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An incomplete list of "graves beneath the cluster of oaks in front of the house," probably recorded by Sarah Avery Leeds together with Aunt Eliza Robertson. The list includes the names of some family "servants," including William Odel (d. 1882) and…

This 1883 account, enclosed in a volume listing invitees to Sarah Marsh Avery's wedding, details the recollections of "Aunt Maria Houston" on her being brought to Avery Island as a slave around 1833 by John C. Marsh, father-in-law of Daniel Dudley…

An accounting book showing entries between October 1865 and July 1867. Dr. M. Judson is mentioned as one of the persons with whom Avery had an account.

This pamphlet, published by the American Bureau of Mines, reported on the geological characteristics and commercial potential of the salt deposit at Petit Anse Island. It also gives a brief history of the way salt was manufactured on the island…