Whitney & Burnham (New Orleans, La.) records,
Whitney & Burnham (New Orleans, La.) records, 1835-1851 (bulk 1841-1846).
- 1,000 items. 6 containers. 2.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence and letterbooks, diary, bills, invoices, notebooks, purchase orders, receipts, and rent statements of a cotton mercantile firm, headed by Israel Whitney and W.A. Burnham, engaged in international trade through the ports of New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Boston, Mass. Includes material relating to the cotton gin, labor disputes, and relations between cotton mills.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008045
mm 81045450
Burnham, W. A.
Whitney, Israel, 1797-1871.
Cotton gins and ginning.
Cotton manufacture.
Cotton trade--Alabama--Mobile.
Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Cotton trade--Massachusetts--Boston.
Labor disputes.
Merchants--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Open to research.
Correspondence and letterbooks, diary, bills, invoices, notebooks, purchase orders, receipts, and rent statements of a cotton mercantile firm, headed by Israel Whitney and W.A. Burnham, engaged in international trade through the ports of New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Boston, Mass. Includes material relating to the cotton gin, labor disputes, and relations between cotton mills.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008045
mm 81045450
Burnham, W. A.
Whitney, Israel, 1797-1871.
Cotton gins and ginning.
Cotton manufacture.
Cotton trade--Alabama--Mobile.
Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Cotton trade--Massachusetts--Boston.
Labor disputes.
Merchants--Louisiana--New Orleans.