CARROLL (DANIEL R.) FAMILY PAPERS
(Mss. 1514, 2296)
Inventory
Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections
Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library
Louisiana State University Libraries
Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University
Reformatted 2003
Revised 2010
CONTENTS OF INVENTORY
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SUMMARY
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188 items and 1 manuscript volume |
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Geographic locations. |
New Orleans, La., New York |
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Inclusive dates. |
1864-1948 |
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Bulk dates. |
1872-1878 |
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Language. |
English |
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Summary. |
Twenty letters from J.R. Carroll pertaining to the management of Ackbar Plantation, a sugar plantation in Jefferson Parish (1877). Also included are an oath of allegiance (1864) and a presidential pardon signed by Andrew Johnson (1865). |
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Restrictions on access. |
Items in vault are restricted. Photocopies and scans are found in the collection (T:6, MRDF 13). |
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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. |
Carroll (Daniel R., and Family) Papers, Mss. 1514, 2296, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. |
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Stack location(s). |
T:6; OS:C; Vault 21; Vault MRDF 13 |
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE
Daniel R. Carroll, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, was the owner of Ackbar Plantation, a sugar plantation in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He and his wife, Louise Bendy, lived in New Orleans and had seven daughters and three sons. During the antebellum period, Carroll worked as an agent for the “Princess" and "Natchez" lines of river packets in partnership with Captain Truman Holmes of the firm of Carroll, Holmes and Company. Later, he worked as a New Orleans cotton broker.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Correspondence includes personal letters of Carroll family members, letters (1877) from J. R. Carroll (probably John Ryan Carroll, a brother or a cousin of Daniel Carroll) concerning the management of Ackbar Plantation, and letters (1877-1880) from David Wallace, concerning accounts with Wallace and Company, importers and wholesale dealers in dry goods. Details of plantation management discussed in letters include sugarcane growing, rice planting, the construction of a sugar mill, African American laborers, the purchase of provisions, and the sale of neighboring properties. Financial papers include items (1894) concerning the estates of Daniel R. Carroll and his wife, Louise Bendy, with itemized inventories of their property. Legal items include an oath of allegiance (1864) taken by Daniel R. Carroll and a presidential pardon signed by Andrew Johnson (1865). The collection also contains genealogical notes on the Carroll and Parker families.
A manuscript volume (1874-1908, 1940) contains scrapbook materials including newspaper clippings, printed illustrations and obituaries, and some manuscript entries concerning orders for paper.
CROSS REFERENCES
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Ackbar Plantation (La.) |
1877-1878, undated |
Plantation store operations concern merchandise bought and sold, prices charged, and description of goods wanted by hands; plantation operations comment on sugar, rice and corn crops, stock raising, supplies, freight charges, construction of cabins and sugar house, fencing, and cutting of lumber. 23 J.R. Carroll letters. |
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Benefit performances--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
1904 |
Program for benefit for House of Good Shepherd, entertainment by local talent at Grand Opera House, June 11. |
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Cajuns--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Hired person and insurance needed for protection against “plundering Acadians & thieves.”, June 17. |
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Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
1906 |
Instructions given Aline Prochaska as Queen of Cousus regarding her arrival and box seats at French Opera House, Feb. 19. |
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Cattle--Habitat--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Overseer comments on destruction of cane by cattle, Feb. 22; recommends area for stock raising, Mar. 6, 14, 24, and Apr. 12. |
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) |
1902-1938, undated |
36 miscellaneous clippings include poetry; Frederick J. Haskin’s article on “American Rice Growers,” 1909; celebration of John M. Parker’s golden wedding anniversary, 1938; and the Delgado exhibition of Jay’s collection of Chinese relics, undated |
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Company stores--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877-1878, undated |
Comments on merchandise bought and sold, prices charged, and description of goods wanted by hands at Ackbar Plantation store. 20 J.R. Carroll letters. |
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Death notices--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
undated |
Death notice of Mary Emma Carroll, wife of J.G. McLearn, and daughter of D.R. Carroll. |
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Depressions--1929--United States. |
1931-1933 |
Letters, account and clippings concern “great tragedy of unemployed” resulting in suicide of Lucille Carroll Jay. |
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Drugs--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Shallenberger’s fever and ague pills recommended, Mar. 4 camphor-arnica mixture used by African Americans for cuts, cramps and stomach pains, July 1. |
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Dry-goods--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
1877-1881 |
Telegrams, letters, legal documents and statements of account concern liquidation of Wallace and Company and its successor, Wallace, Cary and Company, and later Wallace and Cary. |
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Freedmen--Louisiana. |
1877-1878, undated |
Mostly Catholic; comments on work performed, wages, store commodities and clothing in demand, and refusal of overseer to sell “colored water” for whiskey and other inferior products, 20 J.R. Carroll letters. |
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Immigrants--Louisiana--New Orleans. |
1874 |
Naturalization certificate, June 12, 1860, of [Captain] John R[yan] Carroll, English immigrant in 1817, registered on Sept. 12, 1874. |
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Jefferson Parish (La.)--Description and travel. |
1877-1878, undated |
Overseer’s comments on plantation store merchandise, sugar, rice and corn crops, construction of sugar mill and cabins, cattle range, livestock, African American labor, population, and land available for purchase. |
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Jefferson Parish (La.)--Population. |
1877 |
Insufficient population for third store, Apr. 2; hired person and insurance needed for protection against “plundering Acadians and thieves”, June 17. |
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Land tenure--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877, undated |
Description of Davis place owned by Citizens Bank recommended by overseer for purchase as sugar and stock farm, Mar. 31, Apr. 8 and 12; Jefferson Parish diagram and description of Hayes land, undated; Jefferson Parish Texas lands offered for sale by John Durst, undated Tyler. |
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Livestock--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877, undated |
Chupa-chupa seed recommended for planting; hogs fatten on it, Mar. 19 and Apr. 12, 1877 and undated |
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Lumbering--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Lumber mill supplies Morgan’s Railroad; prices lower than in New Orleans, May 22. |
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Mules--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Comments on operation performed for lampas, Mar. 31 |
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Plantation overseers--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877-1878, undated |
Comments on plantation management and plantation store operations, personal living conditions, neighboring plantations for sale, construction of cabins and sugar house, and population of area. |
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Plantation owners--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877-1878, undated |
Overseer discusses plantation store operations and plantation management, and neighboring plantations for sale. |
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Restaurants--California--Riverside--Menus. |
1909 |
Noon menu of California Mission Inn, Oct. 27. |
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Rice--Planting--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877 |
Culture recommended by overseer, Feb. 22; upland rice seed probably planted; Mar. 8, 24, and 31. |
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Scrapbooks. |
1874-1908, 1940 |
Order book for paper, 1874, used as scrapbook, 1880-1908, 1940 contains poems, pictures copied from engravings and/or lithographs, obituaries of Daniel R. Carroll and Louisa Bendy Carroll, and an account, 1940, of 16 volunteers, including J.A. Walsh, leaving Baton Rouge for army training. |
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Southeastern Louisiana College. |
1948 |
Program for 23rd annual commencement week, May 23-27. |
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Sugar plantations--Louisiana--Jefferson Parish. |
1877-1878, undated |
Overseer discusses plantation store operations and plantation management, and neighboring plantations for sale. |
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Texas--Description and travel. |
1877, undated |
Influx of immigrants to Fort Worth area along railroad line, Apr. 2, 1877; comparison of cattle loss from winter exposure to that in Jefferson Parish, Apr. 12, 1877. |
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Veterans--Confederate State of America--Death. |
1914 |
Resolution on death of Charles V. Carroll, member of Crescent Regiment of Infantry, by Association of the Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, Apr. 10. |
CONTAINER LIST
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T:6 |
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1-10 |
1870-1897, undated |
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Photocopies of vault items (1864-1865) |
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Scrapbook, 1874-1908, 1940 |
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OS:C |
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Certificate declaring John R. Carroll a U.S. citizen (June 1860) Life insurance policies (1870-1879) |
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Vault MRDF 13 |
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Scans of vault items (1864-1865) |
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Vault 21 |
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RESTRICTED: DO NOT PAGE Oath of allegiance, January 20, 1864 Certificate for registration of oath, January 26, 1864 Presidential pardon signed by Andrew Johnson, October 13, 1865 |