Descriptive Summary
Rutherford, John, Jr.
John Rutherford, Jr.,
Papers
1819-1826 Materials
are written in English.
2009-094
1/4 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin
The John Rutherford,
Jr., Papers, 1819-1826, contains business correspondence, agreements, and
account statements for Rutherford with John P. McNeill and Alvarez Fisk of the
Natchez merchant firm Fisk & McNeill and with Alexander McNeill and Eli
Montgomery of the Natchez merchant firm Montgomery & McNeill.
Biographical NoteJohn Rutherford, Jr., was an influential
cotton factor in the early years of Mississippian statehood.
Scope and ContentsThe John Rutherford, Jr., Papers,
1819-1826, contains business correspondence, agreements, and account statements
for Rutherford with John P. McNeill and Alvarez Fisk of the Natchez merchant
firm Fisk & McNeill and with Alexander McNeill and Eli Montgomery of the
Natchez merchant firm Montgomery & McNeill.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Rutherford, John, Jr. --
Archives.
McNeill, John P.
McNeill,
Alexander.
Montgomery, Eli.
Subjects (Organizations)
Montgomery & McNeill.
Fisk &
McNeill.
Subjects
Business records -- Mississippi.
Factoring services industry
-- History -- Sources.
Places
Adams County (Miss.) --
History -- Sources.
Mississippi -- History --
Sources.
Natchez (Miss.) -- History
-- Sources.
Preferred CitationJohn Rutherford, Jr., Papers, 1819-1826,
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Related MaterialForms part of the
Natchez Trace
Small Manuscript Collections.
See also John McNeill Papers
(forms part of the
Natchez Trace
Small Manuscript Collections).
Processing InformationThis collection was processed by
Laurel Rozema, April 2009.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2E937
Correspondence,
1820-1823
2E937
Agreements and account statements,
1819-1826