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.
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.
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.
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.
Darden, John P.; Fleming & Baldwin (Firm: Natchez, Miss.); Cotton--Purchasing--Mississippi--Jefferson County.; Confederate States of America--Confiscations and contributions.
Letter from Fleming & Baldwin to John P. Darden, regarding the amount of cotton he turned over to the Confederate treasury.
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. ...
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...
Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Morrow family; Pope family
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama. Pope is stationed in Shuqualak as Purchasing Commissary. He invites Lee to visit Columbus and mentions that he can stay...
Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Marriage; Weddings; Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama, expressing his desire for Lee to visit him at his boarding house. Sims was wounded and captured. Pope sympathizes with...
Ross, Emmett Lloyd, 1838-1891; Ross family; Woodville (Miss.); Clothing and dress; Confederate States of America; Money; Jewelry
Letter, Sarah Howard Ross in Woodville, Mississippi, to her son, Emmett Ross, at Hazelwood. She is sending him, Mollie, and Elijah some shirts, socks, collars, and handkerchiefs. She tells him that she and Sissy were also able to get some clothes...
Ross, Emmett Lloyd, 1838-1891; Ross family; Woodville (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Weddings; Marriage; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics
Letter, ''Sister Sallie'' to Emmett Ross, telling him that she attended the wedding of one of Mr. Harris's daughters. The groom was late because the roads were in such bad condition. She notes that the war hasn't affected the number of...
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'...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Battles
Harper's Weekly drawing of Grant on grand stand in front of large crowd. Sign on footbridge reads: 'Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances' and lists the names of Civil War Battles: Shiloh, Corinth, Richmond, Appomattox, CH, Vicksburg,...
Salem Church (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Slavery; African-Americans; Churches; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
List of African-American members of Salem Church in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, 1865. Includes notations beside members who have died and one who is 'deranged.' All members are noted as servants of Augusta Hopkins Rice.
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $55 to Arthur Foster for various household goods and repairs purchased from 1863-1864. Sarah E. (Sallie) Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
