Holmes Co. (Miss.) ; Donald, Charles U.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Charles U. Donald family farm; multiple views. Farm of 490 acres located one mile south of Goodman, MS on highway 51. Holmes Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Sullivan assisted with selection of farm family.
Steen's Creek High School (Florence, Miss.); Steen's Creek High School (Florence, Miss.)--Pictorial works.; Churches--Mississippi--Florence--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Mississippi--Florence--Pictorial works.; School...
The school catalog of Steen's Creek High School for 1908.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 30 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 30 spans the dates of October 1, 1880-December 31, 1882.
Estimate and assessment of tax owed on pork: H. Wilson of Copiah County paid 104 pounds pork to the Confederate government, as a 10% tax on 1040 pounds assessed. Payment received by agent T. H. Wheeler at Depot No. 3, 4th Congressional District. ...
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); African-Americans; Slavery; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, regarding the sickness of some of the slaves and the necessity to call Dr. Perkins. He also writes about trying to obtain butter from Judge Carr. ...
Demopolis (Ala.); Mobile (Ala.); Montgomery (Ala.); Civil war; United States; Military occupation; Walker, John James, d. 1884; Oliver, Starke; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from W. H. R. in Demopolis, Alabama, to Augusta Hopkins Rice. He mentions Major Walker in Meridian, Mississippi and Starke Oliver, writes about the Yankees doing little damage in Montgomery, and also says that Yankees have 'quietly occupied'...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for four bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by M. Ingram and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by Willis...
Civil war; United States; Columbus (Miss.); Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 48th. Company C; Confederate States of America; Young women; Sewing; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910
Letter, Clotille Morrow, a teenaged girl in Columbus, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, telling him that Columbus is ''exceedingly dull,'' with no parties, weddings, or beaux. Captain Baskerville has raised a cavalry battalion with five...
Taxation; Confederate States of America; Hogan, Mary, 1800-1882; Starkville (Miss.)
Receipt for Starkville, Mississippi resident Mary Hogan's payment of $316.50 ($300 in bonds and $16.50 in cash) in taxes for the year 1864, as well as $63.30 for Soldiers Relief. Signed by District 30 tax collector W. L. James, 1865.
Sykes family; Grocery bills; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Statement and receipt for James Sykes' payment for goods purchased of F. S. Kemp in 1864, dated March 13, 1865. Includes food and lodging for soldiers.
Darden family.; Darden, John P.; Darden, Thomas L.; Jefferson County (Miss.)--History--Reconstruction, 1865-1877.; Laurietta (Plantation: Jefferson County, Miss.)
Plot of John P. Darden's land by Jefferson County, Mississippi surveyor Dunbar Wade, 1875.
Darden, John P.; Goodrell, Stewart.; Confederate States of America--Confiscations and contributions.; Cotton--Purchasing--Mississippi--Jefferson County; United States--History--Reconstruction, 1865-1877.
Letter to John P. Darden from the Treasury department in Natchez, regarding cotton sold to the Confederate government and now owed to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Lowndes County Board of Police (Lowndes County, Miss.); Contracts--Mississippi--Lowndes County.; McGowa Creek (Lowndes County, Miss.); Bridges--Mississippi--Lowndes County.
Lowndes County Board of Police appointment of James Sykes, John M. Witherspoon, Thomas C. Billups and George N. Harris as Commissioners to oversee the completion of a bridge across McGower (McGowa) Creek, Lowndes County, Mississippi, 1865.
