Box OS0008

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection documents the business and personal life of Wilfred A. Joubert (1867-1940), an American businessman from Massachusetts. The materials cover Mr. Joubert’s time in Suriname (Dutch Guiana), where he harvested balata (an early latex product) for the American Exploitation Company; and Chiapas, Mexico, where he exported rubber for the Rio Michol Rubber Plantation Company and bananas for the United States Banana Company. The collection contains maps, legal documents, correspondence,...

Content Description From the Collection: The collection contains five documents relating to James Collier Foster, including: his license to practice law in Mississippi in 1842; his election as captain of the Rural Guards in Tuscaloosa in 1861; his Warrant of Pardon signed by President Andrew Johnson on September 12, 1865; his acknowledgement of the President's Warrant; and the certification of a true copy of the Warrant on file in the State Department.