Lot 514
Collection of 353 Documents From the "Old South". An incredible, unresearched collection of 352 old southern court documents and receipts dating from the late 1820s to the 1880s. The great majority are from the "Old South," strongly covering the 1830s, 40s, and 50s; it also includes some Civil War-date documents, as well as the Reconstruction era, when many landowners went into debt and subsequent bankruptcy. More than half of the material is from Hinds County, Mississippi, most of the balance being from New Orleans, Louisiana. There is a multiplicity of court-case documents and records of debts due, judgments in orphan cases, and probate records. Most of the documents are hand-written, but still include a good many printed documents from the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, including cotton bale receipts and various probates of wills. This interesting grouping gives a view both of the antebellum South, when King Cotton generated a great amount of wealth, and also of the devastating consequences of the war on the South and its people. Some paper toning throughout. Fine to Very Fine. This group deserves serious research. (352 items).
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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