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Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 July 14
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 July 14
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Railroad sidings, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1900-07-14
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about his ongoing frustration with the railroad's failure to extend the spur on the plantation and mentions crop conditions
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 July 31
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 July 31
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies
Date created ms
1900-07-31
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes a note to Chaney about firing Saucier, the sugar house Engineer, who "left everything a mess in the sugar house," the work needed to get things working again, construction progress, and illness of mules and horses
Draft memorandum of agreement, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, 1896 August 22
title
Draft memorandum of agreement, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad, 1896 August 22
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Railroad sidings, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1896-08-22
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring included in his 1896 August 22 letter to Chaney a copy of a draft Memorandum of Agreement between Oneida Plantation and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad for a spur line ot the plantation sugar house showing Pring's preferred changes to the agreement
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 September 16
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1900 September 16
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies, Hurricanes, Texas, Galveston
Date created ms
1900-09-16
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about the ongoing work in the sugar house, the difficulty finding tradesmen and laborers, the deaths of friends in the Galveston Hurricane (September 08), and the continuing railroad spur extension problem
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 August 14
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 August 14
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent.
Date created ms
1896-08-14
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about his percieved insult received from Heflin, the third partner in Oneida Plantation, and Pring's upcoming trip to Denver (Colo.)
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1895 April 14
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1895 April 14
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Coal trade, Railroad sidings, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1895-04-14
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about plantation business matters, being approached by a coal company representative with possible ties to the Illinois Central Railroad Company about a spur line to the plantation, and condition of crops on the plantation
Letter to Ben H. Pring from William B. Ker, 1896 September 2
title
Letter to Ben H. Pring from William B. Ker, 1896 September 2
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1896-09-02
Name
Ker, William B.
Abstract
William B. Ker, Oneida Plantation overseer, writes to Pring of current conditions on the plantation
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 August 22
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 August 22
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Legal instruments, Railroad sidings, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1896-08-22
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about his negotiations with the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad for a spur to the plantation sugar house, condition of the crop, and his sugar house rebuilding work
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 June 3
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 June 3
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies
Date created ms
1898-06-03
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney regarding construction work and associated costs on Oneida Plantation
Letter from Tom Chaney to his sister, 1898 April 27
title
Letter from Tom Chaney to his sister, 1898 April 27
Subject
Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies, Spanish-American War, 1898, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1898-04-27
Name
Chaney, Thomas, 1841-1914
Abstract
Thomas writes to his sister from the plantation, sent from Hester Post Office, about awaiting new sugar equipment and his concerns about the impending war with Spain
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 September 20
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 September 20
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies, Yellow fever, Louisiana, Quarantine, Louisiana
Date created ms
1898-09-20
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney regarding construction work and associated costs on Oneida Plantation, the effect of ongoing wet weather on various crops, and the impact a quarantine may have on ongoing construction work, necessary supplies for that work, and on finding sufficient labor
Letter to T. R. Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1894 May 16
title
Letter to T. R. Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1894 May 16
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1894-05-16
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney expressing his hope Chaney will visit before heading back north, speaks of conditions on the plantation, and reminds him of the corporation's upcoming annual meeting
Letter to Ben H. Pring from William B. Ker, 1896 September 5
title
Letter to Ben H. Pring from William B. Ker, 1896 September 5
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1896-09-05
Name
Ker, William B.
Abstract
William B. Ker, Oneida Plantation overseer, writes to Pring of current conditions on the plantation
Plantation Description, 1893 December 28
title
Plantation Description, 1893 December 28
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1893-12-28
Name
Chaney, Thomas, 1841-1914
Abstract
This is a typewritten copy of a letter from Chaney, inferred from the content of the letter, to an unknown recipient describing a plantation in which he is a one-third owner and on which one partner lives.
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 July 20
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1896 July 20
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1896-07-20
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chnaey about conditions on the plantation, provides his views on the "sugar bounty," and his hopes that McKinley wins the presidential election
Letter to T. R. Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1893 April 23
title
Letter to T. R. Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1893 April 23
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Real property auctions, Louisiana, Convent, Real property, Prices, Louisiana, Convent, Banks and banking—Real estate business
Date created ms
1893-04-23
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney relating his success in purchasing the sugar plantation at auction and the method of paying for the property
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 July 14
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 July 14
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies
Date created ms
1898-07-14
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney mainly regarding construction work and associated costs on Oneida Plantation
Letter from Tom Chaney to his sister, 1897 April 26
title
Letter from Tom Chaney to his sister, 1897 April 26
Subject
Floods, Louisiana, Levees, Louisiana, Saint James Parish, Structural drawing, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent
Date created ms
1897-04-16
Name
Chaney, Thomas, 1841-1914
Abstract
Thomas writes to his sister from the plantation about the Mississippi River in flood and the threat of his levees
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1895 January 16
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1895 January 16
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Bank loans, Louisiana, New Orleans.
Date created ms
1895-01-16
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes Chaney with information on the latest attempt to obtain a loan from the Whitney National Bank (New Orleans, La.) and other financial news
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 September 30
title
Letter to Tom Chaney from Ben H. Pring, 1898 September 30
Subject
Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Convent, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Louisiana, Convent, Equipment and supplies, Yellow fever, Louisiana, Quarantine, Louisiana
Date created ms
1898-09-30
Name
Pring, Benjamin H.
Abstract
Pring writes to Chaney about the current severe weather and its affect on the crops, progress of construction work, and the effect of the quarantine on the work and on Chaney's planned visit

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