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Box 1

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Contains 58 Results:

Copy of agreement, July 7, 1882

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 21
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Agreement was made by R.T. Hanson, Bernard Lemann, and Myer Lemann re: owership and management of "Belle Terre" plantation in Assumption Parish, the "Dugas Place" and Peytavin Plantation", both in Ascension Parish.

Dates: July 7, 1882

Commission issued by Samuel Douglas McEnery to R. Hanson, March 25, 1885

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 22
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Commission issued by Samuel Douglas McEnery, Governor of the State of Louisiana, to R. Hanson as Delegate to the Mississippi Improvement and Western Waterways Improvement Convention at the Exposition Building in New Orleans. Signed by S.D. McEnery, Governor, and Oscar Arroyo, Secretare of State.

Dates: March 25, 1885

Commission issued by Samuel Douglas McEnery to Richard T. Hanson, Feb. 10, 1885

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 23
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Samuel Douglas McEnery, Governor of the State of Louisiana, to R.T. Hanson as Delegate to the annual convention of the National Cotton Planters Associations to be held February 10, 1885 in the Main Building of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. Signed January 26, 1885 by S.D. McEnery, Governor, and Oscar Arroyo, Secretary of State.

Dates: Feb. 10, 1885

Commission issued by Samuel Douglas McEnery to Richard T. Hanson, June 12, 1886

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 24
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Samuel Douglas McEnery, Governor of the State of Louisiana, to Richard T. Hanson as Police Juror for the Fourth Ward Ascension Parish. Signed by S. D. McEnery, Governor, and Oscar Arroyo, Secretary of State.

Dates: June 12, 1886

Commission issued by President Grover Cleveland to Richard . Hanson, Nov. 19, 1886

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 25
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Postmaster at Donaldsonville. Signed Grover Cleveland, President, and D---- Dickinson, Postmaster General.

Dates: Nov. 19, 1886

Commission issued by President Benjamin Harrison to Richard T. Hanson, May 21, 1889

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 26
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Commission issued by President Benjamin Harrison to Richard T. Hanson as Postmaster at Donaldsonville. Signed by Benjamin Harrison, President, and Jno. Wanamaker, Postmaster General.

Dates: May 21, 1889

Newspaper clipping re: death of Mrs. Alexander S. Crawford, granddaughter of Richard T. Hanson, donor Mrs. Marjory C. Richard, 1979

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection spans from 1840 to 1979 and includes correspondence, legal and government documents, receipts, and newspaper clipping relating to Richard Tuite Hanson and his family. This collection also includes several documents signed by Louisiana Governors Francis T. Nicholls, Louis A. Wiltz, and Samuel D. McEnery, as well as United States Presidents Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.

Dates: 1979

Official Document issued to Richard Tuite Hanson by the King of Denmark, Feb. 25, 1840

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 28
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Printed in Danish, appears to be a passport and visa to St. Croix, in what was then the Dutch West Indies. Document, or two documents, encased in plastic envelops for shelving.

Dates: Feb. 25, 1840