Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan Forman family Papers |
Family and business correspondence of the Forman family of Washington and Louisville, Ky., and of New Orleans, La.
The Forman business records commence in 1802. At first the family traded in apples, meat, flour, and wool, but by the 1830's they had begun to concentrate on hemp, rope, and bagging. there were various branches of the family enterprise in Louisiana and Kentucky. The business correspondence pertaining to trade on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in the antebellum period is particularly valuable. Full correspondence exists between members of the Forman family relating to personal matters. The majority of letters fall between 1830 and 1860.
Purchased, 1970
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