Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with...
Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866; Wier family; Child rearing; Civil war; United States; Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920; Columbus (Miss.); Hospitals; Nursing; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Perryman, Bryant M.; Brunson, Allan A.; Marsh, Edward
Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She...
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.
Bowen, David Reece D-MS; Rice Act of 1974; Rules Committee; House of Representatives
Congressman Bowen discusses the Rice Act of 1974. Congressman Bowen also comments on how difficult it has been, getting the bill through the Rules Committee so it can be brought to the House floor.
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...
David F. Boyd, former president of Lousiana State University, write to Stone offering his services as a professor. Boyd states his experience which includes working with William T. Sherman at LSU, president of the Alabama Agricultural and...
In a series of letters, J. C. Carter writes, on September 19, 1899, to Stone that he will be sending his son, J. F. Carter, to the College instead of to the school in Clinton. In the October 13, 1899 letter, Carter writes that he wants his son,...
G. H. Smith asks Stone to give him information as to which railroads in the territory have agreed to the rate before his railroad company agrees to it. September 12, 1899.
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...
