Feemster family; Telegraph; Bedbugs; Selma (Ala.); Enterprise (Miss.); Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, in Enterprise, Mississippi, following up on the telegram he sent several days earlier; he has not yet received a reply and is worried about Mattie. He urges her once again...
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.
Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
The address from President Stephen D. Lee regarding the opening of A and M College on October 6, 1880. Includes information regarding classes, board, fees, etc. October 6, 1880.
H. M. Street writes regarding a payment he just received and writes about a horse that he thinks is necessary for the college to keep to be able to give the farm proper attention. October 25, 1888.
W. C. Wellborne writes to Lee telling him that he is trying to run his department as economically as possible and hopes to have it running on its own by commencement in the spring. October 22, 1896.
In an anonymous letter signed ""alumni"" the secret fraternity is addressed. This person writes to say that the fraternity is evil and that it is the reason for the strife between the senior class and that it needs to be handled. October 8, 1892.
G. E. Tennisson writes to ask that he be able to have a tutor to be able to pass his examinations as he has just failed them and does not want to be put a year behind. October 12, 1896.
Wilmer Atkinson Company requests a catalog, circulars, personal statements and photographs for Farm Journal regarding the A and M College. October 18, 1899.
