Letter, Marcella J. Sykes, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to her mother, Rebecca Sykes, regarding her stay with her sister, Josephine (''Josie'') Evans and her husband, Dr. Evans. She takes pride in the ladylike behavior of her two daughters, Wildie and...
Slavery; Lynching; Hanging; Secession; Christmas; Mississippi; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin, N. H. Boyd, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding Christmas happenings and other family news. Boyd mentions a postponed hanging of two slaves, one for killing an overseer and one for...
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Crawford, Louis (Hot)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Louis (Hot) Crawford family farm; multiple views. Farm of 180 acres 8 miles southwest of Summit, MS in the Enterprise Community. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore assisted with selection of farm family.
Newton Co. (Miss.) ; Williams, John Harvey--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
John Harvey Williams family farm; multiple views. Farm of 125 acres owned and 80 acres rented in the Sweet Water Community. Newton Co. Agricultural agent C. P. (Price) Miller assisted with selection of farm family.
Nash, Ira Marion, 1843-1862; Nash, John Jasper Newton, 1829-1911; Nash, James H., 1844-1890; Nash, Wiley Norris, 1846-1906; Nash, Stephen Evans, 1807-1863; Nash, Ira Norris, 1805-1863; Nash family; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of...
Letter, E. J. (Elvira Jane) Nash, probably from the home of her uncle Ira Norris Nash in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to cousin Carrie concerning her desire for news of her brother Jimmy serving in Wirt Adams Cavalry Regiment, news of the Battle of...