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; Social classes; Motherhood; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Race relations; Barksdale, William, 1821-1863; Lowndes County (Miss.); Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about staying with Hallie while her husband John was in Mobile. When John returned, he brought an orange for each of them. She tells him that she finally...
Feemster family; Civil war; United States; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911; Railroads; Military occupation; African-Americans; Selma (Ala.); Martial law; Religion; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster. He tells her about a local rumor that Columbus had been taken and burnt, adds that he gives no credence to it, and writes that he has heard Grierson is on his way. He...
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...
Rankin Co. (Miss.) ; Patrick, J. W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. W. Patrick family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1006 acres located about five miles southwest of Brandon, MS on the road to Whitfield Mental Hospital. Rankin Co. agent Robert S. Barker assisted with the selection of farm family.
Rankin Co. (Miss.) ; Worthington, G. R.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
G. R. Worthington family farm; multiple views. Dairy farm located just west of Brandon, MS on old Highway 80. Rankin Co. agent Robert S. Barker assisted with selection of farm family.
Agriculture--Mississippi.; Industrialization--Mississippi.; Balance Agriculture with Industry (Miss.); Mississippi--Economic policy.; Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.
Mississippi state law ""Balance Agriculture with Industry,"" 1944, from House Bill 176.
POW/MIA ; Select Committee on Americans Missing in Action in Southeast Asia, 1975-1976 ; House Veterans Committee ; Indochina ; Vietnam ; Cambodia
Sonny Montgomery shakes hands with a soldier, who holds his helmet behind his back, with another group of soldiers behind them. One soldier, looking from the side, wears his uniform and holds his helmet under his arm. Montgomery wears a civilian...
