Mayor Charles Waterman

Collection — Box: Incoming Correspondence

Identifier: CA-AA-Waterman

Staff Only

Mayor Charles Waterman, Incoming Correspondence

Scope and Contents

Letters, 1858, relative to the suicide of Laura Williams and the subsequent effort of her sister to obtain her property through W.J.A. Fuller, a New York attorney. Included is a letter from Fuller enclosing a letter from Laura Williams to her sister Emma and letters from individuals attesting to fuller's identity (one is from Daniel F. Tiemann, Mayor of New York, and another from attorney and author, A. Oakey Hall). Click the image to view the full collection.

Dates

Creation: 1858

Creator

Charles Watterman (Person)
Office of the Mayor (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

These materials have been digitized and are available to view on our digital platform ContentDM. Originals are closed for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Reproduction or use of materials is prohibited without the permission of the City Archives & Special Collections. Please review the Archives' Permission to Publish note.

Biographical / Historical

Watterman served as Mayor for 1856 to 1858.

Extent

1 Files (6 items in folder. )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

See also Second District Court (Orleans Parish) #14301, Succession of Laura Williams.

Related Materials

Letterbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence have been preserved with the Office of the Mayor records. Request the volumes by the dates associated with each individual mayor for more information, as well as additional records from that mayor's tenure.