Feemster family; Lowndes County (Miss.); Gaston family; Guineafowl; Chickens; Whooping cough; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Annie Gaston to her sister, Loulie Feemster, who has apparently joined Alex in Selma. She tells her sister not to expect a long letter because she lives ''in the back woods where I dont see nobody hardly.'' She writes about ducks and...
Feemster family; Tupelo, Battle of, Tupelo, Miss., 1864; Operational rations (Military supplies); Civil war; United States; Selma (Ala.); Religion; Furuncle; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, who has traveled to Enterprise, Mississippi. He tells her that his hand is swollen and that he is fighting ''a feeling of gloom and despondency.'' Charly wrote with an...
Secession; Mississippi; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Weather; Hinds County (Miss.); Telegraph
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, relating family news and discussing the ongoing session of Mississippi's Convention, 1861. He describes hard times where business and money are concerned. He tells her...
Secession; Mississippi; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, relating family and local news and telling her about the local excitement over Mississippi's secession, 1861.
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.
Hollingsworth Bros. (Crystal Springs, Miss.); Grocery trade--Mississippi--History.; Joseph Levy & Bro. (New Orleans, La.)
Bill for Cammie Williams from Hollingsworth Bros., dealers in general merchandise and plantation supplies in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1890. This is a corrected version of a previous bill.
Hollingsworth Bros. (Crystal Springs, Miss.); Grocery trade--Mississippi--History.; Joseph Levy & Bro. (New Orleans, La.)
Bill for Henry Butler from Hollingsworth Bros., dealers in general merchandise and plantation supplies in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, 1890. This is a corrected version of a previous bill.
W. C. Ellis Co. (Magee, Miss.); Mississippi Colten Oil Co. (Jackson, Miss.); Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Inauguration, 1913.
Letter to Mims Williams from his brother, Cammie Williams, in Dry Grove, Mississippi, regarding the closing of the W. C. Ellis Co. (where Mims worked). He also asks if Mims will go to Washington on March 4; March 4, 1913 was the inauguration of...
Jasper Co. (Miss.) ; Read, W. H.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. H. Read family farm; multiple views. Farm of 710 acres located near the town of Pachuta. Jasper County agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Balanced Budget Amendment. Voluntary School Prayer. Lott, Trent.
1- Congressman, the Balanced Budget Amendment once again failed to pass the Senate, is there a chance this amendment will be brought up again next year?; 2- As you know, a recent court ruling said that a Mississippi school could not hold devotional...
