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Finding Aid for the A. Buffat Ledgers, 1866-1904


MS-0594

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, December 14, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: A. Buffat Ledgers

Date/Date Range :   1866-1904

Extent: 53.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses sixty-six volumes documenting Swiss immigrant Alfred Buffat's life and work in Knox County, Tennessee.

Call number: MS-0594

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], A. Buffat Ledgers, MS-0594. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of 66 volumes divided into three series:

  1. Series I: Day Book
  2. Series II: Ledger
  3. Series III: Sawmill Ledger

Biography / History

Alfred Buffat was born on December 8, 1840 in Aigle, Switzerland to Pierre Francois and Sylvie Louise Tauxe Buffat. In July of 1849, the family emigrated to Tennessee and settled on a three-hundred acre farm near Spring Place. Pierre Buffat founded Buffat's Mill on this farm in 1861 and Alfred joined him in the business in 1865. Alfred Buffat was also very active in the Knoxville community, serving as a school director for the Second District (1882-1893), a justice of the peace (elected in 1894 and re-elected in 1900), a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress (1902) and a trustee for Knox county (1904 and 1908). Alfred Buffat died on September 4, 1908 in Knoxville.

Alfred Buffat married French immigrant Elisa Bolli (1842-1825) on September 14, 1865 and the couple had six sons and two daughters.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses sixty-six volumes documenting Swiss immigrant Alfred Buffat's life and work in Knox County, Tennessee.

Subject Terms

  • Buffat, Alfred, 1840-1908.
  • Mills and mill-work -- Tennessee -- History.
  • Swiss -- Tennessee.
Contents List
   

Series I: Day Books, 1867-1904
Item   1      
Day Book, 1866 January 26-1867 August 31
Item   2      
Day Book, 1867 September 2-1870 April 1
Item   3      
Day Book, 1870 April 1-1874 December 31
Item   4      
Day Book, 1870 September 17-1871 July 14
Item   5      
Day Book, 1871 July 15-1872 April 26
Item   6      
Day Book, 1872 April 27-1873 May 31
Item   7      
Day Book, 1873 June 2-1873 November 14
Item   8      
Day Book, 1873 November 14-1874 August 5
Item   9      
Day Book, 1874 August 6-1875 April 20
Item   10      
Day Book, 1875 April 20-1876 April 18
Item   11      
Day Book, 1876 April 19-1876 November 1
Item   12      
Day Book, 1876 November 1-1877 July 1
Item   13      
Day Book, 1877 July 1-1878 May 1
Item   14      
Day Book, 1878 May 1-1879 January 31
Item   15      
Day Book, 1879 February 1-1879 August 30
Item   16      
Day Book, 1879 September 1-1880 March 31
Item   17      
Day Book, 1880 April 1-1880 November 1
Item   18      
Day Book, 1880 November 1-1881 May 31
Item   19      
Day Book, 1881 June 1-1881 December 31
Item   20      
Day Book, 1882 January 1-1882 June 30
Item   21      
Day Book, 1882 July 1-1883 January 20
Item   22      
Day Book, 1883 January 20-1883 July 7
Item   23      
Day Book, 1883 July 7-1884 March 1
Item   24      
Day Book, 1884 March 1-1884 October 1
Item   25      
Day Book, 1884 October 1-1885 April 11
Item   26      
Day Book, 1885 April 14-1885 October 31
Item   27      
Day Book, 1885 November 2-1886 May 12
Item   28      
Day Book, 1886 May 13-1887 January 31
Item   29      
Day Book, 1887 July 1-1887 December 31
Item   30      
Day Book, 1888 January 2-1888 November 1
Item   31      
Day Book, 1889 January 1-1889 November 1
Item   32      
Day Book, 1889 October 16-1890 July 31
Item   33      
Day Book, 1890 August 1-1891 April 1
Item   34      
Day Book, 1891 April 1-1892 February 29
Item   35      
Day Book, 1892 March-1893 March
Item   36      
Day Book, 1893 April-1894 April 3
Item   37      
Day Book, 1894 April 5-1895 February 28
Item   38      
Day Book, 1895 March 1-1896 July 8
Item   39      
Day Book, 1896 July 8-1898 March 31
Item   40      
Day Book, 1899 April-1899 October
Item   41      
Day Book, 1899 November 1-1901 March 30
Item   42      
Day Book, 1901 April 1-1902 December 31
Item   43      
Day Book, 1903 January 1-1904 January 21
Item   44      
Day Book, 1881 January 1-1889 April 1
Item   45      
Day Book, 1889 April 1-1902 June 30
Item   46      
Day Book, 1867 July 1-1904 August 31
Item   47      
Day Book, 1869 May 22-1872 June 29
Item   48      
Day Book, 1868 February 18-1869 February 13
Item   49      
Day Book, 1869 February 15-1870 February 1
   

Series II: Ledgers, 1867-1902
Item   1      
Ledger, 1867 January 16-1871 September 1
Item   2      
Ledger, 1872 January 1-1879 December 31
Item   3      
Ledger, 1880 January-1895 January 1
Item   4      
Ledger, 1870 July 1-1871 October 31
Item   5      
Ledger, 1872 January-1874 January 1
Item   6      
Ledger, 1874 January 1-1876 January 1
Item   7      
Ledger, 1876 January 1-1878 April 1
Item   8      
Ledger, 1878 April 1-1879 August 26
Item   9      
Ledger, 1879 September 1-1881 June 30
Item   10      
Ledger, 1881 July 1-1883 May 16
Item   11      
Ledger, 1883 June 1-1885 July 31
Item   12      
Ledger, 1885 August 1-1887 December 31
Item   13      
Ledger, 1887 January 2-1891 June 27
Item   14      
Ledger, 1891 July 1-1895 January 1
Item   15      
Ledger, 1895 January-1902 July 1
   

Series III: Sawmill Ledgers, 1867-1875
Item   1      
Sawmill Ledger, 1867-1871
Item   2      
Sawmill Ledger, 1872-1875