JAMES AMEDEE GAUDET COLLECTION OF HOUMAS PLANTATIONS AND WILLIAM PORCHER MILES
MATERIALS, #2334, 1785-1927
Family and business papers of Gaudet, secretary-treasurer of the Miles Planting and
Manufacturing Company, which controlled thirteen large sugar plantations; developer of a New
Orleans subdivision; and business representative of William Porcher Miles. Series 1 contains
papers relating to the ownership of the Houmas plantations and other Louisiana property and
includes lists of slaves and free blacks (1840s-1850s).
