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...
Feemster family; Civil war; United States; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911; Railroads; Military occupation; African-Americans; Selma (Ala.); Martial law; Religion; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster. He tells her about a local rumor that Columbus had been taken and burnt, adds that he gives no credence to it, and writes that he has heard Grierson is on his way. He...
Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Morrow family; Pope family
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama. Pope is stationed in Shuqualak as Purchasing Commissary. He invites Lee to visit Columbus and mentions that he can stay...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
In November, to coincide with the commemorative event marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MSU Libraries featured a display featuring a piece of the Berlin Wall (donated to Mississippi State University as a part of the Gilbert E....
In November, to coincide with the commemorative event marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MSU Libraries featured a display featuring a piece of the Berlin Wall (donated to Mississippi State University as a part of the Gilbert E....
In November, to coincide with the commemorative event marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MSU Libraries featured a display featuring a piece of the Berlin Wall (donated to Mississippi State University as a part of the Gilbert E....
In November, to coincide with the commemorative event marking the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MSU Libraries featured a display featuring a piece of the Berlin Wall (donated to Mississippi State University as a part of the Gilbert E....
Guests visit before the program begins for the acceptance of the papers of the Grand Opera House of Mississippi, Inc., and the Marks Rothenberg Department Store.
Guests visit before the program begins for the acceptance of the papers of the Grand Opera House of Mississippi, Inc., and the Marks Rothenberg Department Store.
Guests visit before the program begins for the acceptance of the papers of the Grand Opera House of Mississippi, Inc., and the Marks Rothenberg Department Store.
