Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: John W. Monette Papers (Z/0055).
Creator/Collector: John Wesley Monette.
Date(s): 1845-1851; n.d..
Size: 0.30 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: John W. Monette Papers (Z/0055), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

John Wesley Monette

Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Letters (letter-press copies) written by Dr. John Wesley Monette (April 5, 1803 - March 1, 1851) during the period from 1845 to 1851 from Washington and Islington Plantation, Madison Parish, Louisiana. Thirteen (September 27, 1845 - June 8, 1850) of the letters addressed to Harper and Brothers, New York, N.Y., in regard to Monette's History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain, and the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement, and Extension of Civil Government by the United States, until the Year 1846 (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1846, 2 vols.).

Forty-four of the letters (October 12, 1845 - April 29, 1850) are addressed to Buckner and Stanton, factors, New Orleans, Louisiana; 17 letters (October. 10, 1849 - January 7, 1850) are addressed to Fellowes, Johnson and Company or Fellowes and Company, factors, New Orleans, Louisiana; one letter (January 13, 1846) is to S. S. Prentiss; and two letters (August 11 and September 9, 1847) are to C. K. Marshall.

Also included in this collection are manuscript copies of two poems composed by Dr. John Wesley Monette (1803 - 1851), entitled "Satirical Poem" and "Ode to July 4th." The poems were copied by Dr. George Monette, son of the author.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Series title. Dates.

Series Description text to come.

Box 1, Folder 1