urn:taro:utexas.cah.00176 A Guide to the Charles P. and Henry S. Leverich Papers, 1794-1897 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. Finding aid written in English. January 27, 2003 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:28:33 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00176 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). April 2009 Addition by Laurel Rozema Descriptive Summary Leverich Family Leverich (Charles P. and Henry S.), Papers, 1794-1897 96-106; 2009-095 74469413 3 ft., 1 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Financial records, ledgers, accounts and photographs document the extensive mercantile, banking and factoring business dealings of brothers Charles P. and Henry S. Leverich. English. Biographical Sketch

Charles P. Leverich and his brother Henry S. Leverich were shipping merchants, commission agents, and investment bankers from New York. Charles acted as factor for Stephen Duncan, MD, a wealthy cotton and sugar planter of the Natchez, Mississippi, area. Charles became director of the Bank of New York in 1840, Vice-president in 1853 and President of the bank from 1863 until his death in 1876. Charles and Henry both married nieces of Dr. Stephen Duncan. The Leverich-Duncan alliance greatly influenced the agricultural and financial development of the antebellum South.

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Financial records, ledgers, accounts and photographs document the extensive mercantile, banking and factoring business dealings of brothers Charles P. and Henry S. Leverich. Accounting records contain hundreds of entries relating to railroad and real estate investments, personal and mercantile loans to planters, cotton and sugar sales information, and shipping records and manifestos. Financial records of slaveholders, including Mrs. Mary Porter, William J. Minor, Dr. Stephen Duncan and William Mercer, contain costs and inventories of plantation supplies and personal items, investment transactions, expense accounts, loans and advances on securities and sales. The papers are representative of the 19th century economic history of the South, especially of Louisiana and Mississippi.

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Charles P. and Henry S. Leverich Papers, 1794-1897, the Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Leverich, Charles P., 1803-1876 -- Archives. Leverich, Henry S. -- Archives. Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867 Leverich, James Harvey. Leverich, William Edward. Subjects Banks and banking -- United States -- History -- Sources. Commission merchants -- Archives. Factoring services industry -- History -- Sources. Factors -- Archives. Plantation owners -- Mississippi -- Natchez (District). Plantations -- Economic aspects -- Mississippi -- Natchez (District). Shipping -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- Sources. Places Natchez (Miss.) -- History -- Sources. Natchez (Miss. : District) -- History -- Sources. New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Sources. Related Material

See also the Duncan Family Papers, 1826-1881 (forms part of the Natchez Trace Small Manuscript Collections) and the Natchez Trace Collection Supplement, 1775-1965.

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 Inventory: 3G129 Steven Duncan, receipts for plantation supplies, 1851-1852 3G129 Steven Duncan, financial accounts, 1851-1852 3G129 Steven Duncan, annuity trust account, undated 3G129 William T. Palfrey, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, 1851-1852 3G129 Inventory of medicines, 1852 3G129 William St. John Elliott, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, October 1851 - March 1852 3G129 Manuscript receipt for silver tea sets, 1851 3G129 Excise tax receipts for cotton and sugar, 1863-1864 3G129 Joseph Lallande, Esq., in account with Charles P. Leverich, October 1851-September 1852 3G129 Mrs. Matilda (Duncan) Leverich, financial account, November 1851-November 1852 3G129 Mary L. McMurran, sight drafts drawn on Charles P. Leverich, 1869-1871 3G129 Samuel P. Duncan, manuscript account with Charles P. Leverich, 1852 3G129 Signed checks, 1869 3G129 Receipts, 1870 3G129 Billheads and manuscript receipts, 1851-1852 3G129 Mary Porter, sight drafts, 1865-1866 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, power of attorney concerning New Orleans property, 1857-1866 3G129 Margaret (Calender) Irvine and Sarah Irvine, investment-trust-annuity account with Charles P. Leverich 3G129 Mrs. Mary A. Gustine, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, 1851-1852 3G129 Bank cheques drawn on the Bank of New York, 1860s-1870s 3G129 Moses Wood, account with Charles P. Leverich, 1852 3G129 Dr. William Newton Mercer, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, 1851-1852 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, New Orleans property, 1854-1867 3G129 Jane E. B. Conner, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, August-October 1850 3G129 Samuel Davis, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, November 1850 - August 1851 3G129 Charles Duncan Leverich, letters to Charles P. Leverich, 1873 3G129 Receipt to Charles P. Leverich, 1874 3G129 John Julius Pringle, account with Charles P. Leverich, receipts, manuscript note, 1851-1852, 1871 3G129 Henry P. Duncan, account with Charles P. Leverich, draft notes, 1851-1852, 1869-1870 3G129 Dr. J. P. Parker, account with Charles P. Leverich, draft notes, 1851-1852, 1868, 1870 3G129 William J. Minor, account with Charles P. Leverich, receipts and notes, 1851-1852, 1870 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, receipts, engraved whaling billhead of Samuel Judds Sons and Company, manufacturers of sperm oil and sperm candles, 1852 3G129 Dr. William Irvine, receipts, 1852-1870 3G129 Francis Surget, account with Charles P. Leverich, billheads, 1850-1852 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, hotel and inn bills of fare, 1868-1871 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, manuscript account balances, Jan. 1, 1874 3G129 James Harvey Leverich, estate, in account with Charles P. Leverich, April 1851- November 1852 3G129 Charles P. Leverich, bank notes, correspondence, and miscellaneous, 1869-1873 3G129 Newbold, Biddle, Leverich, bills of sight, drafts, notes, receipts, and other documents, 1869-1874 3G129 Early Leverich documents and receipts, 1794-1822 3G129 Leverich, Charles Palmer, collection of bank checks 3G130 Porter, Mrs. Mary, financial accounts 3G130 Benjamin F. Young, financial account with Charles P. Leverich, 1849-1852 3G130 Invoices of materials used for slave clothing, 1852 3G130 Charles P. Leverich, receipt, letter, 1863 3G130 Billheads, merchant accounts, 1860s-1870s 3G130 Billheads, late 1860s-1870s 3G130 Miscellaneous billheads, receipts and fragments 3G130 Miscellaneous papers, Charles P. Leverich, farm at Newtown 3G130 Accounts, Levin R. Marshall in account with Charles P. Leverich, shareholders accounts, 1852 3G130 Accounts, Jane P. Leverich (sister), investment accounts with Charles P. Leverich 3G130 Financial records, Jane P. Leverich, 1835-1866 3G130 A History of the Bank of New York, Henry W. Domett, 1884 3G130 The Negro in Mississippi, 1865-1890 3G130 King Cotton and His Retainers, Harold D. Woodman, 1968 3G130 Photographs: Charles Duncan Leverich, undated 3G130 Dr. Stephen Duncan, Auburn Plantation 3G131 Letter press onionskin copybook, Middleditch, 1881-1882 3G131 Letter press onionskin copybook, Middleditch, 1888-1890 3G131 Letter press onionskin copybook, Middleditch, 1881-1882 3G132 Charles Palmer Leverich, manuscript cash account book, 1844-1853 3G132 Charles Palmer Leverich, manuscript cash account book, page guide for Dr. Stephen Duncan 1844-1853 3G132 C. D. and J. H. Leverich Company ledger, 1888 3G132 C. D. Leverich, journal, 1888 3G132 H. S. Leverich, manuscript account 1832-1838 3G133 H. S. Leverich, manuscript account book, 1831-1838 3G133 H. S. Leverich, manuscript account book, 1837-1840 3G133 H. S. Leverich, manuscript account book, 1838-1840 3G133 Charles P. Leverich, manuscript account book, 1830-1854 3G133 H. S. Leverich, account book, 1827-1837 3G133 Manuscript account, 1834-1836 3G134 Letter press onionskin copybook, 1886-1888 3G134 Letter press onionskin copybook, 1886-1891 3G134 Letter press onionskin copybook, 1882-1886, 1891-1897 3G134 Letter press onionskin copybook, 1888-1890 3So42 Oversized ledgers 2E525 [2009-095:] 2E525 Correspondence to the Leveriches, 1831-1853 2E525 Bill of exchange from Stephen Duncan, March 25, 1843