Dates: 1844-1850.

Scope and Content Note:

Business papers of Robert Cochran, Natchez. Most of the papers are letters from Mississippi and New Orleans pertaining to financial matters, legal affairs, and land sales. The letter of January 30, 1844, concerns a judgment in Madison County against Robert J. Walker for $1161.36. 

The papers are distributed by date as follows:

n.d., 2 pieces 
1844, 1 piece 
1845, 6 pieces 
1846, 10 pieces 
1847, 7 pieces 
1848, 4 pieces 
1849, 12 pieces 
1850, 2 pieces