Okolona (Miss.); Young women; Courtship; Civil war; United States; Social history
Letter from Georgetta Potts to Mattie Morrow, mostly regarding news about mutual friends. She writes that she has a new 'sweetheart,' an intelligent and wealthy Spaniard. She mentions that Lucie Hampton is dying of consumption and that Frank W. is...
Slavery; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Abolitionists; Christian literature; Artists; Annexation; Texas; Natchez (Miss.); Saint Louis (Mo.); New Orleans (La.); Mobile (Ala.)
Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...
Feemster family; Lowndes County (Miss.); Religion; Civil war; United States; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster at Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with religious reflections. She tells him that the church is raising money for maimed soldiers. She writes about clothing, hats...
Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Brookhaven; Measles; Diseases; Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864; Fort Donelson (Tenn.); Clarksville (Tenn.)
Letter from Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw, telling her about the ill health of himself, his son, some of the slaves, and the neighborhood in general. Some of the soldiers in Brookhaven have the measles. He tells her that he has been...
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.
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...
S. Price writes to Lee his excuse for why he has done poorly in algebra and states that he will do better in the future. The professor responds by saying that although Price does try in class he does not accomplish much. He also notes that Price...
M. B. Starnes tells Stone that he had attended the college and now recommends it to others. He asks Stone to send him a catalogue so he will be able to continue to refer people to the school. January 22, 1900.
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
Campus and community members attended MSU Libraries' Technology Boot Camp in May of 2009. Instructors from the Libraries' Instructional Media Center, Library Instruction, and the Center for Teaching and Learning led workshops and discussions...
