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Bill of laden for 103 bales of cotton shipped by L. T. Barret on the steam boat Adrienne to Wm Mansell in Shreveport for reshipment to J. W. Burbridge & Co. from New Orleans. Bill shows marks that identified each bale, 3/8/1869

 Item — Bundle: 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The L. T. Barret Collection compliments the more extensive Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers (A-5) by adding new documentation of L. T. Barret’s mercantile and farming pursuits, military service, masonry, and community service. While the collection consists primarily of bills, receipts and promissory notes issued and received by L. T. Barret and Thomas Jefferson Johnson, there is also business, family, military, and personal correspondence, advertising, slave contracts and legal documents.



Items researchers might find of particular interest include slave-hire contracts from 1841 and 1846, medical bills from Dr. Johnson for the treatment of slaves, the 1855 medical account of free black man James Jacobs with Dr. Johnson, an 1863 petition from Nacogdoches County families to the Confederate government for aid, an 1864 crop impressments broadside, an 1869 bill of laden for cotton shipments, and a declaration of duties and principles for the formation of an anti-black citizen vigilante group in Melrose, Texas.

Dates

  • Creation: 3/8/1869

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.60 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English