William Dunbar Collection
1775-1919

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>Riley-Hickingbotham Library

>William Dunbar Collection

Collection Inventory

BOX 1

JOURNAL

1. William Dunbar, 1804-1805

CORRESPONDENCE

2. 19 November 1775: Margaret Dunbar [Elgin] to William Dunbar “My Dear Brother” [“Planter in Richmond Settlement on the Mississippi”] (copy)

3. 24 July 1776: Anne Dunbar [Elgin] to William Dunbar [Richmond Settlement on the Mississippi]

4. 2 April 1777: Anne Dunbar [Elgin] to William Dunbar [Richmond Settlement on the Mississippi]

5. [1779]: Anne Dunbar to William Dunbar

6. 10 September 1782: Thomas Dunbar [New York] to William Dunbar “Brother”

7. April 1797: Margaret Dunbar to William Dunbar [New Orleans, America]

8. No date: Margaret Dunbar [London] to William Dunbar “My Dearest Brother” [New Orleans]

9. 2 February 1799: Margaret Dunbar [London] to William Dunbar “Dearest Brother” [Natchez]

10. 14 May 1808: [William] Dunbar Jr. [New Orleans] to William Dunbar “Dear Parents” [Natchez]

11. 15 June 1810: Robert R. Livingston [Clermont] to William Dunbar [Natchez]

12. 18 September 1810: W. Alex Wilson [Philadelphia] to William Dunbar [near Natchez]

13. 14 October 1810: W. Dunbar and J. Dunlop to S. Postlethwaite (“Relative to the last hours” of William Dunbar) (copy)

14. 16 December 1810: William Dunbar “Son” [Philadelphia] to Mrs. William Dunbar “Mother” [Forest, near Natchez]

15. 20 November 1811: William Dunbar “Son” [Princeton] to Mrs. William Dunbar [Natchez]

16. 12 September 1812: William Dunbar “Son” [Princeton] to “My Dear Mother”

17. 7 January 1817: Archibald Dunbar [Cambridge] top Dinah Dunbar [Natchez]

18. 12 February 1817: [William Dunbar, Jr.] [Philadelphia] to Mrs. William Dunbar “Dear Mother” [Forest, Natchez]

19. 8 May 1817: William Dunbar “Son” to Mrs. William Dunbar “Dearest Mother” [Forest, Natchez]

20. 1 September 1818: William Dunbar “Son” [Princeton] to Mrs. William Dunbar “Dearest Mother” [Forest, Natchez]

21. 19 March 18- -: [William Dunbar, Jr.] to Mrs. William Dunbar “My Beloved Mother” (torn, pieces missing)

22. 5 July 1820: William Dunbar [Philadelphia] to William Dunbar “Esteemed Parents” [Forest near Natchez]

23. 2 January 1823: Robert Dunbar [Cambridge] to Mrs. Margaret Dunlop “Dear Sister” [Natchez]

24. 5 November 1827: R.T. Dunbar [Paris] to Mary Dunbar “Dear Sister” [Forest near Natchez]

25. 5 November 1827: R.T. Dunbar to William Dunbar, Jr. “Brother” [Natchez]

26. 13 May 1828: R.T. Dunbar [Florence] to William Dunbar, Jr. [Natchez]

27. 7 March 1845: M.F. DunC [Forest] to Mrs. G.T. Olmsted “Dearest Sister” [Princeton, NJ]

28. 14 June 1857: [Allie] to Julie

29. 13 November 1857: Allie [Philadelphia] to Jule

30. 28 December 1857: [Allie] to Jule

31. 15 January 1858: Allie to Julie

32. 1 May 1858: Allie to Jule

33. 6 May 1858: C.A. Page (?) [Philadelphia] to “My Darling Nephew”

34. 22 December 1899: A. Field AMother@ [Princeton] to Mrs. William (Mary) Dunbar [Forest near Natchez]

RECORDS/DOCUMENTS

35. Justice of the Peace Appointment, 1792: Manuel Gayoso do Lemos to William Dunbar

36. 1794: Manuel Gayoso de Lemos/William Dunbar

37. 1794: Manuel Gayoso de Lemos/Melling Woolley

38. Dunbar Estate Documents (hand-copied), 1822-1835

39. 1869: Marriage Certificate, Alfred Davis and Mary Dunbar

40. 1919: Marriage Record, James N. Ogden and Marian Dunbar Davis

FAMILY HISTORY

41. Coat-of-Arms (Field and Stockton)

42. Miscellaneous

MAPS

43. “Forest Plantation” - Plat

44. “Original plan of my beloved Mother=s flower garden” by M.F. Dunbar - 1840

MISCELLANEOUS

45. Catechism “composed and written” by William Dunbar C 1760s

46. Currency: CSA and USA

47. Essay by Mary C. Dunbar, 5 March 1896

48. Essay by S.H. Greene, December 1819

49. Photo Album cover C “Mother”

50. Receipts, Construction of Church [Forest] C 1839-1840

51. Recipes

52. Miscellaneous

BOX 2

PHOTO

53. William Dunbar

ARTIFACTS

54. Compass C William Dunbar

55. Eyeglasses C William Dunbar

56. Pen C William Dunbar

57. Tweezers C William Dunbar

58. Brick C from “The Forest”