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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Mary Reed Eastman, 1834-1987 (inclusive), 1834-1878 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: A/E13r
Overview:

Papers of Mary Reed Eastman, including diaries and related article containing family history, etc.

Israel E. Trask business records

Collection Identifier: Mss:899 1807-1861 T775
Overview: Israel Elliot Trask (1773-1835) was a Massachusetts-born lawyer, businessman, enslaver and landowner with ties to Brimfield and Springfield, Massachusetts; Adams County and Wilkinson County, Mississippi; and Louisiana. The collection, dated 1807-1861, contains records of Israel E. Trask’s business activities, notably including his partnership with his brother James in the ownership of several cotton plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana, through which they enslaved several hundred...