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WILLIAM A. SHAFFER PAPERS, #657, 1818-1921
Plantation journals, account books, scrapbooks, a diary, and financial and legal papers document the operation of the sugar plantations owned by the Shaffer family of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The financial and legal papers contain slave bills of sale (1818-1857). There is also a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to sugar legislation and race relations (1884- 1919). Microfilm available.
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