African-Americans; Wier, Letha (d. 1923); Wier, Robert K.; Mississippi Extension Service; Blumenfeld and Fried (Starkville, Miss.)
African-Americans waiting near Lampkin Street in Starkville, Mississippi for the train that will take the body of Letha Gilliam Wier, second wife of Robert Wier, to her home town of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Letha G. Wier was a home demonstration...
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.
Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867; Selma (Ala.); Feemster family; Railroad travel; Boardinghouses; Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, upon his arrival in the city. He tells her about the railroad and steamboat trip, finding a place to board in Selma, and mentions passing through Artesia and Meridian,...
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.; King, Susan Petigru, 1824-1875.; Charleston (S.C.)--History.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Letter to "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) from her uncle, George W. Williams, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. Williams mentions knowing the authoress Sue Petigru Bowen King. He also mentions meeting and shaking hands with Jefferson Davis.
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.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for eight bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by D. F. Forrest for bonds from the Confederacy. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by Willis Barfield. Undated, but probably 1863.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for twenty-two bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by D. Kindred and J. Armstrong for bonds from the Confederacy. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Vaiden. Signed by Willis Barfield. 1863.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for ten bales of cotton exchanged in Choctaw County, Mississippi, by L. W. Barfield (possibly Louisa, wife of Willis Barfield) for bonds from the Confederacy. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by Willis...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for four bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by M. Ingram and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by Willis...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for five bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by A. C. Lindsey and later sold to Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Vaiden. 1863.
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for thirty-two bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by T. S. Sisson and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Vaiden. Signed...
Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Treasury Dept.; Cotton trade; Choctaw County (Miss.)
Receipt for sixteen bales of cotton sold in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to Willis Barfield by J. L. Smith and later sold to the Confederate government in name of William Veitch. The cotton was to be delivered to the depot at Winona. Signed by...
