Feemster family; Slavery; African-Americans; Opium abuse; Infants; Clothing and dress; Civil war; United States; Friendship Cemetery (Columbus, Miss.); Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She tells him about friends and relatives, then mentions that her father is thinking of selling his place and his slaves. She doesn't think very highly of the Dunnings:...
Georgia Irwin Abbay requests that her son, age 10, be admitted to the school, and that she and her young daughter be allowed to board with a family in Starkville. December 23, 1899
J. S. Hamilton writes to Stone regarding his son's illness. He says he is too sick to be back in classes but would like for him to come to Starkville and get his things then return home until he is well. February 24, 1900.
J. W. Lake writes in a series of letters to Stone regarding his son. In the first he sends a recommendation for admission to the college. In the second he ask that his son would be allowed to come home for Christmas holidays and in the third he...