Bonney and Bush and Bush and Lobdell collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0186
Scope and Contents note
Five letters, two to Bonney and Bush of Wilmington, Delaware, the other three to Bush and Lobdell, also of Wilmington. The first two are from Thomas E. Tartt, written 14 April 1836 in Philadephia, ordering machinery for cotton gins in Alabama, and Seaman and Shackelford, written 9 January 1838 at Mobile, also ordering cotton gin machinery. The final three, dated 13 and 25 February 1841and 2 April 1843 were all written by Peter McIntyre of Mobile, Alabama. They also pertain to cotton ginning machinery and payment.
Dates
- 1836-1843
Biographical/Historical note
Cotton ginning machinery manufacturers, Wilmington, Delaware.
Extent
0.01 Linear Feet (5 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letters to the machinery manufactures Booney and Bush, and Bush and Lobdell, both of Wilmington, Delaware, concerning machinery, cotton gins, and business conditions in Alabama, 1836-1843.
Provenance
Unknown
General
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Processed By
John Beeler
- Title
- Guide to the Bonney and Bush and Bush and Lobdell collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository