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Grima family papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Correspondence and business records

Business and property records

Business, property, estate and slave records

Business, property and tax records, personal papers

John Slidell business and personal papers

John Slidell heirs and estate records

Genealogical and miscellaneous papers

Accounts ledger

Accounts

"Memorandum of all suits initiated in the name of the Louisiana State Bank by F. Grima in the Parish Court"

Ledger of business

Accounts of legal and financial affairs

Dates and lists of legal matters handled and fee received by Alfred Grima

Accounts of disbursements in connection with cases handled by Grima

Continuation of accounts of disbursements in connection with cases handled by Grima

Grima family papers, 1781-1923 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Grima family papers, 1781-1923

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 12

Primary Creator: Grima family.

Extent: 7.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic following this order: correspondence and business records; business records and property records; business, property, estate and slave records; business papers, property and text records, and personal papers; John Slidell personal and business papers; genealogical material; and volumes. The collection consists of 7 boxes and 8 volumes. It is 5.5 linear feet.

Subjects: Grima, Alfred., Grima, Berthe., Grima, Edgar., Grima, Felix, 1798-1887., Legal documents -- United States -- 19th century., Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century., Slidell, John, 1793-1871.

Forms of Material: Correspondence., Genealogies., Tax records.

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Grima family papers are made up of personal and business papers of Berthe, Félix, Alfred, and Edgar Grima, as well as other people whose business affairs they handled between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The collection includes slave sale documents, land transactions, mortgage agreements, wills, tax receipts, succession suit material, business and personal correspondence, as well as financial ledgers genealogical material. Most papers created before the Civil War are in French.

Biographical Note

The Grima family began its prominence with a merchant and wholesale dealer by the name of Berthe Grima who worked with with small merchants upriver in St. Louis, Illinois, and Missouri. Félix, Alfred, and Edgar are a few of his descendents who were notaries and attorneys that handled the legal affairs of prominent New Orleanians.

Subject/Index Terms

Grima, Alfred.
Grima, Berthe.
Grima, Edgar.
Grima, Felix, 1798-1887.
Legal documents -- United States -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slidell, John, 1793-1871.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Alternate Extent Statement: 5.5 linear feet.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Preferred Citation: Grima family papers, Manuscripts Collection 12, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 701562515

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence and business records, 1790s-1880s],
[Box 2: Business and property records, 1820s-1910s],
[Box 3: Business, property, estate and slave records, 1808-1923],
[Box 4: Business, property and tax records, personal papers, 1808-1923],
[Box 5: John Slidell business and personal papers, 1830-1892],
[Box 6: John Slidell heirs and estate records, 1830-1892],
[Box 7: Genealogical and miscellaneous papers],
[Volume 1: Accounts ledger, 1793-1810],
[Volume 2: Accounts, 1801-1825],
[Volume 3: "Memorandum of all suits initiated in the name of the Louisiana State Bank by F. Grima in the Parish Court", 1836-1845],
[Volume 4: Ledger of business, 1847-1874],
[Volume 5: Accounts of legal and financial affairs, 1849-1855],
[Volume 6: Dates and lists of legal matters handled and fee received by Alfred Grima, 1859-1870],
[Volume 7: Accounts of disbursements in connection with cases handled by Grima, 1867-1883],
[Volume 8: Continuation of accounts of disbursements in connection with cases handled by Grima, 1883-1891],
[All]

Box 4: Business, property and tax records, personal papers, 1808-1923

Contains business correspondence and other papers grouped according to case or client family.

Folder 1: Merle succession, 1848-1865: To Félix Grima from John A. Merle and his mother-in-law, Widow Philippon, in Geneva, and from John's brother, A. Merle d'Aubigné in France. Their main purpose is business, but peripheral comments on family health and the unrest in France (1848) also appear.
Folder 2: Merle business papers, 1839-1901: The central concern is the care of the Merle lands in Texas. Letters from J.H. Shapard, and attorney in Brazoria, Merle heirs were entitled. Succession of J.A. Merle, attestation of John A. Merle's French citizenship. Letters to and from Grima's Houston attorneys, Hutcherson and Sears; powers of attorney. In French and English.
Folder 3: Merle business papers, 1839-1901: The central concern is the care of the Merle lands in Texas. Letters from J.H. Shapard, and attorney in Brazoria, Merle heirs were entitled. Succession of J.A. Merle, attestation of John A. Merle's French citizenship. Letters to and from Grima's Houston attorneys, Hutcherson and Sears; powers of attorney. In French and English.
Folder 4: Merle's real estate tax receipts, 1839-1903: Including two shares of stock in Commercial Exchange Company, New Orleans, and a promissory note signed by John A. Merle.
Folder 5: Letters and business papers, 1867-1917: Suit of Merle heirs against A.J.B. Merritt to recover Philippon Plantation in St. Bernard Parish. Letters from Gustave Denis, the French senator of the III Republic, later deal with the sale of this plantation; he was husband to John Merle's daughter, Fugenie.
Folder 6: Philippon heirs tax records and receipts, 1874-1884: For the plantation in St. Bernard Parish.
Folder 7: Letters, legal documents, pay orders, et cetera, relating to the succession of Jean François Pizeros (death 1813), 1813-1866: Many relate to lands inherited by Cephise Pizeros (married to her uncle, Louis Labranche), including a sugar plantation in St. Charles Parish, mortgaged with its slaves several times until Félix Grima purchased it after the death of the Widow Labranche, Cephise Pizeros. Of interest are the detailed inventories of the estate in 1813 and 1866.
Folder 8: Letters, legal documents, pay orders, et cetera relating to the succession of Jean François Pizeros (death 1813), 1813-1866: Many relate to lands inherited by Cephise Pizeros (married to her uncle, Louis Labranche), including a sugar plantation in St. Charles Parish, mortgaged with its slaves several times until Félix Grima purchased it after the death of the Widow Labranche, Cephise Pizeros. Of interest are the detailed inventories of the estate in 1813 and 1866.
Folder 9: Roffignac-Montégut items, land deals involving Joseph Montégut fils and Joseph Roffigniaco (sic), 1809-1828
Folder 10: Roffignac-Montégut items regarding settling the Roffignac estate, 1846-1880
Folder 11: Roffignac-Montégut items, papers by and concerning Gabriel Montégut, 1882-1923: Some concerning his association with People's Bank of Louisiana.

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