White, Edward Douglas, 1795-1847, Letter, 832 June 2. 1 item. Location: Misc.:W. U.S. congressman from Louisiana. Letter to Boyd in reply to his request that White run for Louisiana governor. White denies any ambition for public office and reveals the lack of organization of the emerging Whig party in Louisiana and his unwillingness to take initiative in the party. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1670.

Webster, W. A. Letter, 1874 August 5. 1 item. Location: Misc. :W. Resident of Bayou La Chute, Louisiana. Letter reports poor business conditions in Louisiana and comments on the possibility of racial conflict because of the determination of the whites to rule the state. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3168.

Wenner, H. C. Letter, 1846 September 9. 1 item. Location: Misc:W. Letter written by Wenner responding to a request to state his views on slavery. He found slavery, particularly American slavery, an abhorrence, and felt it should be abolished in the District of Columbia. The letter continues with whether Congress possessed the constitutional power to do this should the union of free and slave states continue. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825. Address, 1807 March 20. 1 item. Location: Misc.:W; Vault MRDF 14, Vault:1. United States Army officer and politician. A public address signed by citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana, and ship captains in the Port of New Orleans, approving General Wilkinson's conduct in the matter of the arrest of Aaron Burr. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2144.

Washington, George, 1732-1799, Letter, 1785, 1928. 2 items [framed facsimile and typewritten copy]. Location: Misc.:W. First President of the United States. Letter by President Washington to Francis Hopkinson mentions portrait painter Pike [sic. Robert Edge Pine] from England. Newspaper clipping (1928) gives information concerning the acquisition of facsimile. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Wilkinson, Hugh M. Papers, 1953, 1954. 2 items. Location: Misc.:W. Resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, descendant of General James Wilkinson. Two sets of papers related to General James Wilkinson. The first is an address delivered by Hugh Wilkinson at the unveiling of a historical marker at Camp Sabine, La., by the Louisiana State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It discusses James Wilkinson's role in thwarting the Aaron Burr conspiracy . Other material relates to the dedication of the Wilkinson family cemetery in Calvert County, Md., designated an historical site by the Maryland State Chapter of the DAR. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1574.

Wells, James Madison, 1808-1899. Papers, circa 1864-1869, 1886-1900. 1 v. [on microfilm]. Location: Lieutenant governor and governor of Louisiana (1864-1867). Records of the Court of Claims of the United States pertain to suits filed by James Madison Wells concerning Wells' charges that U.S. forces under the command of General Nathaniel P. Banks illegally confiscated his property and livestock in Rapides Parish during the Red River Expedition of 1864. Records consist of court memos, rulings, dockets, judicial motions, testimonies, and letters associated with congressional cases no. 435, no. 2524, and 10,271, which. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 806, 1219.

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825. Document, 1836. 1 item. Location: Misc.:W. United States Army officer and politician. Certified copy of a mortgage deed recorded in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana in 1836 for a sale of two pieces of land in 1818 by John K. Smith to James Wilkinson. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1053.

Williams, T. Harry (Thomas Harry), 1909-, Papers. 1,174 items, 40 linear ft., 15 vols., 50 sound cassettes. Location: 34-; Mss. Mf.:W; OS:W; Vault:81. Boyd Professor of History at LSU. Professional papers include correspondence relative to publications, teaching, research, and lectures; and manuscripts of textbooks and scholarly publications, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "Huey Long." Research materials, which comprise a large portion of this collection, contain notes, note cards, legal documents, and clippings pertaining to the Civil War, major Civil War figures, U.S. history, military history, and Louisiana governor and senator, Huey P. Long. Included are Civil War correspondence and diaries (most are transcripts or copies), speeches of Huey P. Long, and oral history interviews relating to Long. Audio cassette tapes are available for speeches and some interviews. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2489, 2510.

White, Maunsell, ca. 1780-. Letterbook, 1845-1850. 1 ms. vol. Location: Mf.:W., Misc.:W. Sugar planter of Deer Range Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Letterbook containing family and business letters dealing with sugar planting, processing, and slavery; politics; support for a university in Louisiana; and the planning and construction of the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge. Original letterbook is located at the University of North Carolina Library. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2888.