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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05339.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of letters pertaining to Stephen Duncan, a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Title | Stephen Duncan to unknown regarding education and business |
| Date | 10 March 1860 |
| Author | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Requests the recipient to procure and send a tin box of crackers. Seeks to gain information on the school of "M & C," attended by the recipient's son. Writes on behalf of a lawyer, H. B. Shaw, from Vidalia, Louisiana. Notes that Shaw desires to give his son "all the opportunities of education his limited means will justify." Contains a note on verso regarding the receipt of goods from New York. |
| Subjects | Education Diet and Nutrition Law Children and Family |
| People | Duncan, Stephen (1787-1867) |
| Place written | Natchez, Mississippi |
| Theme | Merchants & Commerce; Education |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Stephen Duncan was a landowner, slaveholder, and financier in pre-Civil War America. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |