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Letter, Loulie Feemster to Alex W. Feemster; 3/10/1863
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Letter, Marcella Sykes to Rebecca Sykes; 7/18/1862
Sykes family; Evans family; Aberdeen (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Slavery; Children; Chickens
Letter, Marcella J. Sykes, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to her mother, Rebecca Sykes, regarding her stay with her sister, Josephine (''Josie'') Evans and her husband, Dr. Evans. She takes pride in the ladylike behavior of her two daughters, Wildie and...
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Letter, John B. Sale to James Sykes; 11/21/1862
Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Sale family; Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Munfordville (Ky.); Munfordville, Battle of, Munfordville, Ky., 1862; Chalmers, James Ronald, 1831-1898; Confederate States of...
Letter, John B. Sale, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to James Sykes, primarily regarding the hire of a slave named Zeke, previously hired out to Shacklock. Law now wants Sykes to find other employment for Zeke to prevent him from joining the Union Army. ...
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Letter, H. W. Foote to Mr. Wells; 3/16/1862
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

James Scarbrough receipt for state, county, military, and military relief taxes
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Taxation; Scarbrough, James; Scarbrough family
Receipt for James Scarborough's payment of $632 in taxes to the Confederate States of America for ''State, county, military, and military relief,'' received by Sheriff William C. Staples, 1862.
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Poem, To Mrs. L. Feemster
Feemster family; Poetry; Religious poetry; Grief; Death
Poem dedicated to Loulie Feemster by Martha A. Feemster at Ridgeway, sympathizing in the loss of her young son, Henry, and assuring her friend that he is happy in heaven. ''Original poem on death of little Henry'' is written on the reverse. 1862.
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Annual report of W. D. Tynes Guardian for R. C. Crayton; 3-23-1863
Guardian and ward; Custodian accounts; Itawamba County (Miss.); Probate courts; Education; Tuition; Slaves; Debtor and creditor; Taxes; Money; Crayton, R. C.; Tynes, Roena C., 1852-1880
Annual Report of W. D. Tynes Guardian for R. C. Crayton a Minor To February Term 1863 of the Probate Court of Itawamba Co Mississippi. As assets, Tynes lists five individuals indebted to the guardian account by notes, cash on hand of $900 in...
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

Statement and receipt for goods bought of H. Johnston
Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Columbus (Miss.); Clothing and dress; Barter; Merchants; Tailors; H. Johnston (Firm: Columbus, Miss.)
Account statement for James W. Sykes' purchases from Columbus, Mississippi, merchant tailor Harrison Johnston in 1861. Sykes received credit for one 105 pound hog. Statement dated January 1, 1862.
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

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