Blaise Motte Ledger, 1869-1875 and undated

Summary

Creator:

Motte, Blaise.

Abstract:

Blaise Motte was born in France and emigrated to America around 1828. He kept a general store in Washington, Saint Landry Parish, La., from the late 1840s until the mid-1870s. A number of his customers were African Americans.

The collection contains a general store ledger, 1869-1875, kept by Motte; a loose ledger sheet; and miscellaneous enclosures from the early 20th century. The ledger is organized by customer names and includes dates, items and amounts purchased, and prices. Entries are in English and French.

Extent:

1 items

Language:

Materials in French and English

Library Catalog Link:

View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

Blaise Motte was born in France and emigrated to the United States around 1828. He kept a general store in Washington, Saint Landry Parish, La., from the late 1840s until the mid-1870s. A number of his customers were African Americans.

Scope and content:

The collection contains a general storeledger, 1869-1875, kept by Blaise Motte of Washington, Saint Landry Parish, La.; a loose ledger sheet; and miscellaneous enclosures from the early 20th century. The ledger is organized by customer name and includes dates, items and amounts purchased, and prices.

Acquisition information:

Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books in March 2006 (Acc. 100569).

Processing information:

Processed by: Amanda Ross, September 2007

Encoded by: Amanda Ross, September 2007

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

African Americans--Louisiana--History--19th century.
General stores--Louisiana--History--19th century.
Merchants--Louisiana--History--19th century.
Account books--Louisiana--History--19th century.

Names:

Motte, Blaise.

Places:

Louisiana--Commerce--History--19th century.
Saint Landry Parish (La.)--Commerce.
Saint Landry Parish (La.)--History.

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the Blaise Motte Ledger #5310-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:

Southern Historical Collection

Louis Round Wilson Library

200 South Road

Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Contact:

(919) 962-3765

wilsonlibrary@unc.edu