Postlethwaite family papers [manuscript]
By: Postlethwaite family
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Contributor(s): Postlethwaite, A. J. (Alexander James).
Material type: 
Mixed materialsOrganization and Arrangement of Materials: .Description: 0.66.Subject(s): Postlethwaite family -- Archives | Merchants -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Steamboats -- Mississippi River -- Archival resources | Yellow fever -- Mississippi -- Natchez -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- Description and travel -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- Description and travel -- 20th century -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Archival resources | Natchez (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources | Natchez (Miss.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Archival resources | Mississippi -- History -- 1833-1844 | Mississippi -- History -- 1845-1860 | Mississippi -- History -- 1866-1875 | Mississippi -- History -- 1876-1899 | Mississippi -- History -- 1900-1918 | Mississippi -- History -- 1919-1928Genre/Form: Checks. | Invoices. | Licenses. | Notes (financial). | Powers of attorney. | Receipts. | Essays | Drawings | Correspondence. | Correspondence. | Certificates.Online resources: Collection description Summary: Incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence of various members of the Alexander James Postlethwaite family of Natchez, Mississippi, from 1838 to 1927. Also included are legal records such as powers-of-attorney and promissory notes and financial records such as invoices, receipts, and canceled checks. Among the personal correspondence are two 1849 letters describing a voyage up the Mississippi River on the steamboat MAGNOLIA and an undated letter describing a yellow fever epidemic and quarantine in Natchez. The business correspondence mainly concerns the dry goods company of Alexander James Postlethwaite.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/1849.000/S/Box 1 | Box 1 | Available | B40324 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/1849.000/S/Box 2 | Box 2 | Available | B90764 |
Incoming and outgoing personal and business correspondence of various members of the Alexander James Postlethwaite family of Natchez, Mississippi, from 1838 to 1927. Also included are legal records such as powers-of-attorney and promissory notes and financial records such as invoices, receipts, and canceled checks. Among the personal correspondence are two 1849 letters describing a voyage up the Mississippi River on the steamboat MAGNOLIA and an undated letter describing a yellow fever epidemic and quarantine in Natchez. The business correspondence mainly concerns the dry goods company of Alexander James Postlethwaite.
Cite as: Z/1849.000: Postlethwaite Family Papers.
Anonymous gift of Linda Walker Green, Washington, Mississippi, May 18, 1988.
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