Items

• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society anonymous donation note, 1847
  A note that accompanied a $100 donation to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society. The Society publicly thanked the anonymous donor in a newspaper, the clipping of which is attached to the original note.
• Elizabeth Phile Stott last will and testament notice, 1849
  A notice from the executors of the will of Elizabeth Phile Stott concerning the discharge of bequests.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society copy of a power of attorney authorization letter, 1849
  A copy of a power of attorney authorization letter that makes Hannah Jones, treasurer of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, the legal representative of the Society in order to enter the satisfaction of a transferred mortgage.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of payment, 1845-1849
  Receipts of interest payments generated by New Orleans municipal bonds owned by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Copy of indemnifying bond to the executors of Thomas W. Goldtrap, 1848
  A copy of an indemnity bond relating to a bequest made by Thomas W. Goldtrap to the Indigent Widows' and Single Widows' Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society statement of money received, 1848
  A statement for eighteen coupons and interest owed to the Society.
• Extract from Green B. Duncan letter to Herman Cope, 1848
  An extract from correspondence between Green B. Duncan and Herman Cope regarding a payment of interest received by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society for its two New Orleans municipal bonds.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of ground rent, 1848
  A receipt of ground rent for a property at 149 North 3rd Street. The property was bequeathed to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by Mary McCrea.
• Hannah Tumey acquittance and receipt, 1847
  Summary of a settlement between Hannah Tumey, a resident of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, and the Society itself, which owed Tumey forty dollars.
• Hannah Tumey bill for board, 1847
  A bill for Hannah Tumey's board at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Mary H. Savage bill for burial, 1847
  A bill for the funeral service of Mary H. Savage. Includes a brief note from her will.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for lumber, 1847
  A bill for lumber delivered to Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of payment, 1847
  A receipt from Edward Harris Miles showing a payment of thirty dollars made by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for carpentry work, 1847
  A bill for various maintenance work done at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by Biles and Yearsley, carpenters.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for room and board, 1847
  A bill and a series of authorizations for Hannah Jones, treasurer of the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society, to pay Rebecca W. Norton five dollars for Hannah Tumey's room and board.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for plaster work, 1847
  A bill for plaster work done at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by Samuel Fogg, a local factotum.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for painting work, 1847
  A bill for painting work done at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by James H. Miller.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for brick work, 1847
  A bill for the construction of a brick wall and other work done at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society by Samuel Fogg, a local bricklayer and factotum. Also includes a bill for types of brick purchased for construction.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for well cleaning, 1847
  A bill for the cleaning of a well at the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of interest payment, 1847-1848
  These receipts record a series of payments sent from Green B. Duncan to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society for interest generated by two New Orleans municipal bonds owned by the Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of bequest, 1846
  This receipt records fifty dollars of collateral inheritance tax and $100 of the St. Paul's Church Loan transferred to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society at the bequest of Paul Beck.
• Extracts from the will of Elizabeth Jackson, 1846
  Elizabeth Jackson bequeathed to the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society $492.50.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society municipal bond memorandum, 1845
  A note concerning New Orleans Municipal bonds owned by the Society.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society bill for the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 1846
  A receipt for six tons of stove coal purchased by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society and interest payments owed to the Society by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company.
• Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society receipt of ground rent, 1845
  A receipt of ground rent for property owned by the Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society. The property was bequeathed to the Society in the estate of Mary McCrea.