Manuscript Resources on The History of New Orleans Before the Civil War
This guide to manuscripts collections on the history of New Orleans before 1861 covers topics such as trade and shipping; cotton and sugar; the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans; the Mexican War; and art, opera, plays and literature in New Orleans. It includes the records of residents of and visitors to New Orleans, planters, physicians, attorneys, politicians, soldiers, clergymen, educators, merchants, factors and commission merchants, banks, and businesses located in New Orleans and other states.
Materials represented in this guide include land deeds and sales, slave sales, bills of lading, papers (personal, financial, legal, business), educational materials, personal and business correspondence, diaries, poems, sheet music, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
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Sears, Paul. Papers, 1835. 2 items. Location: Misc.:S. Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana. Sale of slave by Sears to William H. White and certification by recorder of mortgages. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 387. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, African Americans
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Sebastopol Plantation. Documents, 1858, 1859. 2 items. Location: Misc.:S. Sale (notarized copies) of Sebastopol Plantation and slaves in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, from Ulger Henry Lauve of New Orleans to Henry Van Bibber al Trust in 1958. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 725. |
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Segret, Jean Baptiste. Document, 1785 1785 Oct. 11.. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. Legal document pertaining to a business contract between Jean Baptiste Segret and Jean Reynaud of New Orleans, Louisiana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1652. Referenced in Guides: Spanish, New Orleans to 1861
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Sevey, William. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. New Orleans, Louisiana, commission merchant. Letter from Sevey to a friend. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 222. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, Business
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Seymour, William H. Papers, 1796-1951 (bulk 1818-1917). 162 items. Location: U:164, M:18, OS:S. Judge and collector of historical material in New Orleans, Louisiana. Letters, documents, broadsides, newspaper clippings, and related items. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2200, 2201. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, New Orleans 1866-
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Shaw, Gabriel. Letters, 1802 June 22. 2 items. Location: Misc.:S. New York merchant. Letters from Shaw to William Meredith relative to his servant Ceasar, a free African American who had accompanied him to New Orleans. In New Orleans the servant was driven to insanity, a result of absence from his family and fear of the Louisiana climate. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3083. |
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Sheet music collection, 1826-1912. 53 items, 2 vols. Location: 65:. Sheet music, popular and sacred, some illustrated, printed, composed, or sold in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. Mss. 2600-73. |
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Shlenker-Hirsch-Moyse family. Papers, 1878-1949, (bulk 1878-1896, 1907-1909, 1941-1949). 50 items, 2 volumes. Location: W:13. Jewish families of Mississippi and Louisiana. Correspondence, photographs, printed items, and two scrapbooks concern family matters, business life, and personal and social activities, particularly the wedding of Carrie Shlenker and Jacob Hirsch. Newspaper clippings also relate to the activities of the prominent Texas Rabbi Henry Cohen. Other items include Jewish-themed, printed illustrations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4911. Referenced in Guides: Religion, New Orleans to 1861, Women, New Orleans 1866-, Education, Business, Natchez, Mississippi, Jewish Community
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Shute, Dora. Autograph book, 1804-1918 (bulk 1862-1865). 1 vol. Location: J:5. Volume of inscribed and inserted autographs of Confederate military and political leaders and others, apparently compiled mostly in New Orleans from 1862-1865. Volume also includes several Civil War letters collected by Shute and two addressed to her. Available on microfilm 5750: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 31. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 791. Referenced in Guides: Politics, New Orleans to 1861, Women, New Orleans in the Civil War, New Orleans 1866-, Civil War
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Siddall, John. Letter, 1850 Dec. 3. 1 letter. Location: Misc. John Siddall of New Orleans, La., writes to John W. Campbell of Jackson, Tenn., regarding the state of the cotton trade and the methods of commission merchants in New Orleans and Memphis, Tenn. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4009. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, Business
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