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...
Letter, W. L. Lipscomb, Columbus, Mississippi to Mary Elizabeth Wier, Quitman, Mississippi concerning the death of his aunt and her mother, Elizabeth Lipcomb Wier. The letter extols Aunt Wier's qualities, offers condolences, and expresses grief,...
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Anderson, R. E. (Bob)--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. E. (Bob) Anderson family farm; multiple copies. Farm of 266 acres owned and 120 acres rented. Copiah Co. Agricultural agent E. E. Randle assisted with selection of farm family.
Walthall Co, (Miss.) ; Bullock, George Wilson--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
George Wilson Bullock family farm; multiple views. Farm of 164 acres located nine miles north of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Sam Dyar and Associate Home agent Miss Jane Reese assisted with selection of farm family.
Civil war; United States; Education; Agriculture; Green, Anna, 1804-1886; Tunica County (Miss.)
Letter from Eliza Patterson to her aunt, Ann Boyd Green, from Tunica County, Mississippi. She writes of being home from Nashville and bringing a nephew Bell with her, and about a nephew who recently died of whooping cough and measles. She mentions...
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...
Physicians; Sandersville (Ga.); Washington County (Ga.); Dysentery; Typhoid fever; Housing; Agriculture; Lenoir, William T., 1811-1860; Buchanan, James, 1791-1868; Walker, Robert, 1801-1869
Letter from James R. Smith in Sandersville, Georgia, to his nephew, William T. Lenoir in Monroe County, Mississippi, regarding his medical practice, the health of people in his area, aging, and people's dissatisfaction with President Buchanan's...
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Teaching; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867; Chunky (Miss.)
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, agreeing that her teaching in Chunky, Mississippi would not help their situation because of the timing of the trains running between the two towns. He tells her that he has...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Steamboats; Theft; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Newspapers; Ransom, Lemuel Clark, 1831-1874; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her that he arrived in Mobile and planned to stay in a hotel until he learned that a steamboat was available. He describes the wildlife he saw as they went up the...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Religion; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, quoting scripture to encourage her to stay cheerful. He writes about church matters, tells her that he went to a funeral for William Lunceford's wife, and expresses sympathy...
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Dunaway, J. B.--Family; Farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Dunaway family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1250 acres of which 312 acres are located at Walnut Ridge Plantation and the other 512 acres are located elswhere in Sharkey Co. Sharkey Co. agent George Barry and former Sharkey Co. agent L. N....
Montgomery GI Education Bill. Appropriations Bills. National Highway Bill.
1- Some changes are being considered to the Montgomery GI Education bill as a way to cut spending. You have concerns about the proposal. What are the details on it?; 2- As we near the end of the fiscal year this weekend, there is some optimism...
LeRonde Hancock family farm; multiple views. Farm of 290 acres located a mile west of Bentonia on the Satartia Road. Yazoo Co. Farmers Home Administration Supervisor James H. Craig assisted with selection of farm family.
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Hatton, Clyde--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Clyde Hatton family farm; multiple views. Farm of 76 acres owned and 100 acres rented in the Ebenezer Community four miles south of Bassfield on Highway 35. Jefferson Davis Co. Extension staff assisted with selection of farm family.
