Slavery; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Abolitionists; Christian literature; Artists; Annexation; Texas; Natchez (Miss.); Saint Louis (Mo.); New Orleans (La.); Mobile (Ala.)
Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter...
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her uncle, J. N. Ledbetter, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the state's secession from the Union, as well as family news.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
Brister C. Cosnahan family farm; multiple views. Farm of 352 acres located four miles west of Summit, MS on highway 98. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore and Assistant county agent Carl Izard assisted with selection of farm family.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 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 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Lincoln County (Miss.); Clark, C.L.--Family.
C. L. (Buddy) Clark family farm; multiple views. Farm of 234 acres located three miles south of Bogue Chitto or one mile south of Norfield, MS. Lincoln County Agricultural agent Travis Tadlock and his staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Badson, Blair Bayh, Birch Carmichael, Stokley Carter Carter, Hodding Carter, Jimmy Christopher, Warren Cooper, Owen Cupit, Danny Derian, Pat Douglass, Ellen Eastland, James Evers, Medgar Green, Winnifred Greenberg, Polly Haxton,...
This interview is with Part Derian. MS. Derian served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs during President Jimmy Carter's administration. She was a member of the Loyalist Democrats and she served as...
(l to r) Montgomery Foundation board member Bob Bailey, Montgomery Foundation board member Brad Crawford, Cadet Richard Henderson, Montgomery Leadership Program student Chloe Phillips, Cadet Joshua James, MSU Executive Director for External Affairs...
(from left) President of the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Foundation Bob Bailey, MSU Executive Director of External Affairs Kyle Steward, and MSU President visit during the program officially accepting the Grant Collection for MSU.
This interview is with Mr. Joe Blount of Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Blount, an attorney, is currently Vice President for Legal and External Affairs for Entergy Operations, Inc. He managed Senator Stennis' 1982 Senate campaign.
Bush, George HW. Defense Base Closure Commission. Madigan, Edward. Agriculture Department Reorganization. Brown, Jesse. Veterans Affairs.
1- President Bush has submitted the names of nominees to the 1993 Defense Base Closure Commission. You have been closely following the developments. How do you think Mississippi bases will fare in this process?; 2- Outgoing Agriculture Secretary...
