JAMES DELLET FAMILY PAPERS,

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JAMES DELLET FAMILY PAPERS Finding Aid Table of Contents Page Biographical Notes 3 Series Descriptions with Container Listings I. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, undated 4 II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907, undated 4-13 A. James Dellet correspondence and letters, 1807-1849, undated 4-12 B. Harriet Dellet correspondence and letters, 1834-1849 12 C. Emma Dellet Gibbons correspondence and letters, 1838-1880 12 D. Lyman Gibbons correspondence and letters, 1856-1879 12 E. Charles J. Torrey correspondence and letters, undated 13 F. Helen Dolly Gibbons Torrey correspondence and letters, 1867-1894 13 G. Gladin Gorin correspondence and letters, 1848-1857 13 I. Miscellaneous letters, undated 13 III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903 and undated 14-22 A. James Dellet financial records, 1807-1849, undated 14-20 B. Emma Dellet Gibbons financial records, 1848-1894 20 C. Lyman Gibbons financial records, 1840-1880, undated 20-21 D. Charles J. Torrey financial records, 1854-1901 22 E. Gladin Gorin financial records, 1844, 1848 22 IV. LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1879 and undated 22-25 A. James Dellet legal records, 1775-1848, undated 22-24 B. Lyman Gibbons legal records, 1858-1879 24-25 C. Dellet Family legal records, 1788-1809, undated 25 V. NOTES, undated 25 VI. PRINTED MATERIAL, 1827-1879 and undated 25-26 A. James Dellet printed material, 1827-1844, undated 25-26 B. Lyman Gibbons printed material, 1844-1879, undated 26 VII. JAMES DELLET SPEECHES, 1844 and undated 27 VIII. PHOTOGRAPHS, undated 27-28 IX. DIPLOMA, 3 Dec. 1810 28 2

LPR 47 James Dellet Family Papers: Biographical Sketches James Dellet was born in 1788 at Philadelphia, Pa. His family moved to South Carolina while he was still a baby and it was there that he grew up and went to college, graduating with honors from South Carolina College in 1810. Dellet then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1813. In 1819 Dellet moved to Claiborne in Monroe County, Ala.., where he became a circuit court judge. He quickly became involved in the politics of the new state and was elected as a representative of the county in the first general assembly. Once at the assembly, Dellet was elected speaker of the house of representatives. In the ensuing 12 years he served as a representative; was speaker of the house again in 1821; and also served as chairman of the judiciary committee. Dellet made a bid for congress in 1833 as the representative from the Mobile District. At that time he was defeated by Gov. John Murphy. In 1838 Dellet ran again, this time defeating Murphy for a seat in the Twenty-sixth Congress. As a congressman Dellet, who was a member of the Whig party, dealt with the issues of slavery, tariff laws, nullification, and manifest destiny. Dellet was re-elected in 1843 and continued to serve as a congressional representative until health problems forced him to retired from public life. After his retirement, Dellet devoted himself to managing his plantation in Claiborne. James Dellet was married twice. His first wife was Harriet Willison of South Carolina. They had one child, a daughter, Emma Eugenia Dellet. Harriet Willison Dellet died in 1840. In 1842 Dellet married Mary Wormley from Tennessee, a cousin of his former wife. Dellet died on Dec. 21, 1848 in Claiborne, Ala. Lyman Gibbons was born June 3, 1808, at Westerlo, New York. He moved to Alabama in 1833, when he became a member of the faculty of Spring Hill College in Mobile. He forged his first connection with the Dellet family when he moved to Claiborne, Ala., and established a law parnership with James Dellet. In the ensuing years, he practiced law in Mobile from 1838-1845; read civil law in Paris 1845-1847; and practiced law in New Orleans and Mobile, 1847-1851. In 1851 he began serving as a circuit court judge and in 1852, Gov. Collier appointed him a supreme court justice, a position he resigned in 1854 to become a planter in Monroe County. His last public position came in 1861 when he represented Monroe County in the 1861 constitutional convention. In 1853 Gibbons cemented his Dellet family connections by marrying Dellet s daughter, Emma. They had one daughter, Helen Dolly Gibbons. Lyman Gibbons died in 1879; his wife Emma died in 1894. Helen Dolly Gibbons married Charles J. Torrey. Torrey was a native of Claiborne, Ala., who was born on April 25, 1850. Admitted to the bar in 1873, he was soon appointed register in chancery for Monroe County. He resigned the position a few years later and moved to Mobile, where he joined the law firm of Pillans, Torrey and Hanaw. In 1889 he was elected city attorney of Mobile, an office he held for several terms. He died July 14,1917 in Mobile. They had no children. 3

JAMES DELLET FAMILY PAPERS Series Descriptions with Container Listings Collection number: I. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, n.d. This subgroup includes biographical sketches and notes about James Dellet, Emma Dellet, Lyman Gibbons, Charles John Torrey, Helen Gibbons Torrey, and Gladen Gorin. Unarranged. Box 1, Folder 1 II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907, undated This subgroup is divided into eight series further detailed below: A. James Dellet correspondence and letters, 1807-1849, undated; B. Harriet Dellet correspondence and letters, 1834-1849; C. Emma Dellet Gibbons correspondence and letters, 1838-1880; D. Lyman Gibbons correspondence and letters, 1856-1879; E. Charles J. Torrey correspondence and letters, undated; F. Helen Dolly Gibbons Torrey correspondence and letters, 1867-1894; G. Gladin Gorin correspondence and letters, 1848-1857; and H. Miscellaneous letters, undated A. JAMES DELLET, CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated This series is divided in to nine subseries further detailed below: 1. Correspondence and letters, 1807-Apr. 1828; 2. Correspondence and letters, May 1828-Dec.1830; 3. Correspondence and letters, Jan. 1831-Feb. 1833; 4. Correspondence and letters, Mar. 1833-Feb. 1835; 5. Correspondence and letters, Mar. 1835-May 1837; 6. Correspondence and letters, June 1837-May 1839; 7. Correspondence and letters, June 1839-Apr. 1842; 8. Correspondence and letters, May 1842-Dec. 1847; 9. Correspondence and letters, 1848-1849, undated. 1. Correspondence and letters, 1807- Apr. 1828 This subseries reflects James Dellet s work as an Alabama lawyer and businessman. Topics discussed in the correspondence and letters debt settlements; the threat of loss of property by individuals whose debts were not paid; receipts of payment on debts, such as court expenses and business expenses; lawsuits; business transactions; the purchase and sale of slaves; runaway slaves; purchasing and selling of cotton and lumber; purchasing of goods from Brazil, Egypt, and India; deposits in banks by bank cashiers; a will contested in court; lists of claims; and a petition from the St. Stephens Steam Boat Co. Some of the letters that deal with financial matters come from circuit court clerks, the State Bank in Alabama (Tuskaloosa), branch banks in South Carolina (Charleston), and the Tombeckbe Bank in St. Stephens, Alabama. One of the correspondents is J.B. Cook, 4

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated (cont.) 1. Correspondence and letters, 1807- Apr. 1828 (continued) who was a cashier of the State Bank at Tuskaloosa during the 1820s. 1 2 1807-1819 1 3 1820 1 4 1821 1 5 1822 1 6 1823 1 7 1824 1 8 1825 1 9 1826 Jan. - June 1 10 1826 July - Dec. 1 11 1827 Jan. - June 1 12 1827 July - Dec. 1 13 1828 Jan. - Apr. 2. Correspondence and letters, May 1828 - Dec. 1830 This subseries reflects James Dellet s work as an Alabama lawyer and businessman. Topics discussed in the correspondence and letters include debt collections; lawsuits; receipts of notes; claims against debtors; sale of property to pay debts; Dellet s personal debt; estates; settlement of accounts; family illnesses; slavery (purchase and sale of slaves); sale of cotton, sugar, coffee, and salt in Liverpool, England; runaway slaves; and business affairs with Mobley and Co. and M. Sorkey Hagan and Co. Some of the letters that deal with financial matters come from circuit court clerks and the Branch Bank of South Carolina in George Town. Arranged chronologically 2 1 1828 May-Dec. 2 2 1829 Jan.-May 2 3 1829 June-Aug. 2 4 1829 Sept.-Dec. 2 5 1830 Jan.-Feb. 2 6 1830 Feb.-Mar. 2 7 1830 April 2 8 1830 May 2 9 1830 June-July 2 10 1830 Aug.-Sept. 2 11 1830 Oct.-Dec. 5

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849,undated (cont.) 3. Correspondence and letters, Jan. 1831 - Feb. 1833 This subseries reflects James Dellet s work as an Alabama lawyer and businessman. In addition to similar political financial, and legal matters discussed in the previous two subseries, these papers discuss lawsuits; certificates of deposit with the Bank of the United States in Mobile; bonds; runaway slaves and slavery; Mr. Jose de Garcia of the Masonic brotherhood (in a letter by Dellet to Governor John Murphy); Dellet s speech before the Alabama House of Representatives; family matters; a request to the state legislature to establish The Planters Bank of Mobile ; Dellet s slave Jefferson and the death and possible murder of Jefferson s wife Polly; the court case of James Dellet vs. Wm. S. Hays ; Alabama state laws; the mail route through Mississippi and Alabama; the State Bank at Tuskaloosa; the meeting of the Union & States Rights Party ; the 1832 extra session of the Alabama State Legislature, which provided for the chartering of a Branch Bank in Mobile, and repealed the law preventing the introduction of slaves into Alabama; requests for legal counsel; increasing the financial capital of the Montgomery Bank; the South Carolina ordinance of nullification, which nullified the Tariff Acts of 1828 and 1832; and requests that Dellet become a candidate for Congress from the Mobile district. Some of the main correspondents in this container include James Savage, Harriett Dellet, Emma Dellet, B.F. Porter, Jaffray and Crane Co. of New York, N.Y., Duke G. Goodman and Co., and Henry Minor. 3 1 1831 Jan.-Feb. 3 2 1831 Mar.-Apr. 3 3 1831 May-June 3 4 1831 July-Oct. 3 5 1831 Nov. 3 6 1831 Dec. 3 7 1832 Jan. 3 8 1832 Feb.-Mar. 3 9 1832 Apr.-May 3 10 1832 June 3 11 1832 July-Aug. 3 12 1832 Sept.-Oct. 3 13 1832 Nov.-Dec. 3 14 1833 Jan. 3 15 1833 Feb. 6

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated (cont.) 4. Correspondence and letters, Mar. 1833 - Feb. 1835 In addition to similar political, financial, and legal matters discussed in the previous subseries, these papers discuss Dellet s agreement to become a candidate for the United States Congress; the U. S. Tariff Act of 1832; the controversy over Dellet s decision not to become a candidate for the United States Congress; Dellet s political decision with Joseph B. Earle, an Alabama newspaper official; death of a friend; a petition nominating Dellet as a candidate for Congress; estate settlements; Alabama state senatorial elections; settlement at the Orphan s Court in Wilcox Co.; a request for Dellet to become an honorary member of the Literary Society of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa; the estate case of John B. Burke; a request to purchase a part of Dellet s land; receipts of debt payments; legal advice; and personal matters. Some of the correspondents include Duke Goodman, Goodman and Miller from Mobile, Samuel Wilkinson, Francis S. Lyon, B.F. Porter, and Thomas Eastin. 4 1 1833 Feb. 4 2 1833 March 4 3 1833 April 4 4 1833 June 4 5 1833 July 4 6 1833 Aug.-Sept. 4 7 1833 Oct. 4 8 1833 Nov.-Dec. 4 9 1833 Dec. 4 10 1834 Jan.-Feb. 4 11 1834 Mar.-Apr. 4 12 1834 May-June 4 13 1834 July-Sept. 4 14 1834 Oct.-Nov. 4 15 1834 Nov.-Dec. 4 16 1835 Jan.-Feb. 5. Correspondence and letters, Mar. 1835 - May 1837 In addition to similar political, financial, and legal matters discussed in the in the previous containers, these papers discuss the hiring of B.F. Porter to conduct an estate settlement; a copy of a power-of-attorney; slavery and slave trade; property liquidation; mortgages; acknowledgment of the receipt of Supreme Court fees; receipt of a bank draft; letter to Francis Scott Key nominating Aaron B. Cooper to the office of district attorney 7

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated. (cont.) 5. Correspondence and letters, Mar. 1835 - May 1837 (continued) for the southern district of Alabama; wills; a letter from B.F. Porter stating that the... next Legislature... will be... a revolutionizing Van Buren body ; B.F. Porter s nomination and his defeat as Bank Director of the State Bank; statistical reports of the cotton market, foreign and domestic, compiled by Goodman and Miller Co. by Dellet; and a request for Dellet to be the prosecuting attorney in a murder trial. Some of the correspondents include Duke Goodman, Goodman and Miller Co., Henry Minor, Anderson Crenshaw, J. B. Earle, S. Richardson, B.F. Porter, W.R. English and Lyman Gibbons. 5 1 1835 Mar.-May 5 2 1835 June-July 5 3 1835 July 5 4 1835 Aug.-Sept. 5 5 1835 Sept. 5 6 1835 Oct.-Nov. 5 7 1835 Dec. 5 8 1836 Jan.-Feb. 5 9 1836 Mar.-Apr. 5 10 1836 May-June 5 11 1836 July-Sept. 5 12 1836 Oct.-Dec. 5 13 1837 Jan.-Feb. 5 14 1837 Mar.-May 6. Correspondence and letters, June 1837 - May 1839 This subseries includes and discusses a request from B. F. Porter to Dellet to become a candidate for the U. S. Congress; the Alabama state government and the decision to not run a Whig party member against Governor Clay; the Van Buren Organ and how, according to Lyman Gibbons, this newspaper... wanted, of course to let loose... on Dellet (Democrats vs. Whigs); a settlement with the Dallas County orphans court; the sale of slaves; estate settlements; and payment of fees for court cases. Some of the correspondents include B.F. Porter, Goodman and Miller Co., Lyman Gibbons, William W. Boykin, and E. A. English. 6 1 1837 June-July 6 2 1837 Aug.-Sept. 8

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated (cont.) 6. Correspondence and letters, June 1837 - May 1839 (continued) 6 3 1837 Oct.-Dec. 6 4 1838 Jan.-Feb. 6 5 1838 March 6 6 1838 April 6 7 1838 May 6 8 1838 June 6 9 1838 July 6 10 1838 Aug. 6 11 1838 Sept. 6 12 1838 Oct. 6 13 1838 Nov.-Dec. 6 14 1839 Jan.-Feb. 6 15 1839 Mar.-May 7. Correspondence and letters, June 1839 - Apr. 1842 These papers include and discuss estate settlements; shipment of pork on the ship Victoria; the prices of candles, cotton, pork, paper, etc.; the political climate in Tuskaloosa and the Bank question ; Dellet s election to the U. S. Congress; a great fire in Mobile; illnesses and deaths of friends; illness of Harriett Dellet; appointment of William B. Trotter as U.S. Indian agent among the Choctaws; the Whig party; deposits into the Branch Bank at Mobile; the building of Dellet s house in Claiborne by the architect Lauren Campbell; a list of slaves sold to Dellet; invitations to dinner parties by members of the Whig Party; notices that Dellet s speeches had arrived in Alabama; meetings of the Tippecanoe Club in Alabama; an invitation to come to a Whig convention in Montgomery; the Independent Treasury Act under President Van Buren; nomination by the Whig Party of William Henry Harrison to the presidency and John Tyler to the vice-presidency; and presidential election results. The subseries also contains requests to borrow money from Dellet; requests to send copies of Acts; information on a public mail route from Clarke County, Miss., through Washing County, Ala.; increasing the income of the professors of mathematics in the Naval Service of the U. S.; request to nominate Samuel (?) Bingham for United States Marshall for the Southern District of Alabama; request to nominate Major Levi W. Lawler as receiver of public monies at the land office in Talladega County; the Cherokee lands; arguing the constitutionality of the State Banks before the Mobile Circuit Court and the likelihood that it will be argued before the United States Supreme Court; petition for the appointment, from the Alabama legislature (with the signatures from the legislators), of John Hall to the office of Attorney for the United States; requests for a land patent; 9

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849, undated (cont.) 7. Correspondence and letters, June 1839 - Apr. 1842 (continued) runaway slaves; request to be appointed as person in charge of affairs to the Republic of Texas; a description of Washington, D.C. during Christmas of 1840 to Emma Dellet from her father; the continuing illness of Harriett Dellet; request for Dellet to be a candidate for reelection to the U. S. Congress; request for an appointment to West Point; request by Mary Wormley, in Philadelphia, to send Emma to dance school; Emma s education; the beginning of the liquidation of the state bank and the effect on state finances; the abolitionist movement in Philadelphia and New York; and Dellet s worsening eyesight. Some of the correspondents include B.F. Porter, Duke Goodman, Francis S. Lyon, William B. McClellan,A.B. Cooper, Arthur Francis Hopkins, Emma Dellet, Mary Wormley, and Lauren Campbell. 7 1 1839 June-Dec. 7 2 1840 Jan.-May 7 3 1840 June-Aug. 7 4 1840 Sept.-Oct. 7 5 1840 Nov.-Dec. 7 6 1841 Jan. 7 7 1841 Jan. 7 8 1841 Feb.-Mar. 7 9 1841 Apr.-May 7 10 1841 June-Oct. 7 11 1841 Nov.-Dec. 7 12 1842 Jan.-Apr. 8. Correspondence and letters, May 1842 - Dec. 1847 As in the previous subseries, this one reflects Dellet s involvement in Alabama s political, financial, and legal affairs. These papers include and discuss personal matters from his daughter Emma and Mary Wormley in Philadelphia; deposits into the Branch Banks at Montgomery and Mobile; a list of financial notes left with A. P. Bagby; estate settlements; the organization of the Clay Club ; hiring out of slaves; clothing for slaves; reelection to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1843; the cotton market; requests for appointments to U. S. government jobs; the well-being of Dellet s plantation as described by his overseer Pleasant Bullard; request for patent information, and a description and drawing of a proposed cotton press; Dellet s election as an honorary member of the Clay Club ; the Whig party; regulations for admission of cadets into the Military Academy; poems; and requests for Dellet to run for the U. S. Congress again. Some of the correspondents include Mary Wormley, Jane Gorin, and George Gorin. 10

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1849,undated (cont.) 8. Correspondence and letters, May 1842 - Dec. 1847 (continued) Letters from the merchants are written on the Mobile Journal of Commerce Letter-Sheet Price-Current. This is a commercial record listing exports, imports, receipts of cotton, arrivals to and clearances from the port of Mobile, arrival of goods in New Orleans, and a comparative financial statement from other ports. Also included is a review of the market, a list of vessels in the port of Mobile, and a list of cities to which cotton was exported. 8 1 1842 May-Dec. 8 2 1843 Jan.-July 8 3 1843 Sept.-Dec. 8 4 1844 Jan.-Mar. 8 5 1844 Mar.-Apr. 8 6 1844 May-Aug. 8 7 1844 Sept.-Dec. 8 8 1845 Jan.-Dec. 8 9 1846 Jan.-Dec. 8 10 1847 Jan.-Dec. 9. Correspondence and letters, 1848-1849, undated This subseries includes similar political, financial, and legal papers as in the previous containers. In addition, these papers discuss pension applications; debt collections; sale of slaves; the cotton market; and activities on Dellet s plantation as described by his overseer Pleasant Bullard. Letters from merchants are written on the New Orleans Price-Current, Commercial Intelligencer and Merchant s Transcript. This is a commercial record listing exports from and imports into New Orleans. It also list goods and their wholesale prices, imports of foreign goods, and the prices of cotton. Also included is a remark on the market, which is a description of economic changes for such major goods as sugar, tobacco, molasses, flour, pork, and whiskey. 9 1 1848 Jan.-Dec. 9 2 1849 Jan 12 9 3 undated 9 4 undated 11

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) B. HARRIET DELLET CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1820-1849 This series consist of letters concerning the shipping of cotton, slavery, purchase of clothing and rope, health of family members, and the well being of friends. Among the correspondents are Lucy Meggs; Desha, Sheppard and Co.; James Dellet; and Duke Goodman. Arranged chronologically by year. Box 16, Folder 5 1820,1840-1849 C. EMMA DELLET GIBBONS CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1838-1880 This series consists mainly of letters from C.J. Torrey to Emma concerning the health of friends; silver wedding reception; Judge Gibbon s death; the cotton market; shipping of goods; payment of state and county taxes; and other related business activities. Arranged chronologically by year. 16 6 1838,1848-1849 16 7 1850-1852 16 8 1853-1866 16 9 1875 16 10 1878 16 11 1878 16 12 1878 16 13 1879 17 1 1879 17 2 1879 17 3 1880 D. LYMAN GIBBONS CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1856-1879 This series consists mainly of letters to his wife concerning the health of family members and slaves; the Civil War; Gibbons nephew, John H. Gibbons participation in the Civil War and his death; medical examination of a slave; court cases; Gibbon s daughter, Dolly; Gibbons silver wedding anniversary; agriculture; cotton production; and other related subjects. Arranged chronologically by year. 17 7 1856-1874 17 8 1875-1877 17 9 1878-1879 12

II. CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1807-1907 and undated (continued) E. CHARLES J. TORREY CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, undated This series consists mainly of letters concerning Charles well being, foreign affairs, and a visit with friends. In addition, there is a writing The Close of Autumn. Box 19, Folder 6 undated F. HELEN DOLLY GIBBONS TORREY CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1867-1894 This series consists of letters concerning the death of Dolly s grandmother, Emma Dellet Gibbons and the death of Dolly s grandfather, Lyman Gibbons. Arranged chronologically by year. 19 11 1879 19 12 1879 19 13 1894 19 14 1894 19 15 1894, n.d. G. GLADIN GORIN CORRESPONDENCE AND LETTERS, 1848-1857 This series consists mainly of letters from relatives concerning the shipment of cotton, river transportation, education, and health of family members. Arranged chronologically by year. Box 19, Folder 19 1848-1857 H. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, undated This series consists of letters that do not appear to fit into the scope of the other series. Box 19, Folder 22 undated 13

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated This subgroup is divided into five series further detailed below: A. James Dellet financial records, 1807-1849, undated; B. Emma Dellet Gibbons financial records, 1848-1894; C. Lyman Gibbons financial records, 1840-1880, undated; D. Charles J. Torrey financial records, 1854-1901; and E. Gladin Gorin financial records, 1844, 1848. A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated The financial records of James Dellet reflect various financial matters, in which Dellet was involved throughout his business and legal career. The types offinancial records in this subseries include receipts, records relating to estate settlements, promissory notes, ledger sheets, account settlements, and various similar papers. The amount due and receipts to payments made vary from under $100.00 to over $1,000.00. The large payments made by Dellet and the debts he incurred through business transactions with merchants, reflect on Dellet s wealth and his financial affairs as a plantation owner and lawyer. Some of these papers reflect on the slave and cotton trade in Alabama. They also depict the amount of court fees due to Alabama courts as a result of lawsuits and estate settlements. It is interesting to note the types of goods that Dellet bought on account. Included are such goods as whiskey, dried apples, salt, shoes for slaves, Irish potatoes, cherry brandy, pork, and flour. Also included are the estate settlements of James Dellet (Senior) and John C. Dellet. The latter could be a family member, possibly an uncle or his brother. This series is divided into seven subseries further detailed below: 1. Financial records, 1807-1824; 2. Financial records, 1824-1827; 3. Financial records, 1827-1830; 4. Financial records, 1830-1834; 5. Financial records, 1834-1844; 6. Financial records, 1845-1849, undated; 7. Financial records, oversized, 1817-1845, undated 1. Financial records, 1807-1824 As a businessman, legal official, and lawyer, Dellet was involved in the collection of debts. Included in this subseries are receipts; ledger sheets; promissory notes; settlements of accounts; the accounts of James Fitzsimmons and Samuel Herron; lists of goods sold, with the amount, and the value of each good; notes describing payments for the hiring out of slaves; notes describing Dellet s personal debt settlements; bond statements; bills of sale; bill of goods; value of goods of the estate of William Jones; court costs; estate of William A. Marshall; estate settlements - lists of the payments made on unpaid items; land tax payments; lists of receipts and payments; lists of costs of goods purchased; slips of paper with mathematical computations on them; balance on 14

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated (continued) 1. Financial records, 1807-1824 accounts; orders of cloth and clothing by Harriett Dellet; and a check from the Bank of the United States. 9 5 1804-1817 9 6 1818-1819 9 7 1820 9 8 1820 9 9 1820 9 10 1821 9 11 1821 9 12 1821 9 13 1822 9 14 1822 9 15 1823 9 16 1823 9 17 1823 9 18 1824 2. Financial records, 1824-1827 As in the previous subseries, this one continues to reflect the financial affairs of James Dellet. These papers include the inventories and value of the estate of Jolly Bracey as shown by the administrators of the estate; the value and name of each of Bracey s slaves; promissory notes; purchase orders and costs of goods; bill of sale of property (slaves and sheep); lists of collateral; estate settlements; lists of court fees; bills of costs; list of returns on the sales of an estate; certificates of payments (notes stating that debt payments were made); receipts; notices from sheriffs that Dellet had collected outstanding court fees; notices acknowledging the receipt of money for the sale of slaves; check from the Bank of Mobile; settlement of Dellet s father s estate; bill of sale for seven slaves; list of slaves sold to Dellet; a bill for work performed; statements by county tax collectors; notice from the branch of the bank of the State of South Carolina at George Town, and account books. Also included is the settlement of the estate of John C. Dellet by James Dellet, as well as the estate book of John C. Dellet. 10 1 10 2 10 3 15

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated (continued) 2. Financial records, 1824-1827 (continued) 10 4 1824 10 5 1824 10 6 1824 10 7 1825 10 8 1825 10 9 1825 10 10 1825 10 11 1825-1826 10 12 1826 10 13 1826 10 14 1826 10 15 1826 10 16 1826 10 17 1827 10 18 1827 10 19 1827 10 20 1827 10 21 1827 10 22 1827 21 8 John C. Dellet estate book, 1827-1829 (oversized) 3. Financial records, 1827-1830 As in the previous subseries, this container continues to reflect the financial affairs of James Dellet. This subseries includes promissory notes; lists of purchases on account; receipts; notes concerning sale of slaves; lists of notes (debts) collected by Dellet; ledger sheets; lists of debts due; account booklet; court fees due; estate settlements; and notices of the collection of debts by Henry M. Abney. 11 1 1827 11 2 1827 11 3 1828 11 4 1828 11 5 1828 11 6 1828 11 7 1828 16

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated (continued) 3. Financial records, 1827-1830 (continued) 11 8 1828 11 9 1828 11 10 1829 11 11 1829 11 12 1829 11 13 1829 11 14 1829 11 15 1829 11 16 1829 11 17 1829 11 18 1829 11 19 1829 11 20 1830 11 21 1830 4. Financial records, 1830-1834 This subseries includes receipts; lists of goods purchased; records of collections made by Henry M. Abney; lists of debts collected; promissory notes; descriptions and amounts of drafts due to the Bank of Mobile; estate settlements; court fees; record of deposits made by Dellet; list of sundry notes received; estimate of the value of a section of land; lists of purchases made on account; settlement by Dellet of the estate of Henry M. Abney of Mobile; inventory of the sale of the personal estate of Henry M. Abney (list of articles sold, to whom, and for how much); record of payments made to Duke Goodman; records of Dellet s accounts current with Duke Goodman; record of items bought for his daughter Emma; and ledger sheets recording Dellet s accounts current with Goodman and Miller. 12 1 1830 12 2 1830 12 3 1830 12 4 1831 12 5 1831 12 6 1831 12 7 1831 12 8 1831 12 9 1831 12 10 1832 17

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated(continued) 3. Financial records, 1830-1834 (continued) 12 11 1832 12 12 1832 12 13 1832 12 14 1832 12 15 1832 12 16 1832 12 17 1833 12 18 1833 12 19 1833 12 20 1833 12 21 1833 12 22 1833 12 23 1834 5. Financial records, 1834-1844 This subseries includes receipts; list of patent fees; lists of court fees; check from the Bank of the United States; record of receipts by Benjamin F. Porter; accounts current of Dellet; check from the Bank of Mobile; accounts current with Goodman and Miller; court fees; and other papers similar to those in the previous containers. 13 1 1834 13 2 1834 13 3 1834 13 4 1834 13 5 1835 13 6 1835 13 7 1835 13 8 1836 13 9 1836 13 10 1836 13 11 1837 13 12 1837 13 13 1837 13 14 1838 13 15 1838 13 16 1839 13 17 1839 18

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903 and undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated (continued) 3. Financial records, 1834-1844 (continued) 13 18 1840 13 19 1841 13 20 1841 13 21 1842 13 22 1843 13 23 1844 6. Financial records, 1845-1849, undated Included among these papers are checks from the New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.; accounts current; fees as resulting from of the lawsuit of the Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile vs. James Dellet, etc.; record of cotton sold by Desha, Smith and Co. for James Dellet; bill from S. and C. Stinger to Mrs. Mary Wormley Dellet for the purchase of clothing; bill from Beach, Ela and Co. for the purchase of saddlery and coach hardware; bill from Mosley and Tucker, druggists and apothecaries; receipts; blacksmith s bill with a list of items repaired and goods purchased; and a financial record called the Cotton Circular which provides an overview of the cotton market for 10 Apr. 1849. 14 1 1845 14 2 1846 14 3 1847-1849 14 4 undated 14 5 undated 14 6 undated 14 7 undated 14 8 undated 14 9 undated 7. Financial records, 1817-1845, undated (oversized) Included in this folder of oversized financial records are various accounts current ledger sheets, such as the account current ledger sheet of Mrs. Susan Ellis to Agee and Durnas; the accounts current ledger sheets of James Dellet to Draughn and Crane and to John Dellet; and the accounts current ledger sheet of W. H. Johnston to Washington Hotel. The ledger sheets list the goods and services placed on account and the cost for each item. Also included is a record of debts that Dellet had to collect in the name of the Monroe 19

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1849, undated (continued) 7. Financial records, 1817-1845, undated (oversized) (continued) County court; the account of the Claiborne post office as it was compiled by Ezra Hill, Claiborne postmaster; the account current ledger sheet of James Dellet, Jr., to James Dellet, Sr.;the estate settlement papers of Josiah Fletcher; and various lists of debts collected. Box 21, Folder 8 1817-1845, undated B. EMMA DELLET GIBBONS FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1848-1894 This series consists of receipts, invoices, and bills of goods concerning the selling of cotton, the purchase of clothing, food, and furniture; repair of a cotton gin, hotel expenses, educational expenses, medical expenses for the treatment of family and slaves, and the purchase of farm tools. 17 4 1848-1854 17 5 1869-1879 17 6 1880-1894 C. LYMAN GIBBONS FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1840-1880, undated This series is divided into two subseries, further detailed below: 1. Financial records, 1840-1880, undated; and 2. Financial records, Dec. 12, 1876 (oversized). 1. Financial records, 1840-1880, undated This subseries consists of receipts, accounts, invoices, insurance policies, and statements concerning the purchase of farm supplies, books, horses, mules, food, clothing, furniture, and slaves; management of his plantation, medical treatment of family and slaves, hiring of slaves, church, contribution, payment of state, local, and county taxes; insurance of home, shed, stable, office, and furniture against fire; shipping of cotton, and other related business activities. Loose chronological arrangement. 17 15 1855 17 16 1858-1859 17 17 1860-1863 17 18 1867-1880 17 19 1877-1878 17 20 1850-1853 17 21 1854-1855 20

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903 and undated (continued) C. LYMAN GIBBONS FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1840-1880, undated(continued) 1. Financial records, 1840-1880, undated (continued) 18 1 1856 18 2 1857 18 3 1858 18 4 1859 18 5 1860 18 6 1861 18 7 1862-1863 18 8 1867-1873 18 9 1874 18 10 1874 18 11 1875 18 12 1875 18 13 1876 18 14 1876-1877 18 15 1878 18 16 1879 18 17 1879 18 18 1879 19 1 1879 19 2 undated 19 3 undated 19 4 1840-1875 19 5 1876-1877 2. Financial records, Dec. 12, 1876 (oversized) Consists of an account sheet detailing the purchases made by Lyman Gibbons and his family for various items. Oversize #11, Folder 3 D. CHARLES J. TORREY FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1854-1901 This series consists of an account book, a receipt, and accounts concerning the purchase of cotton and food; and income from various services. 19 7 1854-1883 19 8 1899 19 9 1901 21

III. FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1807-1903, undated (continued) E. GLADIN GORIN FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1844,1848 This series contains receipts and an account concerning the payment of notes. Box 19, Folder 20 1844, 1848 IV. LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1879, undated This subgroup is divided into three series detailed below: A. James Dellet legal records, 1775-1848, undated; B. Lyman Gibbons legal records, 1858-1879; C. Dellet family legal records, 1788-1809, undated. A. JAMES DELLET LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1848, undated This series is divided into three subseries further detailed below: 1. Legal records, 1816-1829; 2. Legal records, 1829-1848, undated; and 3. Legal records, 1775-1833, undated, oversized. 1. Legal records, 1816-1829 As a legal official for the state of South Carolina and as a lawyer in the state of Alabama, these papers depict some of the types of records that were produced as a result of Dellet s legal duties. These papers include summons to appear before justices of the peace; settlement of financial accounts as a result of legal actions taken (bills were paid); lawsuit announcements; receipts noting the collection of court fees by Dellet; statement from Dellet s father appointing Dellet as his personal attorney; bonds for money; last will and testament of John Mitchell (Mitchel); estate settlements; appointment notice of James Dellet by William W. Bibb, Governor of the Alabama Territory; transcript of a testimony pertaining to unpaid bills; protest notices; a prenuptial agreement; promissory notes; power of attorney; order to appear before the clerk of the court in Monroe County (writ of arrest); notice of an auction to settle debts; writs of arrest; demands for payment of bills; authorizations for Dellet to collect payments; indentures; a statement to Dellet by a woman who had been abused by her husband; writ of error; a business agreement between James Caulfield and Thomas Platt; agreement by James Caulfield to pay back the debt of $1,000 to Dellet; financial obligations; record of the sale of slaves; transcript from the Supreme Court of North Carolina; affidavits; copy of a land title; lists of trial 22

IV. LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1879, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1848, undated (continued) 1. Legal records, 1816-1829 (continued) cases; the will of Thomas English; and a court docket. 14 10 1816-1820 14 11 1820 14 12 1821-1822 14 13 1823-1824 14 14 1825 14 15 1826 14 16 1827 14 17 1828 14 18 1829 2. Legal records, 1829-1848, undated As a legal official for the state of South Carolina and as a lawyer in the state of Alabama, these papers depict some of the types of records that were produced as a result of Dellet s legal duties. In addition to papers similar to those in the previous subseries, this one includes writs of arrest; copy of a will; estate settlements; protest notices; summons; subpoenas; court docket, which states the name of the lawsuit and the amount of the court fees due; last will and testament of Henry M. Abney; power of attorney; petition for appointment; bonds; estate papers of John Hill; list of trial cases for Conecuh County; orders to county sheriffs to collect debts (Clarke, Monroe, Conecuh); deed of gift of property; appointment of appraisers to appraise an estate; Supreme Court opinion; bill of exchange; declaration by the circuit court of Wilcox Co. and Dellet; indentures; application to the Post Office Department to set up a post office at Locust Ford, Dallas County, Alabama; deposition to the case of Thomas Patterson and wife vs. James Dellet; and a lawsuit involving Desha Sheppard and Co. 15 1 1829 15 2 1829 15 3 1830 15 4 1830 15 5 1830 15 6 1830 15 7 1830 15 8 1831 15 9 1831 15 10 1832 23

IV. LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1879, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET, LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1848, undated (continued) 2. Legal records, 1829-1848, undated 15 11 1833 15 12 1834 15 13 1835 15 14 1836 15 15 1837 15 16 1838-1839 15 17 1840-1846 15 18 1847-1848 15 19 n.d. 3. Legal records, 1775-1833, undated (oversized) These oversized documents consist of an estate settlement document of James Dellet, Sr.; the estate settlement papers of Jeremiah Norwood; 1775 indenture between John Swint and Lewis Ogier, both from Charles Town, South Carolina. Also included in this are an oversized appointment of James Dellet by the governor of South Carolina, Joseph Alston, to the position of Commission and Register in Equity for the Columbia District, South Carolina; a business partnership agreement; a land grant to Burrel B. Brewer of Monroe County, signed by U. S. President James Monroe; an estate settlement in South Carolina; descriptions of lawsuits; copies of judicial proceedings in South Carolina courts; the will and testament of John B. Burke; lists of court cases and fees for each case; debt settlements through lawsuits; appointment by Stephen D. Miller, Governor of the State of South Carolina, of John Duffers to the office of justice of the peace and notary public; and an indenture from the Monroe County, Alabama court; and similar legal papers. Oversize #11 1 1775-1827 21 1 1813 21 2 1810-1833, undated 21 3 1808-1828, undated B. LYMAN GIBBONS LEGAL RECORDS, 1858-1879 This series consists of notarized statements; a certificate of impressment; a last will and testament; a judgement concerning the payments of notes; the confiscation of two thousands bushels of corn by Confederate forces; and a loan dispute between R. and P.A. Weaver and the Planters and Merchants Insurance Co. 24

IV. LEGAL RECORDS, 1775-1879, undated (continued) B. LYMAN GIBBONS LEGAL RECORDS, 1858-1879 (continued) 17 12 1858-1879 17 13 1860-1868 17 14 1872-1879 C. DELLET FAMILY LEGAL RECORDS, 1788, 1809, undated This series consists of land records and deeds. 19 21 Land records 1788,1809, n.d. Oversize #11 2 Land deed 2 March 1788 V. NOTES, undated This subgroup consists of various notations that were written by Dellet and unidentified authors. Included is a poem; handwriting exercises; a list of states that had elections in 1844; and a journal that describes and questions the United States government during the presidencies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Unarranged. Box 16, Folder 1 VI. PRINTED MATERIAL, 1827-1879, undated This subgroup consists of two series further detailed below: A. James Dellet, printed material, 1827-1844, undated; and B. Lyman Gibbons, printed material, 1844-1879, undated A. JAMES DELLET PRINTED MATERIAL, 1827-1844, undated This series consists of two subseries further detailed below: 1. Printed material, 1827-1841, undated; and 2. Printed material, 1835-1844 (oversized) 1. Printed material, 1827-1841, undated This subseries consists of printed articles and notices that deal with political and financial matters. Included is a newspaper article written by Randolph of Roanoke (newspaper name and date unknown); printed reviews of cotton market by Goodman, Miller and Co.; a Mobile Shipping and Commercial List ; a booklet titled Sabbath Occupation, published by the American Tract Society; a prospectus of the Southern Agriculturist; a memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans to the U. S. Congress; and a 25

VI. PRINTED MATERIAL, 1827-1879, undated (continued) A. JAMES DELLET PRINTED MATERIAL, 1827-1844, undated (continued) 1. Printed material, 1827-1841, undated (continued) photocopy of a newspaper page from the Mobile Daily Advertiser and Chronicle, Tuesday, October 27, 1840. Box 16, Folder 2 1827-1841, undated 2. Printed material, 1835-1844 oversized The oversized published documents include a notice to the public from David Files, a clerk who was fired from the federal courts; a page from an 1835 newspaper titled the National Intelligencer; a report, titled Louis Durrett s Heirs, presented by Dellet and the Committee on Private Land Claims before the U. S. House of Representatives, 26 th Congress; a prospectus of the Weekly Statistical Register; a new year s address to the patrons of the Advertiser and Chronicle; a newspaper article from an 1844 Daily Advertiser (Mobile?); a newspaper advertisement about a surgeon dentist ; and a catalogue of real estate to be sold. Box 21, Folder 6 1825-1844 B. LYMAN GIBBONS PRINTED MATERIAL, 1844-1879, undated This series consists of two subseries further detailed below: 1. Printed material, 1844, undated; and 2. Printed material, ca. 1879. 1. Printed material, 1844, undated This subseries consists mainly of booklets concerning penmanship, the Christian rite of baptism, and examples of sentence structures. Unarranged. Box 17, Folder 10 1844, undated 2. Printed material, circa 1879 This subseries consists of obituaries from the Mobile Register concerning the death of Lyman Gibbons. Box 17, Folder 11 circa 1879 26

VII. JAMES DELLET SPEECHES, 1844, undated This subgroup is divided into two series further detailed below: A. Speeches, 1844, undated; and B. Speeches, undated (oversized) A. SPEECHES, 1844, undated This series consists of speeches that were written and given by James Dellet. Included is a Speech of Mr. Dellet, of Alabama, of the Committee on the Rules, with instructions to insert the twenty-fifth rule, to prevent the reception of abolition petitions which was delivered before the U. S. House of Representatives, February 22, 1844. Also included is a speech concerning the Whig party of Alabama and a speech concerning nullification of the Tariff Acts of 1832. Box 16, Folder 3 1844, undated B. SPEECHES, undated (oversized) This series contains three speeches, all of which are incomplete. The first speech, which was read by Dellet before the U. S. Congress, focuses on the U.S. Tariff Acts of 1828 and 1832. He describes how some states benefit from the laws, whereas for other states the tariff is a burden. Dellet states that he believes... the Tariff (to be) a violation of the spirit of the Constitution. He claims that the agricultural and shipping interests of the country are being affected. The second speech, of which the authorship is unclear, apparently was a 46 page speech of which only seven pages are left. It discusses the United States tendency to imitate Great Britain, and how Great Britain s religion and morality had caused Britain to become involved in emancipation, worthy of being followed by the U.S. It describes the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht which gave Great Britain exclusive right to furnish slaves to the Spanish settlements, West Indies, and colonies of America for the space of thirty years. It also states that the Assiento, which stipulated these rights, allowed for the shipment of 1,044,000 negroes of both sexes and all ages, at the rate of four thousand eight hundred per year, and mentions the constitutional amendment, that was put into effect on 1 Jan. 1808, which forbids the importation of slaves into the U.S. The speech is written in the form of a sermon, with several mentions to the virtues of England, and the moral purity of the abolitionists of the North. The third speech discusses the Tariff Acts, again. All three speeches seem to have been written during the 1840's. Box 21, Folder 5 undated VIII. PHOTOGRAPHS, undated This subgroup is divided into two series further detailed below: A. Dellet Family Photographs, undated; and B. Charles J. Torrey, Photograph, undated 27

VIII. PHOTOGRAPHS, undated (continued) A. DELLET FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, undated This series contains four photographs, including two stereographs. One photograph is of an unidentified young female, and the other is of James Dellet s house in Claiborne, Alabama. One stereograph depicts the monster engine of Prince Henry s special train, and the other depicts a theatrical scene of a family escaping a fire in their home. The photographs have a yellowish tinge, which means that they are probably albumen prints. Both the albumen print and the stereograph were produced after 1850, therefore the possible date of this series is ca. 1851-1870. Box 16, Folder 4 undated B. CHARLES J. TORREY, PHOTOGRAPH, undated This series consists of a picture of C.J. Torrey. Box 19, Folder 10 undated IX. DIPLOMA, 3 Dec. 1810 This subgroup consists of the original diploma Dellet received upon graduating from South Carolina College on 3 Dec. 1810. Box 21, Folder 7 3 Dec. 1810 28