William Dunbar account book, 1776-1847, Adams County, Mississippi : also Louisiana

Author/Creator:: Dunbar, William, 1749-1810
Publication/Creation:: Bethesda, MD : University Publications of America, ©1991
Format:: Book
Is Part Of:: Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, pt. 6, reel 1.

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Full Title:: William Dunbar account book, 1776-1847, Adams County, Mississippi : also Louisiana
Series Titles:: Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscript Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part 6, Mississippi and Arkansas ; reel 1
Records of ante-bellum southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscript Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. reel 1.

Additional Author/Creators:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

Subjects:: Dunbar, William,1749-1810--Archives
Ross, Alexander,1806-1821
Girty, George
McKee, Alexander
Dunbar, William
Account books--Mississippi--Sources
Enslaved persons--Mississippi--Natchez--History--19th century--Sources
Merchants--United States--History--18th century--Sources
Plantation owners--Mississippi--History--Sources
Plantations--Mississippi--Natchez--History--19th century--Sources
Adams County (Miss.)--History--Sources
Mississippi--History--Sources
Louisiana--History--Sources
Nassau (Bahamas)--Commerce--History--18th century--Sources
Natchez (Miss.)--Commerce--History--19th century--Sources
Mississippi--History--19th century--Sources

Summary:: The collection consists of an account book containing varied accounts, 1776-1793, probably kept by Alexander Ross (d.1806), with George Girty and Alex McKee, loyalists at Fort Pitt, Pa.; the Earl of Dunmore (1732-1809), colonial governor of Virginia; and free blacks. The volume contains memoranda, 1845-1847, of William Dunbar's son, of the same name, a Natchez planter, about dealings with his London and New York agents. Alexander Ross was the son of tenants on the Scottish estate of Dunbar's father. He was a close friend of Dunbar, followed him to America, and lived near him. Dunbar was the executor of Ross's estate after his death in 1806.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
General Note:: Title from reel guide.
Accompanied by a printed reel guide.