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.
Noxubee Industrial School (McLeod, Miss.); African-American Schools--Mississippi--Noxubee County.; Hunter, Samuel J.
1917-1918 catalog of the Noxubee Industrial School, founded in 1898 by S.J. Hunter, father of Sadye H. Wier. The school was located in McLeod, Mississippi.
A group of letters from G. G. Brown to Stone. IN the September 23, 1899 letter he asks for Stone make his sons, Fred and Jim, write home and to help them along in their studies. He also notes that he is a Confederate Veteran who signed up at the...
E. R. Hopkins writes to Stone in three letters regarding his son who is a student at the college. In the first letter, he asks Stone to excuse his son from field work as he has decided to study at the mechanical college. In the second, he says that...
Edmon Johnston, a Freedman, agrees to pay James Sykes of Lowndes County, Mississippi, $10.00 for killing and eating one of his shoats, 1868; witnessed by Jackson Lanier.
G. D. Wilson writes to Stone first asking that his son Willie be allowed to come home at once. He then writes to ask how his son is doing in school and tells him he is delicate in health so he may need extra care. He then writes to tell Stone that...
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.
H. M. Johnson inquires to Stone about how much time is given for work and study before he agrees to send his son to A and M College. February 10, 1900.
J. M. Taylor in a series of letters to Stone first asks him to recommend a reliable young man who is familiar with dairying. In the second letter he asks Stone to make room for a young man he knows that would like to come to college. He agrees to...
Letter from Mims Williams to his mother, Virginia Williams, from the Edwards hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. He recommends that his ill brother, Cammie Williams, drink water and buttermilk.
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter...
