Secession; Mississippi; Duck shooting; Children; Christmas; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her young brother, W. H. Hobbs, and her father, Howell Hobbs, near Jackson, Mississippi, 1861. The boy writes about Christmas firecrackers and food, as well as duck shooting. Howell Hobbs...
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.
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...
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her uncle, J. N. Ledbetter, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the state's secession from the Union, as well as family news.
Slavery; Lynching; Hanging; Secession; Christmas; Mississippi; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin, N. H. Boyd, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Christmas happenings and other family news. Boyd mentions a postponed hanging of two slaves, one for killing an overseer and one for...
Receipt for Howell Hobbs' ''State, County, Special, Military and Indigent Tax'' for the year 1862, dated March 10, 1863 and signed by the sheriff and collector, W. H. Taylor and and H. J. Chapman. Besides 512 acres of land valued at $4,490, Hobbs...
Receipt for Howell Hobbs' ''State, County, Special, Military and Indigent Tax'' for the year 1861, dated April 28, 1862 and signed by the sheriff and collector, J.B. Taylor and and A. J. Chapman. Besides 512 acres of land valued at $4,490, Hobbs...
Tuition; Schools; School children; Hinds County (Miss.)
Receipt for tuition paid to I.M.F. Browne for Master Willie Hobbs for school term ending July 4, 1863. Also includes note regretting Willie's absence from school due to illness and stating Browne's opinion of Willie as ""a good boy"" who will make...