Confederate States of America; Civil war; United States; Starkville (Miss.); Taxation; Hogan, Mary, 1800-1882
Receipt for $22.00 in taxes paid to the Confederate States of America by Mrs. Mary Hogan of Starkville, Mississippi. Signed by District 34 tax collector W. L. James, 1862.
Taxation; Confederate States of America; Hogan, Mary, 1800-1882; Starkville (Miss.)
Receipt for Starkville, Mississippi resident Mary Hogan's payment of $316.50 ($300 in bonds and $16.50 in cash) in taxes for the year 1864, as well as $63.30 for Soldiers Relief. Signed by District 30 tax collector W. L. James, 1865.
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Poetry; War poetry, American
Prospectus for a book of poems titled ''War Flowers,'' written by ''a soldier of the Confederate States Army'' and illustrating ''different phases and events of the war.'' The book is advertised to include ''an original burlesque tragedy,'' and...
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Taxation; Wells, J. W.; Wells family
Receipt for J. W. Wells' payment of $10.75 in taxes to the Confederate States of America, received by District 33 tax collector James B. Shelton, 1862.
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Taxation; Scarbrough, James; Scarbrough family
Receipt for James Scarborough's payment of $632 in taxes to the Confederate States of America for ''State, county, military, and military relief,'' received by Sheriff William C. Staples, 1862.
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Estates, administration of; Hosiery; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $49.60 to W. H. Glenn as part of the settlement of her husband's estate (James H. Curry died in 1862). The bill is for hosiery and household items purchased from 1862-1863. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond...
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Bill for items purchased by Sarah E. Curry in January of 1863. Items include a plough, buggy, a wagon, a grind stone, fodder, hogs, and various meat and produce. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
Physicians; Medicine; Dentistry; Slavery; African-Americans; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $232 to Dr. B. F. Barry for a variety of medicines, tooth extractions, child delivery, and visits to members of the household, including slaves. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888. 1864.
Swine; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Taxation; Confederate States of America; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Form completed by Sarah E. Curry to account for the number of hogs slaughtered on her plantation between April 1863 and March 1864. She records 3 hogs for a total of 580 pounds, with 34 pounds due to the Confederate States government. Witnessed...
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $55 to Arthur Foster for various household goods and repairs purchased from 1863-1864. Sarah E. (Sallie) Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.
Taxation; Confederate States of America; Lanier, Elizabeth Person, 1783-1881
Receipt for Elizabeth Lanier's payment of $84.00 for the 1862 Confederate States of America war tax. Received by District 28 tax collector E. P. Odeneal on May 12, 1862.
Weaver, Stark & Co. (Mobile, Ala.); Salt; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Account statement and receipt for James Sykes' payment of $594.95 to Weaver, Stark & Co. of Mobile, Alabama, 8 sacks of salt shipped to Columbus by railroad. 1863.
Sykes family; Grocery bills; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Statement and receipt for James Sykes' payment for goods purchased of F. S. Kemp in 1864, dated March 13, 1865. Includes food and lodging for soldiers.
Sykes family; Slavery; Estates, administration of; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Receipt for payment of $60 to A. M. Cannon for the hire of negroes, paid by James Sykes as part of the estate settlement for his son, James William Sykes, 1864.
Statement and receipt for $69.50 paid by James William Sykes Sr. to settle the estate of his son, James William Sykes Jr., to Dr. Z. P. Landrum for medicine and medical services, including visits to slaves, in 1864. The bill was paid in 1866.
Copiah County (Miss.); Elections; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company D; Taxation; Debt relief; Law; Brown, Albert Gallatin, 1813-1880; Confederate States of America
To the voters of Simpson and Copiah Counties,' a broadside written by Benjamin King, candidate for the Mississippi Senate. He opposed taxation, in particular county volunteer relief taxes, was in sympathy with the aims of the stay law, and...
American Party; Columbus (Miss.); Political parties; Elections; Mississippi; Political Conventions; Philadelphia (Pa.); Fontaine, Charles D., 1817-1871; Swann, Fleming L.; Stith, R. S.; Horne, A. G.; Cash, McDowell & Kimbrough (Firm: Columbus,...
Broadside, Platform and Principles of the American Party of the U. States, Adopted in Convention at Philadelphia, June, 1855. Platform outlines fourteen planks of the American Party, formerly the Know-Nothing Party, including religion, patriotism,...
Civil War; Mobile County (Ala.); Confederate States of America; Military supplies; Clothing and dress
Receipt certifying that Mrs. J. W. Rice gave six pairs of woollen socks for the use of the Confederate army. Signed by Mobile County Judge of Probate George W. Bond, 1861.
