"The Columbia Type B gramophone was known as the Eagle because it cost $10. The $10 gold piece was known at the time as the Eagle, so the phonograph acquired the same name. This machine has a nickel plated horn, key wind with open motor and...
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Taxation; Wells, J. W.; Wells family
Receipt for J. W. Wells' payment of $10.75 in taxes to the Confederate States of America, received by District 33 tax collector James B. Shelton, 1862.
Slavery; Taxation; Lowndes County (Miss.); Lanier, Elizabeth Person, 1783-1881
Receipt for Elizabeth Lanier's payment of $10.50 in 1859 property taxes on 15 slaves. Received by Lowndes County sheriff E. C. Eggleston on May 14, 1860.
Darden family.; Darden, Thomas L.; Patron's Union Association of Mississippi.; Lake Camp Ground (Jefferson County, Miss.); State Grange of Mississippi.
$10 stock certificate for Thomas L. Darden from Patrons' Union Association of Mississippi.
Edmon Johnston, a Freedman, agrees to pay James Sykes of Lowndes County, Mississippi, $10.00 for killing and eating one of his shoats, 1868; witnessed by Jackson Lanier.
1- Included in the Defense Authorization Bill in the House are two provisions to improve education benefits through the G.I. Bill. What will these provisions do?; 2- Mississippi Veterans will benefit from the construction of a $10.3 billion dollar...
"Circa 1906-1920
The lowest-priced victor of the period, the Victor Junior featured an oak cabinet with nickel trimming. The horn was black japanned. It has a combination brake and speed regulator for 8-inch turntable. Original cost: $10.00.
William Morgan, Jr. of Morgan City, Mississippi, vocational student and 4-H Club member, sold this calf, Royal M. Mixture 3438074, in the Southern National Hereford Sale, Greenwood, November 10, 1943 for $550 to C.S. Whittington, Greenwood,...
H.R. 1400; House Resolution 1400; G.I. Bill; GI Bill; Montgomery GI Bill; Montgomery, Gillespie V.; Representative Seiberling, John (OH); Representative Regula, Ralph( OH);
Dedication of the Ohio National Guard's newly constructed $5.3 million Army Aviation Support Facility at Akron-Canton Airport. Representatives John Seiberling (OH), G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery, Major General Raymond R. Galloway-Ohio Adjutant General,...
Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Poll taxes--Mississippi.; Slavery--Mississippi.; African-Americans--Mississippi.; Nathan, A.M. (Asher M.)
Tax receipt for $19.91 paid by A. M. Nathan to Holmes County tax collector for 1843 state and county poll taxes; taxable items include 1 Watch, 10 Head Cattle, 7 Slaves, 440 acres land. Received by J.D. Wyatt, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
4-H clubs; Mississippi; Walthall County (Miss.); Calves; Livestock exhibitions
William Henry Mitchell of Tylertown (Miss.) won top honors with his calf at the Walthall County Livestock Show and then went to Hattiesburg and won grand champion. His calf sold for $1 a pound, bringing $795 at the Forrest County Show in 1944.
Receipt for Howell Hobbs' ''State, County, Special, Military and Indigent Tax'' for the year 1862, dated March 10, 1863 and signed by the sheriff and collector, W. H. Taylor and and H. J. Chapman. Besides 512 acres of land valued at $4,490, Hobbs...
