Darden, John P.; Rice, A. B. J.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slaves--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.; Claiborne County (Miss.)--History.
Bill of sale from A.B.J. Rice to John P. Darden for 3 slaves named Dennis (age 20), Lewis (age 13), and Susan (age 14). Transaction took place in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Civil war; United States; Confederate Army; Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Agriculture; Livestock; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the crops and livestock and the health of the workers, including slaves, 1864.
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Civil war; United States; Agriculture; Parks family; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, giving her a brief update on health and produce, then telling her that he is going to Atlanta to see his wounded son, 1864....
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Agriculture; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Resaca, Battle of, Resaca, Ga., 1864; Atlanta (Ga.);...
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with the health of the slaves and the state of the crops. Parks writes that his son, who was wounded after fighting...
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. ...
Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Plantation overseers; Traditional medicine; Agriculture; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the slaves and crops. A slave named Mariah had 'convulsion fits' and was bled by the doctor until...
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Cattle; Swine; Agriculture; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Spinning; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.
MIller, Halbert B.--Photographs.; McMillon, A.B.--Photographs.; Watson, Jack--Photographs.; Redd, Carter L.--Photographs.; General Electric Company--Photographs.; Mississippi Power Company--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
General Electric Executives visit Mississippi Coast, 1959: A.B. McMillon, Halbert B. Miller, Jack Watson, president of Mississippi Power Company, and Carter L. Redd.
4-H clubs; McKay, A.B.; Mississippi State University; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
4-H club boys and girls at Mississippi State short course and Club Congress assembled on bleachers unders a giant pecan tree near the college greenhouse for horticultural lectures and demonstrations. A.B. McKay, Horticulture Extension leader, who...
4-H Clubs; Mississippi State College (Starkville, Miss.); Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Tree planting; McKay, A.B.
The first 4-H club tree set at State College by 4-H club boys and girls is dedicated to Professor A. B. McKay, Extension Leader in Horticulture. Tree was dedicated January 17, 1933.
Executives of American Agricultural Editors Association at Prince of Wales Ranch near Calgary in Canada. (L-R) T.L. Wheeler, Mrs. W.L. Carlyle, John Cunningham, Cully A. Cobb, W.L. Carlyle, and A.B. Calder.
In a series of correspondence, all with last names beginning with the letter P. December 20, 1899, M. Perkins writes to Stone giving his son permission to come home for Christmas. August 18, 1889 a father writes to Stone inquiring about the...
