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William A. Buckner Papers
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A Guide to the William A. Buckner Papers
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| Creator | Buckner, William
Aylett |
| Title | William A. Buckner
Papers |
| Dates: | 1775-1869 |
| Abstract | Papers of William Aylett Buckner, attorney,
cotton planter, and slaveholding entrepreneur in Natchez, Mississippi.
Collection documents the business and legal interests of one of the major
slaveholding enterprises in the American South. |
| Extent | 11 in. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin |
William Aylett Buckner was an attorney,
cotton planter, and cotton commission merchant who owned the “Airlie” house in
Natchez, Mississippi. He and his business partner John Hunsicker owned the
Choctaw Plantation in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, in the nineteenth century.
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Papers of William Aylett Buckner, attorney, cotton planter, and
slaveholding entrepreneur in Natchez, Mississippi. The plantation records from
the Buckner Papers cover all aspects of plantation business and life and are
especially strong in documenting the institution of slavery, as well as the
cotton trade made possible by slave labor. Papers document Buckner and other
prominent slaveholding families in the Natchez area, such as the families of
Frederick Stanton, John Hunsicker, Alexander K. Farrar, David Hunt, Levin R.
Marshall, and others.
Of particular note, the collection documents the business partnership
between Buckner and Hunsicker, with slave records, cotton sales, receipts for
steamboat shipping, and papers relating to the Choctaw Plantation. Also
includes correspondence with Buckner’s law clients, banking and financial
records (including the Panic of 1837), plantation maps, receipts, and records
of Buckner’s “Airlie” home. The wide array of slave-related documents includes
slave inventories, medical records, runaway slave documents, and bills of sale.
Family correspondence included in the papers makes reference to slave life, as
well.
Among the many remarkable documents in the Buckner Papers are a
group of records documenting the business practice of mortgaging slaves—with
the mortgages being held by NewYork banks—and a group records documenting the
region between New Orleans and Memphis, with an emphasis on the antebellum era.
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William A. Buckner Papers, 1775-1869, Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
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William A. Buckner Papers
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| 3J451 | | | Family letter to Mrs. Jane Ferguson from sister,
July 28, 1826 |
| | | Receipt for wages of a sailor aboard the slave ship
"Royal Charlotte," 1775 |
| | | Slave mortgage document, 1841 |
| | | Letter from Hunsicker to Butler discussing crops, slaves,
and health, 1857 |
| | | Bill of sale for the slave Ann and her child by James
Stockman to Buckner and Hunsicker, 1840 |
| | | Bill of sale for slaves Diner, Steven, Dick, and Elizer by
William K. Colling to Thomas McCorgo, 1839 |
| | | Bill of sale for slave Amy by John Hunsicker to Buckner
and Hunsicker, 1850 |
| | | Bill of sale for slaves Burrell, Emeline, Caroline, and
Kit (aka Christopher) sold to Buckner and Hunsicker, 1840 |
| | | Lot No. 1, slave sale |
| | | Slave bill of sale, 1840 |
| | | Slave bill of sale, six slaves, 1840 |
| | | Slave bill of sale, 1853 |
| | | Slave documents and plantation map |
| | | Correspondence re. Unhealthy slave girl Maria,
1822 |
| | | Documents re. Runaway slaves |
| | | Miscellaneous bills, notes, etc. |
| | | Bills for the medical treatment of slaves |
| | | Ballard, Franklin, and Company |
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| | | Account records of Stanton and Buckner, 1852-1853 |
| | | Account records of Stanton, Buckner, and Newman,
1854-1855 |
| | | Account records of Buckner, Stanton, and Newman,
1855-1856 |
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| | | Receipt issued to John Hunsicker for capture of slave,
1845 |
| | | Account records of Stanton, Buckner, and Newman,
1859-1861 |
| | | Bills and receipts for work done on Choctaw Plantation,
1842-1860 |
| | | Business partners expenses, 1840s-1850s |
| | | Checks drawn on W.A. Britton and Company for expenses at
Choctaw Plantation, 1849-1855 |
| | | Steamboat waybills, 1841-1853 |
| | | Tax receipts for taxes paid on land and slaves, as well
as levee tax, 1848-1856 |
| | | Plantation financial records, 1840s-1850s |
| | | Cotton sales, 1842-1860 |
| | | Correspondence to Buckner |
| | | Bills, merchants’ receipts |
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| 3J452 | | | Receipts |
| | | Receipt to Buckner for barrels of corn and cash credit,
1848 |
| | | Mortgage and notes for Choctaw Plantation, 1847 |
| | | Early Mississippi will |
| | | Contract between Buckner and Hunsicker regarding Choctaw
Plantation, 1858 |
| | | Bill to Buckner from David Hunt, 1836-1837 |
| | | Agricultural Bank of Mississippi, 1837-1838 |
| | | Bank documents from the Panic of 1837 era |
| | | Business correspondence to Buckner, and to Buckner and
Stewart |
| | | New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad |
| | | Business correspondence re. Cotton sales in New
Orleans |
| | | Rifle Point Plantation |
| | | Legal papers |
| | | Financial records |
| | | New Orleans Gas Light and Banking Company, 1835-1836 |
| | | Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company, 1837-1838 |
| | | Union Bank of Louisiana, 1837-1838 |
| | | Planters Bank of Mississippi |
| | | Bank of the United States in New Orleans |
| | | Commercial Bank of Natchez |
| | | Bank of the State of Mississippi |
| | | Correspondence re. Cuba, 1842 |
| | | Financial records |
| | | Jane Ferguson subgroup: |
| | | | Receipt issued to slave boy George, 1841 |
| | | | Financial records |
| | | Various materials re. Choctaw Plantation,
etc. |
| | | Bank of the United States at Natchez |
| | | Financial and court records |
| | | Financial records |
| | | Commercial Bank of Rodney, Mississippi, 1837 |
| | | Letter: Stedman and Company to Buckner, written aboard
the steamboat "Aurora" regarding saw mill, plantation ginhouse, yellow fever,
1858 |
| | | George L. Locker subgroup |
| | | Slave bill of sale |
| | | Financial records |
| | | List of slaves at “Locust-land Plantation” |
| | | Letter to D.J. Seaton re. Threat of lawsuit unless debt
is paid or slaves given up, 1836 |
| | | U.S. Circuit Court, Southern District, 1841 |
| | | Invoices for materials sold by druggist W.H. Fox to
Buckner and Hunsicker, 1840-1860 |
| | | Invoices for materials sold by druggist P.H. McGraw to
Buckner, 1850-1860 |
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| 3T4 | | | Photograph: Ambrotype of unidentified Buckner youth,
Airlie home, Natchez, Mississippi |
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