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MF 5750, Series E, Reel 6
Chelette (Atala) and Family Papers
(Mss. 979)
Inventory
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections
Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University Libraries
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University
Reformatted 2007
Contents of Inventory
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Biographical/Historical Note |
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Scope and Content Note |
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Collection Description(s) |
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Index Terms |
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Container List |
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Summary
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160 items |
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Natchitoches Parish, La.; New Orleans, La.; Baton Rouge, La.; Alexandria, La.; Carencro, La.; Dallas, Tex.; Washington D.C. |
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1819-1919 |
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Bulk dates. |
1841-1899 |
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Language. |
English, French |
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Summary. |
Personal papers of a free African American family of Natchitoches Parish, including a true copy of the act of manumission of a mulatto woman by Louis Fort, personal papers of Joseph Perot, free man of color, and personal and business papers of Emanuel and Atala Chelette. |
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Organization. |
Arranged chronologically. |
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Restrictions on access. |
If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm. |
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Related collections. |
N/A |
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Copyright. |
Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
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Citation. |
Atala Chelette and Family Papers, Mss. 979, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. |
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Stack location(s). |
B:18 |
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Also available on: |
Microfilm 5750, Series E, Reel 6 Microfiche 2729 |
Biographical/Historical Note
The Chelette family was a free African American family of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Family members included Atala, Peter, and Emanuel, a teamster. A woman named Angelique, her children Pierre Edmond and Louis Onsime, Mary Athalie Joson (also called Josin), L. Martin Joson, and Joseph and Marie Rosalie Perot were free African Americans associated with the Chelette family.
Scope and Content Note
Papers include a true copy of the act of manumission of Angelique by Louis Fort of Natchitoches Parish (1819) as well as the last will of Louis Fort (1840). The collection also contains notes signed by Mary Athalie Joson (1873, 1884), various letters to M.A. Joson (1875), Atala Chelette (1874-1875), and Manuel Chellette (1884), and a fragment of a letter from the State Penitentiary in Baton Rouge (undated). A lottery ticket from Mexico (1889) and the teamster license of Emanuel Chelette (1893) are also included.
Financial papers document the sale of cotton and the purchase of land by Pierre Edmond and Louis Onsime; the purchases of land, goods, and a slave by Joseph Perot and members of his family including Chrisostome and Marie Rosalie, Joseph's wife. These papers also include receipts for subsistence supplies of L. Martin Joson of the Joson Plantation (1868), a statement of account with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands signed by Mary Athalie Joson (1873), receipts of Peter Chelette, and tax receipts of Atala Chelette (1900-1919).
Collection Description
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1819-1855 |
True copy of act of manumission of mulatto woman named Angelique by Louis Fort, Natchitoches Parish (1819); statement, “Memory of the death of a good mother” (1839); statement of account for sale of cotton for Chrisostome Perot by Octave Sevrin (1840); copy of donation of land made in 1836 in the Parish of Natchitoches, by widow of the late J. B. Buard to Marie Rosalie, wife of Joseph Perot, and Pierre Edmond and Louis Onesime, children of Angelique, all free people of color (land formerly owned by Louis Fort) (1840); copy of land sale, Louis Fort and John Baptiste; last Will of Louis Fort (1823); statement of account to Joseph Perot, f.m.c. from Parish Judge for above copies (1840); bills for dry goods purchased by M. J. Pelagie of E. John, New Orleans, state of sum owed to Solomon Davy by Joseph Perot for repair of gun, Natchitoches (1848); bill for dry goods from E. B. Degruy to Joseph Perot, New Orleans (1849); bills for merchandise, receipts for Joseph Perot (1849); statement of account from Dupleix Brothers to Madeleine f.w.c. (1853-1855) |
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1868-1879 |
Subsistence supplies, bond of L. Martin Joson, Joson Plantation, Natchitoches Parish, Received Office A.C.S. (May 9, 1868); statement of account with Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands (1869); note signed Mary Athalie Josin (1873); letters to Atala (1874-1875); letter to M.A. Joson (1875); settlement of account between widow Perot and E. Dupre (1874); receipt of Mrs. Joseph Perot; notice of seizure for Martin Josin (1877) |
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1880-1899 |
38 items: Note signed by Athalie Josin (1884); letter to Manuel Chellette (1884); receipts of Peter Chelette (1885-1887); Mexican lottery ticket (1889); letters from Mary Carter, Dallas, Texas (1891); city license issued to Emanuel Chelette, teamster (1893); tax receipts (1897-1899) |
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1900-1919 |
68 items: Letter from the Census Office to Peter Chelette (1900); Tax receipts for Mrs. Atala Chelette and Emanuel Chelette |
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undated |
14 items: Receipts from Anchor Supply Co., New Orleans, La.; receipt from the Convent of Divine Providence in Natchitoches; fragment of a letter from the State Penitentiary, Baton Rouge, La.; envelope addressed to Miss M.A. Joson |
Index Terms
African Americans – Louisiana
Chelette, Emanuel
Chelette, Peter
Fort, Louis
Free Blacks – Louisiana
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Joson, L. Martin (Louis Martin)
Joson, Mary Athalie
Joson Plantation (La.)
Lottery tickets – Mexico
Natchitoches Parish (La.)
New Orleans (La.)
Perot, Joseph, 1799-1876
Perot, Marie Rosalie
Rapides Parish (La.)
Receipts (financial records)
Slaves – Emancipation – Louisiana
Container List
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B:18 |
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1819, 1839-1855 |
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1868-1879 |
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1880-1889 |
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1900-1919 |
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undated |
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MF:5750, Series E |
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Reel 6 |
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Microfiche 2729 |
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