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    • Zenas Preston Diary

    • Zenas Preston Diary

    • Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...

    • Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
    • Worcester Corset Company

    • Worcester Corset Company

    • Worcester Corset Company (Worcester, Mass.); Corset industry--United States.; Worcester (Mass.)--History--19th century.; Advertisements.

    • Brief note on an ad for Worcester Corset Company of Massachusetts. The ad mentions "Bon Ton, Queen Bess, Ironsides & F. C. Corsets, Also the Patent Lock Clasp & Cloth Busk Protector."
    • Bill of Sale for Jane

    • Bill of Sale for Jane

    • Darden, John P.; Leatherman & Morgan (Firm: Vidalia, La.); African-Americans--Louisiana--Concordia Parish.; Slaves--Louisiana--Concordia Parish--Bills of sale.; Scales, Noah.; Vidalia (La.)--History.

    • Bill of sale from Leatherman & Morgan to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Jane. Transaction took place in Vidalia, Louisiana and was witnessed by R.C. Cawley and Noah Leavs.
    • Letter to Cammie Williams

    • Letter to Cammie Williams

    • African Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions--19th century.; Contracts--Mississippi--History.; Farm tenancy--Mississippi--History.

    • Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, in Terry, Mississippi, urging him to try to break a contract with a "worthless and rascally negro" named Lew Berry in favor of a man named Bob Sherman.
    • Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Blind Institute

    • Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Blind Institute

    • Blindness--History.; Blindness rehabilitation.; State Blind Institute (Jackson, Miss.); Schools--Mississippi--History.; Blind--Education and institutions--United States.; Blind--Education--History--19th century.

    • Pamphlet published by Alcorn & Fisher, Mississippi state printers, in 1872, containing the 1871 annual report by Sarah B. Merrill, superintendent of the State Blind Institute. The pamphlet includes the names of the pupils in 1871, their places of...
    • To the Democratic Caucus

    • To the Democratic Caucus

    • Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.; Democratic Party (Miss.); Bimetallism--United States--History.; Gold standard--United States--History--19th century.

    • A defense of the Democratic party's "Free Silver" movement against the Gold Standard in 1896.
    • Letter to Cammie Williams

    • Letter to Cammie Williams

    • Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.; Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910.; Populist Party (U.S.); Elections--United States--1892.; National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union--History--19th century.; Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway...

    • Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, Willie R. Hollingsworth, in Chicago, Illinois, regarding courtship and politics - particularly his support of the Democratic party and Grover Cleveland.
    • Letter from Lulu

    • Letter from Lulu

    • Women's clothing--United States--History--19th century.; Women--Education--History.; Arp, Bill, 1826-1903.; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

    • Letter from "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) in Nacoochee, Georgia, to her Aunt Sarah.

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