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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Armand Soubie Papers, #3031-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Schindler's Antique Shop, Charleston, S.C., 1954-1955.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Cazelar, Pierre, fl. 1852-1856.
• Firearms industry and trade--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• Firearms industry and trade--Texas--History--19th century.
• Firearms--Louisiana--Maintenance and repair--History--19th century.
• Gunsmiths--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• Hummel, Charles, fl. 1854-1857.
• Indians of North America--Texas--History--19th century.
• New Orleans (La.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions.
• San Antonio (Tex.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Soubie, Armand, fl. 1852-1900.

Armand Soubie Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Armand Soubie (fl. 1852-1900) was a gunsmith and gun trader of New Orleans, La.

The collection is chiefly records, 1852-1900, of Armand Soubie, including a monthly stock inventory, September 1859-April 1861; accounts with Pierre Cazelar of Paris, France, 1852-1856; a ledger of sales and repairs for individuals, 1855-1857; and scattered other records. Also included are twenty-five letters, 1854-1857, from Charles Hummel, gun dealer of San Antonio, Tex., to Soubie concerning their business dealings, Native American raids, and other news.