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  • Saget, J. Receipt Book, 1873-1896. 1 volume. Location N:1. This receipt book records payments received and repairs made on various types of guns by J. Saget.
  • Saint Helena Parish slave bill of sale, 1852 Oct. 23. 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Slave bill of sale from Saint Helena Parish documents the sale of a slave by Isaac H. Wright to Montrop and Stillwell. Includes terms of the sale and physical condition and description of the slave. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3611.
  • Saint James Parish Justice of the Peace ledger, 1847-1858. 1 volume. Location: H:17. Volume containing court cases administered in Saint James Parish, La. Cases include monetary disputes, assaults, investigation of bodies found, quarrels among neighbors, and cases involving or brought against slaves. (Some entries in French). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4802.
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish records, 1791-1909. 198 items. Location: 36:4. Chiefly receipts and notes apparently from the succession papers of Jean Webre (1791-1829); Antoine Haydel (1831-1860); and F. Haguenier (1870-1875). Also three bills to the School Board. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 965.
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish scrapbook, 1873-1892. 1 volume. Location: P:20. Scrapbook kept by George W. Coombs and John Webre, tax collectors of Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, containing newspaper clippings, letters, notices, and blank forms pertaining to the business of the Tax Collector and Assessor Office. Mss. 1071.
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish volumes, 1852-1896. 6 volumes. Location: 36:4. Volumes contain the records of the tax collector for state, parish, and levee district taxes (1876-1896) and the records of the parish treasurer (1852-1871) for Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Mss. 1057.
  • Saint Landry Parish. Register of Voters, 1895-1896 (on microfilm) Location: Mss. Mf:S. Saint Landry Parish is located in central Louisiana. Register of voters records contain voter name, signature, age, occupation, residence, years in parish, race, years at residence, place of birth, and naturalization, when appropriate. Register documents African American registrants when Jim Crow laws were being enacted in the South to prevent them from voting. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4826.
  • Saint Tammany Parish Militia Slave Patrol Order, 1862. 1 item. Location: MISC:S. Letter from Captain William D. Bagley of the St. Tammany Regiment, Louisiana Militia, ordering James Bowie to serve as Sergeant of the Guard of a slave patrol for one evening in Covington, Louisiana. Includes report from Bowie on duties performed. Patrol members are listed by name. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4900.
  • Saint-Maxent Family History and Genealogy, 1795-1972. 1 v. Location: A:118. Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent played a major role in the development of French and Spanish Louisiana. Volume contains correspondence, clippings, printed articles, genealogies, family histories, and legal  and church records pertaining to the family history of Gilbert Antoine de Saint-Maxent and his descendants. The volume is almost entirely comprised of photocopies of the originals. A few 20th century original letters are included. Some items in Spanish and French. Mss. 5255.
  • Salcedo, Manuel De. Papers, 1801-1802. 2 items. Location: MISC:S. Orders to Carlos Luis de Blanc from Manuel de Salcedo to inform certain individuals of their obligation to pay promissory notes, New Orleans. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 383.
  • Salcedo, Manuel De. Proclamation, 1803 May 18. 1 item [phocopy]. Location: EPHEMERA COLLECTION SUBGROUP I. Proclamation issued by Governor Salcedo and the Marques de Casa Calvo at New Orleans to the people of the Province of Louisiana in behalf of the King of Spain. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 745.
  • Sale of the Office Regidor manuscript, 1793. 1 item. Location: A:16. Sale of the Office of Regidor in Puebla, Mexico, formerly held by Juan de Zarate y Vera, to Antonio de Ojeda y Estrada. Includes a transcription and translation made by Alicia de Jongh for her thesis. In Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 732.
  • Salem Baptist Church. Minute book. 1854-1893, 1901-1916. 1 item, 3 ms. vols. (on microfilm). Location: Mss. Mf.:S. Baptish church established in Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana (1854). Minute books record meetings of church, rules of order, and members. Included is a brief history of the church from its founding in 1854 to 1927. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2944, 3009.
  • Saliers, Earl A. Collection, 1911. 27 vols. Location: T:3-5. Native of Ohio, LSU accounting professor. Handwritten and typewritten transcripts of materials pertaining to western frontier military campaigns during the War of 1812, copied and arranged in volumes by Saliers. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1515.
  • Salisbury Plantation: papers, 1858-1900 (bulk 1894). 3 items, including 2 vols. Location: Misc:S, M:18. Salisbury Plantation was located near Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. A plantation record book contains accounts of payments made to laborers for cotton picked and work in turnip patches, as well as purchases made by laborers and crop estimates. Includes a school notebook of Arthur Crisfield of Maryland and a letter from Seymoura Scudder to Mrs. Shepherd of Salisbury Plantation commenting on house guests and plans for a trip to Tennessee. Available on microfilm 6061: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 12. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1749.
  • Salsburg Plantation Account Book, 1886-1887. 1 volume. Location: N:1. This account book records transactions for Salsburg Plantation in Louisiana for the years 1886 and 1887.
  • Sam (Union soldier). Civil War Letter, undated 1 item. Location: Misc:S. Union soldier stationed in New Orleans in the Civil War. Letter describing the city, camp, and relating news of the war. Sam tells of heavy fighting up river, which he believes occured at Port Hudson, Louisiana; and explains that his regiment was left in New Orleans to guard the railroad and telegraph. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3666.
  • Samuel H. Lockett sketch, circa 1909. 1 item. Location: U:210. Biographical sketch of Samuel Henry Lockett (1837-1891), former professor of engineering at LSU. Copied from THE SOUTH IN THE BUILDING OF THE NATION, Volume XII. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.
  • Samuelson, Hyman, 1919- . Papers, 1936-2007. 3 linear ft. Location: X:16-18. Correspondence, diaries, personal narratives, military records, photographs, and illustrations reflect the life of a young Jewish man while attending Louisiana State University and his military experiences while serving in New Guinea in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 96th Battalion. They relate his academic and social activities in college and difficulties encountered as part of an engineering regiment of African American troops. Samuelson discusses military bureaucracy, troop morale, discipline, engineering projects, and tropical diseases. Throughout the diaries, he tells of his personal growth and his interpersonal relationships, especially with Dora Reiner. He also refers to damaged caused by a severe storm in the Pacific, probably Typhoon Helen. Mss. 4934.
  • Sanborn, John E. Letters, 1862-1865. 20 items. Location: A:119. Resident of Rockport, Massachusetts, prior to enlisting in the 27th Iowa Infantry in 1862 as a surgeon. His wife and children resided in Epworth, Iowa, during the Civil War. Letters written to Sanborn's wife depicting his service in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Some letters concern Sanborn's problems with superior and fellow officers who prevented him from fulfilling his duties as he saw fit. Sanborn describes illnesses and injuries of soldiers and his treatment of them. One letter refers to the arrival at Fort Snelling of two opposing parties to decide the fate of the Indians. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3736.
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