Business; Gins; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 14th. Company K
Letter from Charles H. Abert to W. A. Blanchard, regarding the non-receipt of a gin band and other business matters. He writes that the war has begun in Charleston, and that his son, George Abert, has gone to Columbus to join the 'Rifle Company'...
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin Richard in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding his health and the formation and departure of local military companies, 1861.
Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Letter, commissary officer Major E. W. Halliday in Canton, Mississippi, to James Sykes, sending home Sykes' slave, Addison, who ''has become dissatisfied and is anxious to return home.'' Addison's wages for two months and two days were $41.33. ...
Columbus (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Okolona (Miss.); Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897; Women refugees
Letter, General Ruggles in Columbus, Mississippi, to the Committee for Relief of Exiles, drawing their attention to three ladies who left Okolona and are staying at a Mrs. Longs', and reminding them that there are ladies who still need places to...
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 43rd; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864; Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Adams, John, 1825-1864; Harrison, Richard, 1821-1876; Myers,...
Letter from Thomas C. Billups in Columbus, Mississippi, to E. H. Myers, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, requesting $100 worth of issues to be sent for three months to soldiers in the 43rd Mississippi Regiment, care of chaplain John...
Demopolis (Ala.); Mobile (Ala.); Montgomery (Ala.); Civil war; United States; Military occupation; Walker, John James, d. 1884; Oliver, Starke; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from W. H. R. in Demopolis, Alabama, to Augusta Hopkins Rice. He mentions Major Walker in Meridian, Mississippi and Starke Oliver, writes about the Yankees doing little damage in Montgomery, and also says that Yankees have 'quietly occupied'...
Feemster family; Columbus (Miss.); Gaston family; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Business; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, E. B. Gaston in Columbus, Mississippi, to his daughter, Loulie Feemster, telling her that some cloth she had requested can only be obtained with silver, and asking Loulie how she wishes to proceed. 1864.
Feemster family; Poetry; Religious poetry; Grief; Death
Poem dedicated to Loulie Feemster by Martha A. Feemster at Ridgeway, sympathizing in the loss of her young son, Henry, and assuring her friend that he is happy in heaven. ''Original poem on death of little Henry'' is written on the reverse. 1862.
L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company (Moss Point, Miss.); Ten Mile Union Chapel Church; Ten Mile (Miss.); African-American churches; Lumber industry
Letter from W. W. Barber of Dantzler Lumber Company to attorney J. I. Ford concerning the construction of the Ten Mile Union Chapel Church, Ten Mile, Mississippi.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Agriculture and state; Economic policy; Cold War; Military spending; American Farm Bureau Federation; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter from John C. Stennis to Boswell Stevens regarding agricultural policy matters, the build-up of the military and military spending and its future effect on the economy.
Letter from Ross R. Barnett to Boswell Stevens in regard to agricultural development in Mississippi, his future candidacy for governor of Mississippi, and including comments on the communist threat.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Agriculture; United States; Agriculture and state; Economic policy; Stevens, Arthur Boswell, 1897-1986
Letter from A. G. Paxton to Mr. and Mrs. Boswell Stevens, regarding his opinions on farm production, including the need to increase domestic consumption.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Compress of Union (Union, Miss.); Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Cotton
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Compress of Union secretary and treasurer J. M. Cole, regarding Stevens' work as chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Cotton Council.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Farmers; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Mississippi Chemical Corporation; Livestock; Farm credit; Federal Land Banks
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Owen Cooper of the Mississippi Chemical Corporation, regarding the loan policies of the National Farm Loan Association and the Farm Credit Administration and the need to encourage Mississippians to get in the...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Hattiesburg Compress Company (Hattiesburg, Miss.); Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; National Cotton Council of America
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Hattiesburg Compress Company president Frank L. Mathews, commending him for service as president of the National Cotton Council of America.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Japan; Cotton; Maid of Cotton; Beauty contests; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Hayato Ikeda, Japanese Minster of International Trade and Industry, regarding the visit of the 21st Maid of Cotton, Malinda Berry.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Farmers; African-Americans; Shaw, Mose Sydney
Letter to Mose S. Shaw from Major M. Hubert, director of Negro Men's Work for the Mississippi State University Extension Service, concerning the appropriation of $100 among five contest winners.
