Feemster family; Meridian (Miss.); Railroad travel; Thread; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Meridian, Mississippi (a ''miserable den''), to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her that he's staying there because the railroad engines on his route are all out of order. He plans to take the train to Mobile,...
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.
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.
Lacy, Fannie Sanders.; Sanders, Wiley.; Hammond (La.)--Description and travel.; Canton (Miss.); Durant (Miss.); Kosciusko (Miss.); Ford automobile--History--20th century.
From Fannie Sanders [later Fannie Lacy] age 11 yrs - enroute to Hammond, Louisiana to visit Paul & Ruth with Christie & Dady & G-Dady.
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...
In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructable record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructable record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructible record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labeled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructible record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labeled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructable record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
About 1908 Columbia stopped using wax for its records. This is a celluloid indestructable record dating from about 1910 or so. These can also be labled Oxford. These cylinders can be 2 and 4 minute records. 2 minutes have the 1902 date without...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
