TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
George Winchester papers:
Josiah Winchester papers:
Margaret G. Sprague Winchester papers:
Frances E. Sprague papers:
Miscellaneous family papers:
Miscellaneous professional and business legal documents,
financial records, and correspondence:
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A Guide to the Winchester Family Papers,
1783-1906
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| Creator: | Winchester family (George
Winchester, d. 1851) |
| Title | Winchester family papers
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| Dates: | 1783-1906. |
| Abstract | Papers of George
Winchester, attorney, judge, and state senator from Natchez, Mississippi; his
nephew, Josiah Winchester, also an attorney; and other family members, reflect
legal, political, social and economic affairs including slavery, the plantation
system, and the post-Civil War era in the Natchez area. |
| Accession No. | AR 85-311 |
| Extent | 14 ft., 6 in |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin |
George Winchester, a native of Massachusetts, moved to Natchez,
Mississippi, around 1820, and became a prominent attorney, politician,
Mississippi Supreme Court justice (1826-1829) and state senator (1836-1837).
His nephew Josiah Winchester joined him in his Natchez law practice around 1835
and later became a judge. In 1846 Josiah married Margaret G. Sprague, a
daughter of Frances E. Sprague and Sturges Sprague, a former law partner of
George Winchester. Twelve children were born to the Winchesters.
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Correspondence, financial records, legal documents, literary
productions, maps, and printed material document the lives and careers of
George and Josiah Winchester, and Josiah's family. Professional documentation
reflects the legal affairs of prominent land owners, businessmen, and political
figures of the Natchez, Mississippi, region and adjacent parts of Louisiana,
especially Stephen Duncan, John C. Jenkins, and Wade Hampton and their
families. Personal correspondence and financial records illuminate 19th-century
life in the Natchez area. Social and economic issues including slavery, the
plantation system, post-Civil War labor problems, bankruptcies, mortgage
foreclosure sales, and claims against the United States government are
reflected in the papers.
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Organization
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| Organized into six series I. George Winchester papers. II. Josiah
Winchester papers. III. Margaret G. Sprague Winchester papers. IV. Frances E.
Sprague papers. V. Miscellaneous family papers. VI. Miscellaneous business and
professional papers. |
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Arrangement
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| Arranged chronologically by type of material. |
| Organization and arrangement pending for a portion of the papers.
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Duncan, Stephen,
1787-1867. |
| | Hampton, Wade,
1752-1835. |
| | Jenkins, John Carmichael,
1809-1855. |
| | Sprague, Frances E., d.
1892--Archives. |
| | Sprague,
Sturges. |
| | Winchester, George, d.
1851--Archives. |
| | Winchester, Josiah, 1814-1877--Archives. |
| | Winchester, Margaret G.
Sprague, 1824-1906--Archives. |
| Places |
| | Louisiana--Economic
conditions. |
| | Louisiana--Social life and
customs. |
| | Mississippi--Economic
conditions. |
| | Mississippi--Social life
and customs. |
| | Natchez
(Miss.)--History--19th century--Sources. |
| Subjects |
| | Cotton
trade--Louisiana. |
| | Cotton
trade--Mississippi. |
| | Judges--Mississippi--Archives. |
| | Land
tenure--Louisiana. |
| | Land
tenure--Mississippi. |
| | Lawyers--Mississippi--Archives. |
| | Plantation
life--Louisiana. |
| | Plantation
life--Mississippi. |
| | Plantations--Louisiana--Economic aspects. |
| | Plantations--Mississippi--Economic aspects. |
| | Slavery--Louisiana. |
| | Slavery--Mississippi. |
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Winchester Family Papers, 1783-1906, Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin.
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| 2E903 | | George Winchester papers: |
| | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Professional: |
| | | | | General: |
| | | | | | 1816-1836 |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | | | Letter and account record, from Edward N. Rogers,
March 31, 1832 |
| | | | | | Letter to N. Rogers and Sons,
including legal charges
owed George Winchester,
June 18, 1834 1832-1834 |
| | | | | | Letter from ___ Gilbert,
October 4, 1835 |
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| 2E904 | | | | | | 1837-1843 |
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| 2E905 | | | | | | 1844-1851 and undated |
| | | | | Josiah Winchester,
1837-1850, undated |
| | | | | Corporate board memberships,
1836-1846, undated |
| | | | Personal: |
| | | | | Family and friends,
1816-1850 and undated |
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| 2E906 | | | | | Whig political party,
1844, 1850 |
| | | | | Trinity Episcopal Church, Natchez, Mississippi,
1835-1847 |
| | | | | Honorary memberships,
1837-1838, 1845 |
| | | Legal case correspondence, financial records and legal
documents: |
| | | | Mrs. F. A. Browder estate,
1830-1835, undated |
| | | | John C. Jenkins,
1840-1846 |
| | | | General,
1823-1843, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | List, "Cases as Issues for Judge Winchester,"
1835 |
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| 2E906 | | | Financial records: |
| | | | 1818-1851, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | Ledger sheet, account with ___ McGraw,
1848 |
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| 2E906 | | | Miscellaneous materials: |
| | | | Joseph G. Waters notebook,
[last page lists receipts of
Winchester and Metcalfe,
1816 1823] |
| | | | Waterloo Plantation accounting records,
1829-1834 |
| | | | Essays debating issues of slavery and secession of
slave states,
undated |
| | | | Fragments,
1837, 1841 and undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | Survey map, "Plat of Conflicting Claims," Claiborne
County, Mississippi,
March 14, 1823 |
| | | | Survey map, portions of Washington, Mississippi, and
St. Helena, Louisiana,
certified in 1835 for claims of John
F. Carmichael 1827, |
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| 2E926 | | | Unsorted materials,
[fragile and
uncleaned] 1810-1848 and undated |
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| 2E907 | | Josiah Winchester papers: |
| | | Professional and business records: |
| | | | Stephen Duncan legal matters: |
| | | | | Property acquisitions, financial records and legal
documents,
1860-1877, undated |
| | | | | Bank of Mississippi case, correspondence,
1873-1879, undated |
| | | | | Wade Hampton and heirs, correspondence,
1855-1885 |
| | | | | General correspondence and other
materials: |
| | | | | | 1840-1869 |
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| 2E908 | | | | | | 1870-1884 and undated |
| | | | John C. Jenkins estate: |
| | | | | Correspondence,
1855-1879, undated |
| | | | | Claim against the United States government,
petition, depositions, briefs, and proceedings,
1867-1877 |
| | | | | Financial records: |
| | | | | | 1855-1869, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | | | Education expenses of Alice Jenkins, ledger sheet,
1868-1869 |
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| 2E908 | | | | | Jenkins children, personal correspondence,
1865-1894 |
| | | | Thomas B. Sprague plantation business, correspondence,
1864-1878, undated |
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| 2E909 | | | | Cotton factors/commission merchants, correspondence
and financial documents,
1863-1881, undated |
| | | | Chinese labor plan, correspondence,
1869-1879, undated |
| | | | General materials: |
| | | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | | | 1837-1866 |
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| 2E910 | | | | | | 1867-1887, undated |
| | | | | Financial records: |
| | | | | | 1838-1878, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | | | Ledger sheet, account with Holmes and Stockman,
1865 |
| | | | | | Ledger sheet, account with Fred Clark,
1880 |
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| 2E910 | | | | | Legal documents,
1850-1874 |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | | Broadside advertising blooded stock sale, Anthony
Hoggatt plantation,
November 23, 1855 |
| | | | | Supplement to the New Orleans Daily Crescent,
pages 5 and
6 September 17, 1859, |
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| 2E910 | | | | | Miscellaneous notes, memoranda, and fragments,
undated |
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| 2E911 | | | Personal papers: |
| | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | | Family,
1836-1881, undated |
| | | | | General,
1838-1879, undated |
| | | | Financial records: |
| | | | | Tuition bills for Winchester children,
1858-1872, undated |
| | | | | Tax receipts,
1844-1875 |
| | | | | General expenses,
1838-1884, undated |
| | | | Miscellaneous materials: |
| | | | | Oath of allegiance,
1864 |
| | | | | Memorial card,
1887 |
| | | | | Newspaper clipping, Natchez Bar resolutions on
Josiah Winchester's death,
November 14, 1887 |
| | | Winchester children, correspondence and other
materials: |
| | | | Frank Winchester,
1854-1879, undated |
| | | | Virginia Winchester,
1859-1878, undated |
| | | | Louisa Winchester,
1859-1877, undated |
| | | | George Winchester II: |
| | | | | 1864-1880, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | | Accounting record,
February 27, 1880 |
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| 2E911 | | | | Margaret Winchester,
1867-1868, undated |
| | | | Josiah Winchester, Jr.,
1887, 1901, 1906, undated |
| | | | Sprague Winchester,
1868, 1900-1902 |
| | | | Robert Lee Winchester,
undated |
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| 2E926 | | | Unsorted materials,
[fragile and
uncleaned] 1830-1880, undated |
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| 2E912 | | Margaret G. Sprague Winchester papers: |
| | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Josiah Winchester: |
| | | | | Letters to,
1850-1855, 1881 |
| | | | | Letters from,
1851-1872, undated |
| | | | Winchester children,
1857-1893, undated |
| | | | General,
1835-1872, undated |
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| 2E927 | | | | Josiah Winchester, Winchester children,
[fragile and
uncleaned] 1853-1864, undated |
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| 2E912 | | | Financial records, household expenses and clothing
bills:
1842-1872, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | Account bill,
1861-1862 |
| | | | Account bill,
1869-1870 |
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| 2E912 | | | Cooking recipes,
undated |
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| 2E927 | | | Unsorted materials,
[fragile and
uncleaned] 1840-1867, undated |
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| 2E913 | | Frances E. Sprague papers: |
| | | Correspondence: |
| | | | Margaret G. Sprague Winchester: |
| | | | | 1840-1878, 1889, undated |
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| 2E927 | | | | | [fragile,
uncleaned] 1848-1870, undated |
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| 2E913 | | | | General,
1831-1888, undated |
| | | Financial records: |
| | | | Tax receipts,
1837-1858 |
| | | | General,
1836-1869, undated |
| | | Legal documents,
1838-1858, undated |
| | | Memorial card,
1892 |
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| 2E927 | | | Unsorted materials,
[fragile and
uncleaned] 1825-1860, undated |
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| 2E913 | | Miscellaneous family papers: |
| | | Correspondence and other materials relating to
Winchester and Sprague family members: |
| | | | 1810-1869, 1896, 1901, undated |
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| 2E927 | | | | [fragile,
uncleaned] 1826-1866, undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | Broadside advertisement for Burnett's Flavoring
Extracts, Boston, Massachusetts,
undated |
| | | Gleason's Pictorial
magazine, Boston,
Saturday, May 21, 1853 |
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| 2E914 | | Miscellaneous professional and business legal documents,
financial records, and correspondence: |
| | | 1783-1822 |
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| 2E915 | | | 1823-1827 |
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| 2E916 | | | 1828-1833 |
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| 2E917 | | | 1834-1838 |
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| 2E918 | | | 1839 - June 1841 |
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| 2E919 | | | July 1841-1845 |
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| 2E920 | | | 1846-1851 |
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| 2E921 | | | 1852-1869 |
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| 2E922 | | | 1870-1891, undated |
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| 2E923-2E925 | | | Undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | Opinion, Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals,
Lewis a Slave vs The State, 1847 |
| | | Affidavit, Merritt M. Robinson, New Orleans, a plaintiff
in a United States District Court case,
1846 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Natchez, Mississippi,
1799 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Adams County, Mississippi
Territory,
1801 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Adams County, Mississippi
Territory,
1804 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Port Gibson, Mississippi,
1808 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Natchez, Mississippi,
1825 |
| | | Indenture for property sale, Natchez, Mississippi,
1836 |
| | | Certified copy of 1815 agreement for the disposition of
property in Adams County, Mississippi, styled |
| | | "Winthrop Sargent and wife to David Urquhart and
others,"
1845 |
| | | Mercantile account record, Mrs. E. Warfield, Jr. with D.
S. Goodloe, Lexington,
1845-1847 |
| | | Account record, I. L. Lang? of Grand Gulf with Isaac
Phillips of Philadelphia,
1835-1836 |
| | | Property valuation appeal from Isaac A. Newman to the
Board of Supervisors,
1870 |
| | | Account record, Daniel McGraw estate,
1824-1825 |
| | | Vicksburg hospital list of indigent patients with
charges allowed by the court for payment to Dr. C. R. Nutt,
1832-1833 |
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| 2E928 | | | Uncleaned and fragile materials: |
| | | | 1783-1822 |
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| 2E929 | | | | 1823-1827 |
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| 2E930 | | | | 1828-1832 |
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| 2E931 | | | | 1833-1837 |
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| 2E932 | | | | 1838-1840 |
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| 2E933 | | | | 1841-1847 |
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| 2E934 | | | | 1848-1879, 1899 |
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| 2E935-2E936 | | | | Undated |
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| 2.325/AA14c | | | | Oversize items,
1823-1844 |
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