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Alfred Austell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29
 

Alfred Austell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29

These papers consist of various business and legal documents related to Alfred Austell's numerous business ventures. Included are land deeds, bookkeeping notes, checks, property insurance policies, bills, receipts, and photocopies of pages from Austell's letter book dealing with banking business, sale of cotton, and property acquisition and payment of personal notes. This collection also contains two pocket files, which are listed by month. The contents of these files have been left in the original order in which they were received (please see Box 3).

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Dates
1833-1962
Majority of material found within 1833 - 1889
Extent
2.92 linear ft. (3 document cases, 1 oversize box)
Related Names
Austell, Alfred, 1814-1881
Language
English
Dates
1840-1882
Dates
1878-1883
Dates
1846-1859
Dates
1872
Dates
1852
Dates
1833
Dates
1841-1877

Promises to pay, Miscellaneous, 1845-1866

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates
1845-1866

Nathan Camp and Benjamin Camp, 1849-1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Dates
1849-1861

Austell and Camp, 1850-1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates
1850-1862

Austell and Swan, 1852-1865

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Dates
1852-1865

Checks payable to Alfred Austell, 1853-1873

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates
1853-1873
Dates
1855-1860

Trout House leases and transfers, 1855-1860

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates
1855-1860
Dates
1856-1881
Dates
1857-1881

Letitia J. Austell Fitch, 1858

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates
1858