV-D West Feliciana Rail Road Company. IV-E Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842. IV-F Florida Parishes (La.) IV-F Baton Rouge (La.)--History--19th century. IV-F Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821. IV-F West Florida--History--19th century. IV-F


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CONTAINER LIST

Stack Location

Box Folders Contents with dates

Series I. Elrie Robinson Collection, (1828-1898, circa 1990, undated)

121:8 1

1 Advertising purchase from Feliciana Baptist Church for the Louisiana Journal, (1828)

2 Banquet ticket tendered by Hugh C. Irish Camp No. 8, Washington Hall, Patterson, New Jersey, (1889)

3 Bill from the Governor of Louisiana (Pierre Augustine Derbigny) to the Louisiana Journal, (1829 February 15)

4 Bill of Lading for a bookstore package, (1847)

5 Checks from Bank of Louisiana, (1832, 1838)

6 Checks from Citizen Savings Bank and National Bank of Jefferson, Texas, (1870s)

7 Correspondence from W. W. Leake Jr. and Hampton R. Singleton to J. B. McGehee, (1894 June 28, 1894 September 6)

8 Correspondence to John McKouen regarding slave uprising in East Feliciana, includes mention of Fugitive Slave Act, (1850 October 9)

9 Correspondence to the Louisiana Journal from Robert J. Walker, bill and receipt for printing election pamphlets, (1828 November 1)

10 Death notice for Winnie Davis, (1898 September 19) 121:11 12 6 Deed of the Feliciana Ledger from August 10, 1868

(electronic copy), 2013 121:8 1 11 Election notice for a judge printed in French and English,

(1855)

12 Insert note signed J. A. Kelly, (1847 May)

13 Inventory of collection with notes compiled by Elisabeth K. Dart (some missing), (circa 1990)

14 List of sales from Thomas W. Scott to the Feliciana Advertiser, (1829-1839)

15 Newspaper clipping advertising Woodlawn Stock Farm mules, J. B. McGehee, (undated)

16 Newspaper clipping regarding states misuse of funds for printing, (circa 1868)

17 Order for caps for Confederate soldiers from Captain Fuqua to Provost [Marshall?], (1862)

18 Order for printing from the police jury of West Feliciana to the Bayou Sara Ledger, (1862)


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121:8 1 19 Order to publish the succession of Fannie Hendricks, (1866 April 29)

20 Payment to W. M. Combs sent to J. A. Parkison from J. A. Kelly, (1843 April)

21 Permission to leave slip from the C.S. [Confederate States] Naval Station, (1860s)

22 Photograph of Print shop, (undated) 23 Print of "The Presidents of Our Great Republic," presidents

from 1789 to 1861 surrounding a picture of the White House, (circa 1860)

24 Public meeting notice for printing from Judge Butler to George Bepett for the Asylum, (1824)

25 Publication notice for a family paper to be released at the church fair in Mount Washington, Massachusetts, (1832)

26 Receipt from E.D. Willis to James A. Vunce, (1869 October 3)

27 Receipts from newspapers, (1873, 1887)

28 Receipts from various Louisiana and Mississippi

establishments, (1870s)

29 Subscription to The Phoenix and the Louisiana Chronicle sent

to Thomas Butler, (1832, 1841)

30 Tacoma Street Railway of 1889 picture, Walter's 1897 Press,

Tacoma, Washington, (circa 1897)

31 Rate cards for the True Democrat, (undated)

Series II. Manuscripts Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1774, 1796-1949, circa 2000, undated)

121:8 1 32 Barrens of Kentucky at Paduca, correspondence praising from 1831 (copy), (undated)

33 Barrow, Barth to Judge John B. Dawson, correspondence regarding death at Johnson Plantation, (1836)

34 Benjamin, Lewis from [H. Toler], correspondence regarding trip to town because writer is incapable of walking, (1817 June 27)

35 Boyd, John deposition regarding James W. Howard taking slaves with promise of freedom and other means, (1825 January 15)

36 Bradford, James M. to Hugh W. Hawes, pawn of the Louisiana Journal, (1827 February 2)

37 Bradford, memoranda book regarding sale of bacon, flour, oil, and whiskey, (1837)


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121:8 1 38 [Bradfourd], Edmond to John Sulser, receipt for coffin, (1825 December 4)

39 Brown, Joseph to Elisabeth Bitterman, petition for letters of tutorship, (1829 May 11)

40 Brown, Mary estate including cotton bales, (1831 February 5)

41 Butler, Ann and Thomas Butler estate, (1857 July 29)

42 Collins, B. and Mary Johnson, debts, (1815, 1817) 121:10 Vol. 1 Collins, J. Hunter account book, (1844-1856) 121:8 1 43 Collins, William affidavit regarding land claims, Parker

Carradine Sr. gave boundaries (1824 June 23)

44 Correspondence (copy), (undated) 45 Correspondence, (transcribed) regarding debts from 1867-

1871, (undated) 121:10 Vol. 2 "Correspondence with My Son, Henry Kirk White Muse" by

J. H. Muse from the Robert H. Barrow library, (1858) 121:8 1 46 Courajou, Laurent to John Lillotson, pawn of furniture, (1840)

47 Coyle, Hugh to Jonah Miller, indenture, (1806, 1810)

48 Dalton, Samuel Sr. succession of [1 of 4], (1805-1808)



51 Dalton, Samuel Sr. succession of [4 of 4], (1805-1808) 121:10 Vol. 3 [Dart, John] petitions, contracts, wills, sales, (1904-1914) 121:8 1 52 Dobbs, Henry M. and William H., agreement of co-

partnership, (1831 October 18)

53 Dunbar, Ann E. and M. Dunbar to William H. Tabor, letters

of tutorship, (1831 May 3)

54 Dunbar, Joseph letters of curatorship petition in the

succession of Henry Drake, (1819 November 27)

55 Dunbar, William to Courtland Smith, receipt for blacksmith

services, (1828 March 8)

56 Estevan, Thomas regarding Antonio Nolasco (1810

September 1)

57 Evrard, Laurent to L. W. Low, pledge of a billiard table,

(1838 April 5)

58 Flower and Finley to Rebecca Smith, correspondence

regarding cotton sale, (1816) 59 Fournier succession fragment detailing requirements the

widow needs to succeed to her husband's succession, (undated)

60 Getzendanner, John of Maryland to I. L. R. Quay, warranty for slaves, (1829 August 11)

61 Gilbert, John P. from Job Clark, request regarding debt and Eliza Barrow's wedding, (1828 December 21)


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121:8 1 62 Haggerty, James process verbal of the sale of the real property belonging to the succession, (1819 October 16)

63 Hogeland, Henry and Aaron Gorham, assault and battery, (1798, 1804)

64 Hogeland, Henry and Aaron Gorham, assault and battery, (1807)

65 Holcombe, O.H. Bond and John Millier for payment of purchase of a shot gun bought at Constable's Sale of Ann Maria Curtis (1823 September 10)

121:11 Folder 1 John Ladlock v. Mathew Bethany, (1840) 121:8 1 66 Johnson, Isaac estate bill from William [Gayoso] Johnson,

(1820 July 27) 67 Johnson, John H. from George Kavenaugh, correspondence

regarding land purchased by William B. Stewart from Henry Williams in association with the Barney Higgins Succession, (1811 May 22)

68 Johnson, John H. sale of lots [1 of 3], (1809-1823)



71 Jones, Francis notes, deeds, and accounts [1 of 3], (1800-

1813)


1813)


1813)

74 Jones, Francis succession, overseer accounts, (1810-1813)

75 Judge Fields vs. Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, (1910s)

76 Karr, de Lafayette account book with Ezekiel or wood sold for steam boats, cotton picked, and supplies purchased in Bayou Tunica, (1833-1835)

77 Kavenaugh estate appraisal contract from Joseph Flower, (1816 July 27)

121:10 Vol. 4 Kilbourne, James H. correspondence book with income and expenditures, (1922-1938)

Vol. 5 Kilbourne, Joseph expenditures and income book, (1942-1969)

Vol. 6 [Kilbourne, Joseph] poetry scrapbook on Ravenswood ledger, (1906-1924)

121:8 1 78 Lane, William B. to William B. Barrow, correspondence regarding debt owed to a relative, (1824 April 19)

121:10 Vol. 7 Lawrason and Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company, (1901)


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121:8 1 79 Lawrason, Judge Samuel McCutchon correspondence, (1890, undated)

80 Lawrason, Judge Samuel McCutchon correspondence from a soldier at Camp Pike, Arkansas regarding a quarantine, (1919 September 20)

81 Lawrason, Judge Samuel McCutchon correspondence regarding Joseph Stern, Matt Gilmore, and a mule, (1901)

121:10 Vol. 8 Lawrason, Judge Samuel McCutchon Latin and law studies book, (1869-1870, 1899)

121:8 1 82 Lee, Samuel B. estate, (1826 October 24)

83 Lottery ticket, (1822 May 22)

84 Lottery ticket for Union Canal, (1859)

85 Lynch, Bernard J. and Middleton Flanning, affidavit

regarding slave of William Leake, (1830)

86 Marbury, Leonard succession (copy), (undated)

87 Marbury, Leonard succession documents signed by the Carlos

de Grand Pre, (1799)

88 Marbury, Leonard, Patrick Teygart, and James Chaney,

County Clerk records (copy), (circa 2000)

89 Marks, Francis to Charles S. Lobdell, pawn of a slave, (1832

December 13)

90 Marks, Francis to John B. Dawson and David Flower, pawn

of a billiard table, (1828 August 7)

91 McGary, Hornor, & Durant to R. K. Howell, correspondence

regarding claim, (1885 December 4)

92 Mills, Gilbert Land near St. Francisville granted by the

Spanish government," (undated)

93 Nathaniel W. Pope vs. Joseph L. Finley, transcript of court

minutes in appeal, (1824 January 12)

94 Nebhan, Namie to J. Offner, receipt, (undated)

95 Nolan, Philip (Felipe de Noland) correspondence, wills, deeds, and accounts [1 of 3], (1774, 1796-1800, 1823)



121:10 Vol. 9 Notaries record of deeds etc. passed, [Tuboune, Joseph M.], (1939-1949)

121:8 1 98 O'Connor, John will (original and codicil), (1807, 1818, 1827)

99 Oliver Diggs Firm, petition, (1902 March 18)


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121:8 1 100 P., E. S. (Brother in Law William Fallender) to Judge Thomas Butler (Princeton, New Jersey) correspondence regarding debt, (1827 July 14)

101 Pentard, J. M. sundry account, (circa 1820) 121:11 12 6 Pirrie, Lucy succession from 1833 (electronic copy), 2013 121:8 1 102 Receipts and debts, (1817-1883)

103 Reily Brothers to Flower and King, correspondence regarding debt and cotton, (1891 July 31)

104 Russel, Robert to Bennet Barrow receipt for tavern bill, (1827 January 4)

105 "Sacred to the Memory of the Four Kittens of Rosa M[ou]ser, (1883 June)

106 Scurlock, Benjamin (Curator of the Glasscock estate) petition for the sale of a horse and buggy, (1820 March 3)

121:11 12 6 State ex relatione Bertrand Haralson vs. E. J. Barrow judgment, writ for returns, and petition from 1896 October (electronic copy), 2013

121:8 1 107 Stewart, Duncan affidavit, (1869 December)

108 Tabor, Isaac, fieri faecis against (1837 March 18)

109 Thomas, Lewis to F. Knoll, pledge including grogshop,

tumblers, and decanters, (1841) 110 Thompson, Cecilia A. to Johnathan B. Dawson and John H.

Monroe, pawn of flatboat, (1834 February 7)

111 Watkins, M. D. to John Perkins and Henry Perkins, pawn of

household goods, (1832 June 6)

112 Weeks, William order of powder and paper, (1812 October

18)

113 Weems, J. J. debt, (undated)

114 Weems, J. J. order for one keg of butter, (1835 November 29)

115 Wickliffe, Robert C. checks, (1911-1912)

Series III. Photographs Relating to West Feliciana Parish, (1900-2005, undated)

121:9 3 1 Afton Villa, (undated)

2 Afton Villa, Church Choir at Gardens, (1976)

3 Afton Villa, Margaret Wallace Christian on Piano, (undated)

4 Almena Kilbourne and her mother, Emma Holcombe Kilbourne, (1900s)

5 Baseball team, Fat and Lean, (undated)

6 Bayou Sara [1 of 2], (1920-circa 1995)

7 Bayou Sara [2 of 2], (1920-circa 1995)


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121:9 3 8 Bayou Sara Post Office, Ruffin B. Barrow photograph (copy of photograph), (circa 2005)

9 Businesses, municipal buildings, (1970, 1974, undated)

10 Camp Stafford battalion, (1912 July)

11 Catalpa Plantation, (1970)

12 Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana and Louis Lester,

(undated)

13 Clinton Courthouse and Lawyers' Row, (1966 October)

14 Como Plantation, (1960 April)

15 Cottage Plantation, (1970)

16 Country Houses and Plantations, (1940s, undated) 4 1 Court House, Bicentennial Oak, (1976)

2 Court House, West Feliciana, (1940s, undated)

3 Creeks and bayous, (circa 1960, 1970 October, undated)

4 Dart, John E. gravestone and fence with sign to Pilgrim Rest,

(undated)

5 Ellerslie Plantation, (1960 April)

121:11 12 1 Fairview Plantation, [Chiston] folks weighing cotton, (1900) 121:9 4 6 Garden Party, (undated)

7 General scenes, (undated)

8 Grace Episcopal Church organ, (1970)

9 Grace Episcopal Church postcard and Saint Francisville

churches stamps, (undated) 10 Grace Episcopal Church tomb and cemetery, (1993, undated)

11 Grace Episcopal Church vestry, (1947)

12 Grace Episcopal Church yard and cemetery, (1970)

13 Greenwood Plantation, (1959 June, circa 1970)

14 Historic homes tour and newspaper clippings, (circa 2005)

15 Houses in Saint Francisville, (1936, 1964, 1995, undated)

16 Houses in Saint Francisville, (1948)

17 Independence Church, (1960 April)

18 Kilbourne and Dart Law Offices, (1970, undated)

19 Kilbourne Family, (1933, undated)

20 Kilbourne's, J. H. photographs and scrapbook pieces [1 of 2],

(1904, circa 2005, undated)

21 Kilbourne's, J. H. photographs and scrapbook pieces [2 of 2],

(1904, circa 2005, undated)

22 Kilbourne's, J. H. photographs: Railroad depot on Wakefield

Road, oil mill, Thompson's Creek, Fort Adams, and the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company, (1927, 1936, undated)


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121:9 4 23 Laurel Hill Plantation, (1970)

24 Locust Grove Cemetery, (1959 August)

5 1 Louisiana State University Pentagon Barracks and Cadet Corps, (1976?)

121:11 12 2 L. P. Kilbourne, druggist hunting, (circa 1909)

3 L. P. Kilbourne Drugstore around 1909, (1994)

121:9 5 2 Market Hall, (1993 December)

3 Market Hall with Masons, (undated)

4 Masonic Hall and Masons, Ruffin B. Barrow photograph (copy of photograph), (circa 2005)

5 Masonic Hall, Krewe of Proteus invitation, Centenary College, Royal Street, general East Feliciana Parish, (circa 1890, undated)

6 Mattie Perkins, M. Martin, F. Golsau, and Dolly Harelson, (circa 1960)

7 Militia unit, (undated)

8 Murphy's, Jim photographs of Saint Francisville with text

(including Julius Freyhan School) [1 of 2], (circa 2005)

9 Murphy's, Jim photographs of Saint Francisville with text

(including Julius Freyhan School) [2 of 2], (circa 2005)

10 Oakland Plantation, (1966, undated)

11 Oakley Lane and road in front of Catalpa on Highway 61, (circa 1970)

12 Oakley Plantation party, (1904, 1907 August) 13 Olivia Price's House, (1970) 14 Percy Cemetery, Weyanoke, Dietrich Hall gravestone and

lane leading to plantation, (1970)

15 Pilgrimage Party at Beech Grove given by Jules and Frances

Landry, (1972) 16 Point Coupee bachelors, (undated)

17 Portraits, (undated)

18 Postcards, (circa 1900, undated)

19 Propinquity, (1970, undated) 6 1 Quonset Hut House, (1950s)

2 Quonset Hut House of Ancoins, (undated)

3 Raynham House, (circa 1960, undated)

4 Rosebank Plantation, (1972 February)

5 Ruffin B. Barrow's photographs, theater casts from 1905 (copy of photograph), (circa 2005)

6 Rural Homestead, (1970)

7 Saint Francisville Church dinner in Jackson Hall celebrating

first church, (1950s)


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121:9 6 8 Saint James Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge, with Young People's Service League, (1947)

9 Saint John's Episcopal Church, (1970)

10 Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, (undated)

11 Saint Paul's Episcopal Church postcard, (1962) 8 1 Scrapbook photographs negatives Do Not Page(pictures of

pictures), (undated) 121:11 11 1 Seabrook transparency, (undated)

12 4 Stocking house with Mehitable S. Howell, Eugenia S. Kilbourne, Eloise Burnette, Eliska Bates, Eugenie Bates Mattherne, (1937)

121:9 6 12 Stocking yard after storm and stocking quarters, (undated) 121:11 11 2 Stracener, William watercolor prints of plantation and horses,

(undated) 121:9 6 13 Sunshine Le Jeune birthday party, (circa 2005) 121:11 12 5 Tombs from a possible family cemetery, (circa 2000) 121:9 6 14 Tourist Appreciation Day, Town Hall, Audubon Hall, (1965

August 12)

15 Tourist Appreciation Day, Town Hall, Audubon Hall, (1966

August)

16 Tunica Saw Mill and Lumber Yard, (1960s)

17 Virginia House, Royal Street, (circa 1939, 1963, 1964, 1970, undated)

18 Waverly Plantation photographs with children and couple, (circa 1860)

8 2 West Feliciana Historical Society museum reception, (1971 April 18)

6 19 West Feliciana Historical Society and people, (1970s)

20 West Feliciana Historical Society reenactment, pilgrimage,

and exhibit photographs contact sheets, (1990s) 8 3 West Feliciana Historical Society reenactment, pilgrimage,

and exhibit photographs negatives, Do Not Page (1990s) 7 1 West Feliciana scrapbook by Mrs. Robert E. Crump [1 of 4],

(1914-1958)

2 West Feliciana scrapbook by Mrs. Robert E. Crump [2 of 4],

(1914-1958)


(1914-1958)


(1914-1958)

5 Weyanoke Plantation, (1959)


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121:9 7 6 Wilcox, Juanita, Royal Street, and Eudalia Mathew's home in 1911, (circa 2005)

7 Wildwood Plantation, (1970) Collection Negatives (Do Not Page)

121:10 10 1 Catalpa Plantation, (1970) 2 Centenary College and Louis Lester, (undated) 3 Tourist Appreciation Day, (1965) 4 Tourist Appreciation Day, (1966) 5 Barrow House portrait of John Barrow and Belle M. Barrow

(negative only), (undated) 6 Como Plantation portraits, (1963 February 24)

Series IV. Research and Exhibit Planning, (1787-2003, undated) Subseries A. Doctors and Medicine, (1963, circa 2000, undated)

121:8 1 116 Medical book excerpts on puerperal fever and cancer of the

uterus from 1819 and 1847 (copy), (circa 2000)

117 Medical journal by David Todd from [1746] (copy) [1 of 2],

(circa 2000)

118 Medical journal by David Todd from [1746] (copy) [2 of 2],

(circa 2000)

119 Yellow fever, (1963, undated)

120 Yellow fever, (circa 2000)

121 Yellow fever and Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in

Louisiana Volume 1 and 2 (copies), (circa 2000) Subseries B. Free People of Color, (1832-1842, 1980-1984)

121:8 1 122 Bullard and Thomas vs. Mary Ann Briton (Free Woman of Color), (1838-1839)

123 Cage, James D. to E. R. Davis, deed, (1907 October 3)

124 Henry S. Risley vs. George Britton (Free man of Color),

(1841-1842)

125 Imla Keep vs. Keziah Middleton (Free woman of color),

(1832-1834)

126 Research file [1 of 2], (1980-1984)

127 Research file [2 of 2], (1980-1984)

128 Research File and notes [1 of 2], (circa 1984)

129 Research File and notes [1 of 2], (circa 1984)

130 Research File and notes regarding Free People of Color from

1785 to 1830, (circa 1984)


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2 1 Sylvia Chew (Free Women of Color) and Isaac Chew (Free Man of Color) vs. Isaac Wright, (1840-1842)

2 William Marbury vs. James Rucker, (1838) Subseries C. Jews and Jewish life, (1850-1916, 1981-circa 2003)

121:8 2 3 Bayou Sara business and merchants research and receipts from merchants [1 of 2], (1850-1908, 1994)

4 Bayou Sara business and merchants research and receipts from merchants [2 of 2], (1850-1908, 1994)

5 Early New Orleans Jews research: Mansanto, Hyams, and Barnett, (1988, circa 1994)

6 Family Tree: Joseph Meyer and Jacob Wolf, (circa 2003)

7 Family Tree: Robert (King) Carter, Isaac Brown Smith, and

Maurice Rosenthal, (circa 2003)

8 Freyhan, Julius and M. & E. Wolf Realty and Investments

research [1 of 2], (1914, 1981, 1984, circa 1994)

9 Freyhan, Julius and M. & E. Wolf Realty and Investments

research [2 of 2], (1914, 1981, 1984, circa 1994)

10 Goldman, Hannah succession, (1915-1916, 1999)

11 Hebrew Rest Cemetery inscriptions, (circa 2003)

12 Research and exhibit text, (1982-circa 2003)

13 Research and exhibit text, (circa 2003)

14 Rosenthal and Burgas research, (circa 1994)

15 Temple Sinai research, (circa 2003) Subseries D. West Feliciana Historical Society Vernacular Architecture Survey,

(1969, 1975-1978)

121:9 9 1 Contact sheets, (circa 1976) 121:8 2 16 General file with map of properties, (1969, 1975-1978) 121:9 9 2 Photographs [1 of 3], (1976 August)

3 Photographs [2 of 3], (1976 August)

4 Photographs [3 of 3], (1976 August)

Photograph rolls description notebook, (1976 August) 8 4 Negatives, Do Not Page (1976)

121:8 2 17 Research for housing styles, (circa 1976)

18 Worksheets for dwellings, dependencies, churches and halls,

and commercial buildings [1 of 2], (1975-1977)

19 Worksheets for dwellings, dependencies, churches and halls,

and commercial buildings [1 of 2], (1975-1977)


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Subseries E. West Feliciana Railroad from 1826 to 1845, (1897, 1931, 1982,

undated)

121:11 12

6 Copy of letter to the directors from December 29, 1836 (electronic copy), 2013

6 Hereford, J. B. contract from 1845 (electronic copy), 2013 121:11 12 6

Map of railroad tracing from circa 1982 (electronic copy), 2013

121:8 2 20 McGehee, J. B. to Samuel McCutchon Lawrason, (1897 March 3)

21 Research file and notes [1 of 4], (1931, 1982, undated)




25 Text draft, (circa 1982) Subseries F. West Florida Rebellion, (1787-1832, 1953, 1990-1993, undated)

121:8 2 26 Act of Relinquishment and Confirmation by the Heirs of John H. Johnson to James Bradford, (1832 October 20)

Vault:1

Address to David Holmes from the Convention, (undated) Vault:1

Clairborne, William C. C. to John Rhea, correspondence regarding the papers of former syndics, (1811 September 3)

Vault:1

The Convention to Governor Charles Dehault Delassus, correspondence, (1810 August 28)

121:8 2 27 The Convention to Governor Charles Dehault Delassus, correspondence (draft, preservation copy) from 1810 October 16, (circa 2009)

Vault:1

The Convention to Governor Charles Dehault Delassus, correspondence (1810)

Vault:1

The Convention to Governor Charles Dehault Delassus, correspondence with demands (1810 August 15

121:8 2 28 The Convention reports to the inhabitants of the jurisdiction of Baton Rouge (with transcription), (circa 1810, undated)

Vault:1

Delassus, Governor Charles Dehault to the Convention, (1810 September 12)

121:8 2 29 Dissenters research notes, (circa 1990) 121:11 11 3 Estevan, Thomas to Antonio Nolasco, sale lot 1 square 11,

(1810 September 1) 121:8 2 30 General soil map of West Feliciana Parish (copy), (circa

1990)


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31 Haynies, Martin L. commission as Surgeon General of the Commonwealth of Florida, (1810 November 17)

32 Herries, William to the Convention of Delegates of the People of Upper Florida, (1810 August 12)

33 Holmes, David to John Rhea, correspondence, (1810 September 30)

34 Illustration from exhibit, (circa 1993) 121:11 11 4 Johnson, John H. deed prepared by Lewis and Carpenter,

(1809)

5 Johnson, John H. statement certifying that John Breeding was

employed to make a wagon cover, (1811) 121:8 2 35

Ker, David to John Steele, correspondence regarding politics from 1800 (transcription only), (circa 1990)

36 Kimball, Frederick letters from Louisiana State University special collection from 1810 research notes (copy), (circa 1990)

37 "Letters relating to the West Florida War (1810-1812) Procured through Charles Gustavo Soniat" history (no letters), (undated)

121:11 11 6 Lewis, William lot survey for Lewis and Carpenter, account for feeding troops (copy), and deed from John H. Johnson to Lewis and Carpenter, (1809, circa 1990)

121:8 2 38 Memorial to Congress regarding land claims from 1812 (copy), (circa 1990)

39 Newspaper clippings, (1953)

40 Receipt for Convention for items supplied to John Rhea and

Stephen Winters from 1810 September (copy), (circa 1990)

41 R[im]per, Reuben to Philip Hickey, correspondence regarding

Baton Rouge from 1811 March 21 (copy), (circa 1990)

42 Schroder, Margaret and William Williams, genealogy

research, (1993) 121:11 11 7 Smith, Captain James account with John Breeding, (1810

December) 121:8 2 43 Spanish Justice, deeds, and petitions of Thomas Estevan and

others [1 of 2], (1787-1810)

44 Spanish Justice, deeds, and petitions of Thomas Estevan and

others [2 of 2], (1787-1810)

45 Spears, Abraham to the Convention, correspondence, (1810

October 10)

46 Suit over lot sold to James Willet (Santiago Willet) to John H.

Johnson (Juan H. Johnson) from 1809 (copy), (circa 1990)

47 Teygart, Patrick (Patricio Tegart) succession, (1807)


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48 Thomas, Brigadier General Philemon Thomas correspondence, (1810 October 10-1810 October 16)

49 Williams, Benjamin O. to John Rhea, correspondence, (1810 September 22)

50 Winter, Step[hen] to the President and the Convention, (1810 October 5, 1810 October 9

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