Part 4, Note 54

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Texas Monument, August 24, 1853, September 14, 1853, October 26, 1853, March 8, 1854, March 22, 1854, March 29, 1854, April 5, 1854, April 12, 1854, April 26, 1854; Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait, July 9, 1854, Tait Family Papers (Ms. 32), Archives of the Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus. William Jones Elliott Heard, who for many years had grown sugar at Egypt, dropped the crop after 1854. His neighbor, Eli Mercer, who had grown sugar since at least 1844, continued to do so at least through 1855 (see P. A. Champomier, Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana in 1852-53 (New Orleans, 1853), p. 44; Champomier, Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana in 1853-54 (New Orleans, 1854), p. 47; Champomier, Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana in 1854-55 (New Orleans, 1855), p. 45; Champomier, Statement of the Sugar Crop Made in Louisiana in 1855-56 (New Orleans, 1856), p. 44; La Grange Intelligencer, November 28, 1844).