James Emile Armor papers

Collection

Identifier: SC-100-MS

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

10 items (106 pieces). Manuscript letters, mostly from his adoptive father, James Armor, a New Orleans commission merchant. They deal with the son's schooling at the Abbeyville Institute near Lancaster, Pa. and later at the Mobile Institute in Alabama. The letters originated from such places as Covington, La., Mobile, New York City, and various towns in Pennsylvania. Also included is an 1842 bill and an 1839 certificate from the Mobile Institute.

Among the other subjects discussed are: business conditions, including the effects of the Panic of 1837 and the 1842 Louisiana banking crisis; local and national politics; yellow fever epidemics of 1837 and 1841; New Orleans theatre and other amusements; agricultural concerns on the family's properties in Washington Parish.

Dates

Creation: 1837-1854

Creator

Armor, James Emile (1826) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment.

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Extent

10 Folders (10 folders, 106 mixed materials)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

These papers were introduced as evidence in the Sucession of Josephine Heard Armor (#7676, Second District Court) and in the case of Henry J. Masson vs. J.E. Armor (#7883, Second District Court). See also the 1843 Probate Court record in the Succession of James Armor.