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...
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."
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 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.
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...
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.