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  • Semmes, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1824-1899. Letterbooks, 1885-1887, 1892-1893. 2 vols. Location: H:21. New Orleans attorney and member of the firm of Thomas J. Semmes and Legendre. As a member of the Louisiana Convention (1861) he helped draft the Ordinance of Secession. Letter press copybooks of Thomas J. Semmes. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1228.
  • Sermon, Christ the Church's Beloved, 1769. 1 sermon. Location: 31:. A sermon titled Christ the Church's Beloved written by an unnamed author and preached on May 7, 1769 at an unnamed church in Branford. The sermon starts with a reading from "Solomon's Songs" 5:16, which is also known as the Song of Songs 5:16. There is a recurring reference to the phrase "This is my beloved" throughout the text, describing Christ and the Church, and the sermon includes references to several other biblical passages in its text. Mss. 1350.
  • Sevey, William. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. New Orleans, Louisiana, commission merchant. Letter from Sevey to a friend. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 222.
  • Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Letter, 1858 Feb. 7. 1 item. U.S. senator from New York, leader of anti-slavery movement, and U.S. secretary of state. Social letter from Washington, D.C., mentioning Seward's association with the Albany Burgesses Corps. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2928.
  • Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872, Letter, 1844 Aug. 19. 1 item. Location: Misc.:S. U.S. senator from New York, a leader of the anti-slavery movement, and U.S. secretary of state. Letter signed by Seward, after leaving office as governor of New York, addressed to James N. Lake, voicing support of the New York Whig party, opposing the Texas annexation, and condemning slavery and religious intolerance. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3478.
  • Seymour, William H. Papers, 1796-1951 (bulk 1818-1917). 162 items. Location: U:164, M:18, OS:S. Judge and collector of historical material in New Orleans, Louisiana. Letters, documents, broadsides, newspaper clippings, and related items. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2200, 2201.
  • Shadows-on-the-Teche photographs, circa 1930-1970. 8 items. Location: E:69. Plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana. Photographs show house exterior and gardens before and after restoration. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3249.
  • Shady Grove Consolidated School. Photograph, circa 1919. 1 item. Location: E:69. School located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Photograph of Shady Grove Consolidated School also showing two early school buses loaded with children. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3079.
  • Shakespeare Club. Admit cards, 1867. 1 item. Location: E:Imprints. Admit card for a performance of the Shakespeare Club, probably of New Orleans, Louisiana, at the National Theatre. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1189.
  • Shamrock Lumber Company. Account book, 1905-1908. 1 vol. Location: J:17. Lumber Company in Shamrock, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Journal containing data relative to assets and liabilities of the Brown Lumber Company purchased as stock. Entries in the journal show debits and credits for lumber accounts, freight, logging, and salaries. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 980.
  • Sharkey, William Lewis. Letter, 1868 Sept. 8. 1 letter. Location: Misc:S. William Lewis Sharkey was a Mississippi State Representative (1828-1829), a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1832-1851), and Provisional Governor of Mississippi (1865). Sharkey writes to B.R. Curtis regarding the constitutionality both of an act imposing a 3-cent tax on a pound of cotton and the composition of the U.S. Congress, as some Southern States had been denied representation. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4008.
  • Sharp, William A. Letters, 1850, 1870. 2 letters. Location: Misc. William A. Sharp of De Soto Parish, La., to Dr. Joseph Pownall of Stockton, Calif., discusses Pownall's seeking gold in California, community news in De Soto Parish, and other men from the area who have gone to California (May 8, 1850). William A. Sharp of Natchitoches, La., to Dr. Joseph Pownall of Columbia, Calif., discusses destruction in the area by Federal soldiers during the Civil War, local men who served in the war, and complaints over Reconstruction (August 16, 1870). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4302.
  • Shattuck, Albert R. Report, 1893, 1966. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:23. Report comparing the cost of raising cane; delivering it to the carrier; and manufacturing cane into sugar; and the price at which it was sold on Adeline, Calumet, Des Lignes, Glenwild, and Magnolia plantations for the year 1892. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2316.
  • Shaver, Claude L. Papers, 1924-1973. 6 linear ft. Location: 77:103-109, OS:S. Professor, Louisiana State University (LSU) Department of Speech. Papers include professional correspondence, materials relating to the Southwest Theater Conference, and items pertaining to theater groups in Louisiana; teaching speech and drama at LSU; and other aspects Shaver's career. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2769.
  • Shaw, Gabriel. Letters, 1802 June 22. 2 items. Location: Misc.:S. New York merchant. Letters from Shaw to William Meredith relative to his servant Ceasar, a free African American who had accompanied him to New Orleans. In New Orleans the servant was driven to insanity, a result of absence from his family and fear of the Louisiana climate. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3083.
  • Shaw, John F., 1827-1908. Notarial record books, 1875-1905, 1929, 1950. 4 items, 3 v. Location: Misc.:S, H:16. Notarial record books for St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, now Evangeline Parish (Ville Platte). Loose items include biographical sketches and a copy of THE BAPTIST MESSAGE (1950) in which a story of Shaw's conversion to the Baptist Church is published. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1786.
  • Shealy, John N. (John Noah), d. 1862. John N. and Eugenia B. Shealy letters, 1859-1862. 51 items. Location: A:26, H:16. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 18. Confederate lieutenant in the 47th Alabama Regiment during the Civil War. John N. Shealy and Eugenia (Jennie) Burson, both of Georgia, wed in 1859; they had two sons. The 1859 correspondence consists of love letters between John and Jennie. The 1862 correspondence, written while Shealy was in field service, describes Confederate soldiers' hardships, illness, and suffering under Stonewall Jackson's command. Jennie wrote about family affairs and her sale of cotton.For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 466.
  • Shedd, James A. (James Adams), 1804-1876. Letter, 1841 Jan. 26-27. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Shedd was founding secretary of an antislavery society with 40 members organized in Dayton in March 1839. James A. Shedd in Dayton, Ohio, writes to Dr. David Jordan in Piqua, Ohio, giving a full description of a proslavery riot in Dayton on Monday, January 25, 1841. Mss. 4102.
  • Sheet music collection, 1826-1912. 53 items, 2 vols. Location: 65:. Sheet music, popular and sacred, some illustrated, printed, composed, or sold in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. Mss. 2600-73.
  • Shelly, William. Diary, 1863 January 1-September 23. 1 vol. Location: Misc:S. Union soldier in the 176th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Shelly served for nine months and was stationed primarily in Louisiana. Diary entries discuss Shelly's sea voyage from New York to Louisiana; his work in the Quartermaster department; his arrival at Lafourche; guerrilla activity in the area; the sound of fighting at Port Hudson; and the capture and parole of his company. Shelly also discusses his work recruiting for the 16th Regiment of the Corps d'Afrique. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3604.
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