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    • The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 16: 1866

    • The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 16: 1866

    • Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals

    • Volume 16 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 16 spans the dates of 1866.
    • The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant
    • Aaron Spell Account 4 Bales, 1842

    • Aaron Spell Account 4 Bales, 1842

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Algonquin (Steamboat)

    • 10 February 1842 receipt from Grayson Henry, Esquire to Charles E. Mount, Agent for 4 bales of cotton received from the steamer Algonquin and sold in New Orleans.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 24 Bales Cotton, 1846

    • Aaron Spell Account 24 Bales Cotton, 1846

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Pathfinder (Steamboat); Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.

    • 11 April 1846 account for twenty-four bales of cotton brought to New Orleans on the steamboat M.B. Hamer and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 30 Bales Cotton, 1840

    • Aaron Spell Account 30 Bales Cotton, 1840

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Vicksburg (Steamboat); Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.

    • 16 March 2006 account for thirty bales of cotton brought from Manchester on the steamboat Vicksburg and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Nathan Letter 12/25/1840

    • Aaron Spell Nathan Letter 12/25/1840

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Steamboats.; Patrick Henry (Steamboat)

    • 25 December 1840 letter from A. M. Nathan of New Orleans, via the steamer Patrick Henry, to Aaron Spell concerning shipping cotton to New Orleans in the upcoming year.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 25 Bales, 1848

    • Aaron Spell Account 25 Bales, 1848

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Steamboats.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Pat Henry (Steamboat)

    • 4 March 1848 cotton receipt from A. M. Nathan, for 25 bales cotton on Steamboat Pat Henry from Yazoo City, Mississippi, sold by A. M. Nathan and C. E. Mount. Second page is 18 June 1849 cotton receipt for 7 bales of cotton on Steamboat Hard Times...
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 18 Bales Cotton

    • Aaron Spell Account 18 Bales Cotton

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Steamboats.; Pathfinder (Steamboat)

    • 4 November 1846 account for eighteen bales of cotton brought to New Orleans from Yazoo City on the steamboat Pathfinder and sold in New Orleans for Aaron Spell.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Nathan Letter, 1/6/1841

    • Aaron Spell Nathan Letter, 1/6/1841

    • Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Steamboats.; Tchula (Steamboat); Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.

    • 6 January 1841 letter from A.M. Nathan to Aaron Spell acknowledging the receipt of 30 bales on the steamer Tchula, its poor quality and subsequent sale at a lower price, and discussing cotton prices.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Dixie Showboat Players

    • Dixie Showboat Players

    • Dinner theater.; Entertainers.; Steamboats--Mississippi.; Sprague (Steamboat)--Photographs.; Vicksburg (Miss)--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)

    • Captain Andy and the Dixie Showboat Players welcome you on board the Sprague, the world's largest sternwheeler, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1962.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Aaron Spell Account 25 bales, 1843

    • Aaron Spell Account 25 bales, 1843

    • Cotton industry--1840-1850.; Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Steamboats.; Missouri (Steamboat)

    • Cotton receipt from C. E. Mound for 25 bales cotton received on the steamboat Missouri, Vicksburg, sold for A. Spell to Herbault Brothers, Vienna Hallé Brokers, by A. M. Nathan and Alexander Harris on 20 January 1843.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Zenas Preston Diary

    • Zenas Preston Diary

    • 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...
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Letter, Nell TenBrook to Lucy Malindia Alexander; 1/7/1860

    • Letter, Nell TenBrook to Lucy Malindia Alexander; 1/7/1860

    • Vicksburg (Miss.); Paris (Ill.); Steamboats; Women; Social history; Bird, Mary Ellen TenBrook, b. 1843; Lamon, Lucy Malindia Alexander, b. 1843; Judson, Jacintha Alexander, 1828-1903; Judson, Willet Harmon, 1823-1890; Judson, Jennie Shields, b....

    • Letter from 17-year-old Ellen Mary 'Nell' TenBrook to her 17-year-old aunt, Lucy Malindia Alexander, in Paris, Illinois, January 1860. Nell is visiting her aunt (Lucy's sister), Jacintha 'Cinty' Alexander Judson, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and...
    • Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War
    • Letter, Alex W. Feemster to Loulie Feemster; 1/12/1864

    • Letter, Alex W. Feemster to Loulie Feemster; 1/12/1864

    • Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Steamboats; Theft; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Newspapers; Ransom, Lemuel Clark, 1831-1874; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867

    • Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her that he arrived in Mobile and planned to stay in a hotel until he learned that a steamboat was available. He describes the wildlife he saw as they went up the...
    • Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War
    • Plantation Life Along Lake St. Peter

    • Plantation Life Along Lake St. Peter

    • 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.;...

    • Seminar paper based on the Zenas Preston diary.
    • CHARM Digital Collection
    • Bill of Lading

    • Bill of Lading

    • Nottoway Plantation (La.); Randolph, John Hampden, 1813-1883; Sugar trade; John Shelby & Co. (Memphis, Tenn.); Bayou Goula (La.); Steamboats

    • Waybill for a wartime shipment of 20 hogsheads (about 135 bushels) of sugar from Nottoway, the plantation of John Hampden Randolph, a wealthy planter of Bayou Goula, Louisiana, to be shipped on the steamer Louisville to John Shelby & Co. in...
    • Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War

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