John Mills
Collection 6
Mills, John ( – ). Collection, 1772–1944
2.5 inches
This collection contains legal documents from the Opelousas Post at Opelousas, Louisiana (1772-1812) and clippings, broadsides and circulars on Louisiana politics, especially the 1932 election.
Donated by John Mills of Opelousas, Louisiana.
Series:
A. | Legal Documents, 1772-1812 | 1-01 through 1-05 | |
B | Political Broadsides, Circulars, Clippings, etc., 1930-1944 | 1-06 through 1-14 |
Inventory:
A. | Legal Documents | ||
1-01 | 1772: September 20: Marcantelle and Pain, cattle contract | ||
1-02 | 1773: March 8, March 17: Petition of Baptiste Guillory et al. to Commandant Fusillier de la Claire, regarding estate of their mother (2 documents) | ||
1-03 |
1773: September 16: Sale of land by Joseph Fontenau to Baptiste Guillory 1772: September __: Lin [?] to Marcantelle, cattle contract 1772: September 20: Daniel Pain and Marcantel, cattle contract 1774: October 3: Francois Rivard to Joseph Guinard, land sale |
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1-04 | 1783: October 1: inventory of the estate of Fr. Louis Marie Grumeau | ||
1-05 | 1812: April 3: Elizabeth Hoggart to John Andrus [?], sale of slave | ||
B. | Political Broadsides, Circulars, Clippings, etc. | ||
1-06 | 1930-1931 | clippings | |
1-07 | 1932 | Dudley LeBlanc's campaign for governor | |
1-08 | 1932 | newspaper article about 1932 campaign | |
1-09 | 1932 | Dudley LeBlanc's campaign for Public Service Commission; general election | |
1-10 | 1932 | broadsides and circulars | |
pro-Long and friends | |||
anti-Long | |||
1-11 | 1933-1935 | broadsides and circulars | |
Huey P. Long | |||
O. K. Allen | |||
Share the Wealth Plan | |||
1-12 | 1936 | Times-Picayune, 4 Jan. 1936, 1 section | |
1-13 | 1939, 1941 | ||
broadside: Volunteer Guardians of Clean Government (St. Landry Parish) | |||
newspaper: Farmer's Friend, January [1941] | |||
anti-Sam Jones | |||
1-14 | 1944 | National Political Campaign of 1944, Part 2: | |
Democratic National Convention |