Charles P. Leverich business letters
Scope and Contents
The letters recount the trading and financial conditions in the New Orleans branch of the family owned business controlled by William S. and J.H. Leverich. The letters give information on the cotton trade, shipping, insurance, banking, and the character and standing of various merchants. There are also references to the social life of the period, agents and customers in other Southern and a few Northern cities, banking conditions in the wake of U.S. President Andrew Jackson's Specie Circular and the Panic of 1837.
Dates
- Creation: 1833 - 1851
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1836 - 1843
Creator
- Leverich, Charles P. (Person)
Access Restriction
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials from this item must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Note
Charles P. Leverich was a businessman with businesses both in New Orleans, Louisiana and New York. The family had mercantile and banking interests.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (4 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Leverich letters recount the trading and financial conditions in the New Orleans branch of the family owned business controlled by William S. and J.H. Leverich. The letters give information on the cotton trade, shipping, insurance, banking, and the character and standing of various merchants.
Acquisition Information
The letters were purchased on July 1, 1958.
Subject
- Leverich, William S. (Person)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Charles P. Leverich business letters, 1833-1851, bulk dates 1836-1843
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1999
- 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 Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu