Duncan (Stephen, Jr.) papers [manuscript]
Online resources: Collection description Summary: This collection contains two items: an 1858 list of items necessary to feed and clothe slaves on a plantation that belonged to Stephen Duncan, Jr., or his father, and an 1860 memorandum explaining the issuing of slave clothing.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/1980.000/F/Folder 1 | Available | B116077 |
Stephen Duncan, Jr., was born in 1836. He was the son of Dr. Stephen Duncan, one of the wealthiest plantation owners of the Natchez, Mississippi, area. His father began his professional life as a physician, but he acquired most of his wealth from the cultivation of cotton. Dr. Duncan was also president of the Bank of the State of Mississippi during the 1820s. Dr. Stephen Duncan died in 1867.
This collection contains two items: an 1858 list of items necessary to feed and clothe slaves on a plantation that belonged to Stephen Duncan, Jr., or his father, and an 1860 memorandum explaining the issuing of slave clothing.