Yellow fever--Mississippi.; Diaries.; Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.; Williams family.
Small journal kept by John Calvin Williams during the yellow fever epidemic in Dry Grove, Mississippi, in 1878. According to the note pasted later into the front of the journal, Williams himself died of the fever on October 31, 1878.
Brief note on an ad for Worcester Corset Company of Massachusetts. The ad mentions "Bon Ton, Queen Bess, Ironsides & F. C. Corsets, Also the Patent Lock Clasp & Cloth Busk Protector."
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Williams family.
Dan Williams left a note with this document: "My great grandmother & great grand father gave aid to Civil War soldier trying to find his way home from Vicksburg. This note he left to them."
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...
Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Prairie (Miss.)
Note, F. S. Kemp, Prairie, Monroe County, Mississippi, to James Sykes, telling him that he has a transfer to Mrs. James Bill (Marcella) Sykes' place, and that he plans to visit Sykes. 1864.
Senator Stennis in Mississippi Brooklyn Ashe Nursery Craig Walley Erambert DeSilva U.S. Forest Service Stennis
Senator John Stennisin Brooklyn, MS; Stennis leans over to examine longleaf pine seedlings ready for lifting at the Ashe Nursery, US Forest Service, Brooklyn, MS. Observing are, l-r, State Forester, Jim Craig, District Forest Ranger Del Thorsen,...
