A Guide to the John Rutherford, Jr., Papers, 1819-1826
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Rutherford, John, Jr. | |
| Title: | John Rutherford, Jr., Papers | |
| Dates: | 1819-1826 | |
| Abstract: | 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. | |
| Accession No.: | 2009-094 | |
| Extent: | 1/4 in. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
John Rutherford, Jr., was an influential cotton factor in the early years of Mississippian statehood.
Scope and Contents
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.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
Unrestricted 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. | ||
Related Material
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Forms part of the Natchez Trace Small Manuscript Collections. See also John McNeill Papers (forms part of the Natchez Trace Small Manuscript Collections). |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
John Rutherford, Jr., Papers, 1819-1826, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Laurel Rozema, April 2009.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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| 2E937 | Correspondence, 1820-1823 | ||||||||||||
| Agreements and account statements, 1819-1826 | |||||||||||||