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[Identification of item], in the Hermitage Plantation Papers, #3112-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchase 1955

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• Fitch, Horace B.
• French Americans--Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Hermitage Plantation (St. Charles Parish, La.)
• Louisiana--Economic conditions.
• Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied territories.
• Plantations--Louisiana--Saint Charles Parish.
• Rost, Pierre A.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied territories.
• United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Weed, Wilters, and Co. (New Orleans, La.)

Hermitage Plantation in St. Charles Parish, La., belonged to Pierre Adolphe Rost (1797-1868), French immigrant, Louisiana judge, and Confederate diplomat. During the Civil War occupation of the area, the plantation was operated by Captain Horace B. Fitch, a United States army officer.

The collection contains bills for shoes, clothing, and other supplies sold by Weed, Wilters, and Co., a New Orleans merchant firm, to Hermitage Plantation.