The financial papers are arranged chronologically by year. Most of the correspondence in this collection is in French, the remainder being in English. This series includes both business and personal correspondence. Many of the letters describe business arrangements and activities in distant markets. One item of particular interest is an 1898 letter that discusses the prospects for sugar markets in the face of the impending Spanish American War in Cuba.
Correspondence is arranged chronologically by year.
The tickets from the Uncle Sam Plantation represent the various denominations used to compensate plantation employees and laborers. Tickets were redeemable in the Uncle Sam Plantation Store, as records in Series III indicate. The slave and free labor economy of Uncle Sam Plantation are well-documented in this series. Materials include slave rosters, free labor contracts, payroll sheets, papers related to the plantation store, legal notices and other documents from the Freedmen's Bureau, and other papers related to daily and monthly labor. The materials from 1898-1911 indicate a close relationship between payroll operations and the functioning of the Uncle Sam Plantation Store, so researchers may wish to examine Series I as well.