Levisee, Aaron Burton.

Aaron Burton Levisee papers, 1847-1992 (bulk 1847-1895). - 18 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet.

Open to research.

Diaries (1847-1895; volumes 1-5, 7) documenting Levisee's activities as a student at the University of Michigan, school teacher in Alabama, lawyer in Louisiana, soldier in the Confederate army, judge and state legislator in Louisiana during Reconstruction, Republican elector for the state of Louisiana in the presidential election of 1876, and later as an internal revenue agent in California and the Pacific Northwest. Also includes obituaries and other clippings.




Typewritten transcript, in part.
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Lawyer and state legislator in Louisiana; later moved to California and the Pacific Northwest.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009125

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Confederate States of America. Army.
Republican Party (La.)
University of Michigan.


Education--Alabama.
Internal revenue--California.
Internal revenue--Northwest, Pacific.
Judges--Louisiana.
Practice of law--Louisiana.
Presidents--Election--United States--1876.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana.


Louisiana--Politics and government--1865-1950.
United States--History--Personal narratives.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Educators.
Lawyers.
Legislators--Louisiana.
Soldiers, Confederate.