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William Kenner Papers, Mss See also UPA microfilm: MF 5322, Series I, Part 3, Reels 12-13 Kenner (William) Papers (Mss. 1477, 1491) Inventory Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Reformatted 2007 KENNER (WILLIAM) PAPERS Mss. 1477, 1491 1802-1832 LSU Libraries Special Collections Contents of Inventory Biographical/Historical Note 4 Scope and Content Note 4 Collection Description(s) 5-15 Index Terms 16-22 Container List 23 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please fill out a call slip specifying the materials you wish to see. Consult the Container List for location information needed on the call slip. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Permission to examine archival materials does not constitute permission to publish. Any publication of such materials beyond the limits of fair use requires specific prior written permission. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed in writing to the Head, Public Services, Special Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803-3300. When permission to publish is granted, two copies of the publication will be requested for the LLMVC. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 23 KENNER (WILLIAM) PAPERS Mss. 1477, 1491 1802-1832 LSU Libraries Special Collections Summary Size. 371 items. Geographic New Orleans, La.; Natchez, Miss.; Bay St. Louis, Miss.; Lafourche locations. Parish, La.; Concordia Parish, La.; Louisville, Ky.; Virginia; Boston, Mass.; Philadelphia, Penn.; Havana, Cuba; Manchester, England; Liverpool, England; Havre, France Inclusive dates. 1802-1832 Bulk dates. N/A Language. English Summary. Business and personal papers of a New Orleans factor and commission merchant, reflecting social and economic conditions in antebellum New Orleans. Organization. Arranged chronologically. Restrictions on If microfilm is available, photocopies must be made from microfilm. access. Related Duncan F. Kenner Papers, Mss. 1477 collections. Kenner Family Papers, Mss. 775 Joseph L. Brent Papers, Mss. 1477 Copyright. Copyright of the original materials is retained by descendants of the creators in accordance with U.S. copyright law. Citation. William Kenner Papers, Mss. 1477, 1491, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. Stack location(s). T:30; OS:K Also available on: Microfilm 5322, Series I, Part 3, Reels 12-13 Page 3 of 23 KENNER (WILLIAM) PAPERS Mss. 1477, 1491 1802-1832 LSU Libraries Special Collections Biographical/Historical Note William Kenner, a businessman, planter, slaveholder, and politician, was born in Virginia. He married Mary Minor (1778-1814) of Natchez, Mississippi, and had several children, including Stephen Minor Kenner (1808-1862), the founder of the town of Kenner, Louisiana. William Kenner moved to New Orleans (ca. 1800) and established "William Kenner & Company," a mercantile and commission business. He was affiliated with Stephen Henderson, John Oldham, and Richard Clague. He owned two sugar plantations, Oakland in Jefferson Parish, and Linwood in Ascension Parish. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Louisiana (1804) and a member of the board of directors of the United States Bank of Philadelphia (1805). In 1805, he was elected to a vestry in the First Protestant Congregation in New Orleans, which became Christ Church Episcopal Church. Scope and Content Note Business and personal papers of William Kenner cover topics including territorial and antebellum economic and social life in New Orleans, slavery and plantation life in Louisiana and Mississippi, conditions before the War of 1812, the effects of the embargo on prices of cotton and plantation supplies, details of the Napoleonic Wars, the industrial riots in England after these wars, the Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson's defense of the city, information about captains, steamboats, and sailing vessels hired by Kenner's firm, and investments in the Bank of Mississippi and Planters' Bank of New Orleans. Financial papers include correspondence, bills, receipts, invoices, and accounts which document Kenner's personal and plantation debts, credits, and expenses, cotton sales, and the activities of William Kenner and Company. Expenses documented include the education of Kenner's children, the purchase of home furnishings and of plantation supplies, including clothing for slaves. Land patents reflect property holdings in Louisiana and Mississippi. Papers document Kenner's trade of cotton to England (1812-1832), the effects of the blockade of the Atlantic coast and the use of Russian and Swedish vessels (1813). Testamentary documents relate the settlement of the estate of Stephen Minor (1822). Letters, many from Kenner to John Minor, discuss prices of cotton, slaves, and plantation produce and supplies, the return of a runaway slave (1819), property improvements including the construction of cotton gins (1820), Kenner's apprehensions of a British invasion and speculation on Andrew Jackson's activities (1814), and the defeat of Napoleon as it impacted the European cotton market (1815). Page 4 of 23 KENNER (WILLIAM) PAPERS Mss. 1477, 1491 1802-1832 LSU Libraries Special Collections Collection Description Location T:30 1802-1812 (28 items) Box 1a, Folder 1a-1c 16 letters: Correspondence of Stephen Minor and William Kenner and Co., relating a sale of Minor’s cotton by Kenner’s company at New Orleans and at Liverpool, England, and the purchase of plantation supplies, household goods, sundries, and slaves by Kenner’s company for shipment to Minor’s plantation at Natchez, and revealing the decline in cotton prices at New York and New England ports as result of the dismissal of the British minister, Jackson, by President Madison (1809) and of hostility with Britain leading to the outbreak of the War of 1812. Nov. 1807-Dec. 1812. Letter from William Kenner to William Conner, Natchez, relative to Kenner’s portion of the annuity due a Mrs. Ellis, July 26, 1811; Letter from Captain Benjamin Farar to Stephen Minor relative to 50 pairs of blankets to be shipped to him by Kenner’s company, Oct. 1, 1811; Copy of a letter from William Kenner and Co. to Barclay, Salkeld, and Bailey Co., Liverpool, England, relative to the shipment of 400 bales of cotton belonging to Stephen Minor and the insuring of the cotton against all risks at the rate of fourteen pounds sterling per bale, Mar. 28, 1812; Letter from William Kenner to Stephen Minor relating the strict enforcement of the Embargo and its effect upon the price of cotton on the English market, May 11, 1812; letter from Kenner’s company to Stephen Minor relating to the course of the War of 1812 and the rejection by the legislature of the “Confederacy of the Mississippi” of a bill for an armistice between debtors and creditors during the war, Dec. 28, 1812; Letters from Barclay, Salkeld and Co., Liverpool, to Stephen Minor relative to sale of Minor’s cotton at Liverpool (Oct. 6, Nov. 28, 1812; Mercantile statement of Stephen Minor with William Kenner and Co., Nov. 22, 1802; Certificate of title to 764 arpents of land in Adams County, Mississippi Territory, issued to William Kenner, June 18, 1805; Invoice for merchandise purchased at Philadelphia and consigned to William Kenner and Co. for account of John and Charles Wilkins, Natchez, Oct. 30, 1806; Itemized statement of account of Stephen Minor with William Kenner and Co., 1802- 1810 Page 5 of 23 KENNER (WILLIAM) PAPERS Mss. 1477, 1491 1802-1832 LSU Libraries Special Collections Location T:30 1813 (21 items) Box 1a, Folder 2a-2b Letter from A. Duncan to Stephen Minor relative to a note against Henry Hunt, Dec. 17, 1813; Fragment of letter from Barclay, Salkeld and Co. relative to a note against Henry Hunt, Dec. 17, 1813; fragment of letter from Barclay, Salkeld and Co. relative to an overcharge of duty and storage on cotton shipped to their company, 1812-1813; 17 letters from William Kenner and Co. to Stephen Minor relative to: the Embargo and its effect upon the price of cotton and slaves, the risks involved in exporting cotton on Spanish ships (Jan 25, 1813); the refusal of Captain Clement to pay for cotton missing from a shipment sent to Kenner’s company (Mar. 19, 1813); the fact that advance prices for cotton on the New York market were not reflected in the New Orleans cotton market because the blockade of the Atlantic ports prevented coastwise trade (Mar. 29, 1813); Congressional bill to prevent exportation of provisions, rejection by the Senate of a bill relating to the employment of British seamen, and cancellation of a mortgage on property in the Faubourg sold by Stephen Minor to J. Kelly(?) Smith (Apr. 5, 1813); an account of the defeat of the French army by the Russians, the capture of Memel and Konigsberg by the Russians, and the expectation of exporting cotton from New Orleans via Russian and Swedish vessels (Apr. 12, 1813); the treaty between Prussia and Russia and the supposition that all continental powers would join in the league against France (May 31, 1813); the defeat in Europe of General Michel Ney by General Baptiste Jules Bernadotte and “his brave Swedes,” the arrival of a British force at Pensacola, the capture of 9 vessels bound from New Orleans to Pensacola with cargoes of cotton, flour, etc., by the British, the blockade of the Balaise by order of the governor (W. C. C. Claiborne), the assistance of General Flournoy in maintaining the Embargo at New Orleans, the hostility of the French had landed 3,000 to 4,000 troops at Pensacola to cooperate with the Creek Indians (Dec.
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