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Size | 3.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2800 items) |
Abstract | William J. Pattison (1828-1897?) was a cotton factor of New Orleans, La. The collection includes business papers and family correspondence, chiefly 1866-1897, including business letters, bills, receipts, invoices, accounts, and legal papers concerning the sale of cotton, the purchase of goods for planters, the management of estates, and real estate of Pattison and various partners. Pattison had close business associates in New York City, where he lived from 1866 to 1867 while handling business for Louisianans. Also present are family letters and household accounts, material on civil and political matters in New Orleans, and papers about Pattison's property in Pass Christian, Miss., and the First Presbyterian Church there, of which he was treasurer in the 1870s and 1880s. |
Creator | Pattison, William J., 1828-1897? |
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: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
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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William J. Pattison (1828-1897?) was a cotton factor of New Orleans, La. He owned property in Pass Christian, Miss., and was treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church there in the 1870s and 1880s.
Back to TopThe collection includes business papers and family correspondence, chiefly 1866-1897, of William J. Pattison including business letters, bills, receipts, invoices, accounts, and legal papers concerning the sale of cotton, the purchase of goods for planters, the management of estates, and real estate of Pattison and various partners. Pattison had close business associates in New York, N.Y., where he lived from 1866 to 1867 while handling business for Louisianans. Also present are family letters and household accounts, material on civil and political matters in New Orleans, La., and papers about Pattison's property in Pass Christian, Miss., and the First Presbyterian Church there, of which he was treasurer in the 1870s and 1880s.
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