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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 175 items) |
Abstract | This collection includes account books, grants and deeds, letter books, shipping records, and other business papers, chiefly 1830-1886, of James W. Zacharie and Company, a New Orleans firm of commission merchants also engaged in general merchandising, finance, insurance, and in the real estate business, particularly in Louisiana and at Brownsville, Tex. Also included is a record book of Francis C. Zacharie, colonel, 25th Louisiana Regiment, Confederate States of America; a few military papers of Confederate General William Joseph Hardee, including a brief correspondence with Jefferson Davis (1808-1889); and a letterpress copybook of James S. Zacharie (fl. 1898-1899) as Chilean consul at New Orleans, 1898-1899. |
Creator | Hardee (Family : Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873)
Zacharie (Family : New Orleans, La.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2010; Nancy Kaiser, 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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James W. Zacharie and Company were a New Orleans firm of commission merchants whose business included general merchandising, finance, insurance, and real estate. William Joseph Hardee (1815-1873) was a Confederate general.
Back to TopThis collection includes account books, grants and deeds, letter books, shipping records, and other business papers, chiefly 1830-1886, of James W. Zacharie and Company, a New Orleans firm of commission merchants also engaged in general merchandising, finance, insurance, and in the real estate business, particularly in Louisiana and at Brownsville, Tex. Also included is a record book of Francis C. Zacharie, colonel, 25th Louisiana Regiment, Confederate States of America; a few military papers of Confederate General William Joseph Hardee, including a brief correspondence with Jefferson Davis (1808-1889); and a letterpress copybook of James S. Zacharie (fl. 1898-1899) as Chilean consul at New Orleans, 1898-1899.
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