The Loisel Plantation Collection

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Title

The Loisel Plantation Collection

Subject

Post Reconstruction, South Louisiana, Iberia Parish

Description

This collection of Ledgers comes from the Loisel Plantation in Jeanerette, Louisiana. The books contain the locations of various plantation stores and both individual and group transactions that occurred on or near the Loisel Plantation.

Date

1876 is the earliest recorded date in this collection, while 1904 is the latest.

Format

JPEGs, PDFs

Language

English.

Coverage

Jeanerette, Louisiana

Collection Items

Loisel White and Yellow Sugar Ledger
This bound ledger contains processing amounts and payments for production of White and Yellow Clarified Sugar on the Loisel Plantation for the years 1889, 1890, 1892, and 1893. It contains detailed production, processing, and shipment of sugar in and…

Loisel Fairview Store & Pharr and Bussey
This large, black and brown volume contains payment schedules and transactions with vendors working at the Fairview Store on the Loisel Plantation. Entries for seperate entity "Pharr and Bussey" are also written within this ledger. This ledger also…

Loisel Coal Polley Timebook
This ledger is a large, slender volume with a black cover and maroon edges with a golden trim. The word "Timebook" is written across the front of the book. Within the contents, there are detailed listings of the total number of days worked, wages per…

Loisel Ledger 1876
This item is a long and slender, monochromatic colored volume. This ledger contains detailed transactions of vendors in 1876.

Loisel Sugar Crops November-December 1891 and 1892
A medium-sized ledger with a maroon and brown cover and black and gold insignias. The contents of the ledger include detailed accounts of yellow and white sugar harvested between November and December of 1891 and 1892. You will also find brief…

Loisel Sugar Book Number Two
A long, skinny, tan-colored ledger. The ledger has the title "Sugar Book No. 2" written across the cover. This ledger contains detailed transactions for the 1896 sugar crop production.

Loisel Plantation Ledger 1894
A bound book with leather corners. It was used in the year 1894 as a ledger for multiple accounts. The ledger contains names of the vendors with information about their payment status. The scans are in order not by page number, but rather by the…

Loisel Olive Branch Cane Book
A ledger for Olive Branch Cane production. It is a long, thin book that details cane production in 1899. The book lists details transactions from several vendors. The scans in this ledger are not in numerical order by pages; rather they are in…
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