Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Poll taxes--Mississippi.; Slavery--Mississippi.; African-Americans--Mississippi.; Nathan, A.M. (Asher M.)
Tax receipt for $19.91 paid by A. M. Nathan to Holmes County tax collector for 1843 state and county poll taxes; taxable items include 1 Watch, 10 Head Cattle, 7 Slaves, 440 acres land. Received by J.D. Wyatt, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
104th Congress. Welfare Reform. Contract With America. Capital Gains Tax.
1- The 104th Congress convened this week in Washington and the House is under new leadership. What are your thoughts about the new session?; 2- What will be some of your priorities in the 104th Congress?; 3- One issue on the agenda will be welfare...
1- You supported the Defense Authorization bill which was finally approved by both houses and sent to the President. As this is being taped, he is considering a veto of the bill. You and other House Democrats wrote the President urging him to...
Debt Limit. Capital Gains Tax Cut. Balanced Budget.
1- Congress is facing a deadline on another tough issue this week with legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit. What is your take on this?; 2- Consideration is being given to a smaller tax cut bill this year. To of the items that could...
1- You supported most of the items in the Contract with America, just completed in the first 100 days of the 104th Congress. There is some question about what will happen to items such as welfare reform and the tax cut bill when they get to the...
Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service--History.; 4-H clubs--Mississippi.; Home economics--Mississippi.; Agricultural extension work--Mississippi.
Cooperative Extension Service ""Items of Extension History-Mississippi,"" a 19 page document describing details and the history of the Extension Service, 1939.
A series of letters from Samuel S. Caruthers to Stone. In the November 17, 1899 letter, Caruthers apologizes for his brother's (R. S. Caruthers) actions in removing items from the laboratory and taking them to his room. Caruthers explains that...
Ross, Emmett Lloyd, 1838-1891; Ross family; Woodville (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Weddings; Marriage; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics
Letter, ''Sister Sallie'' to Emmett Ross, telling him that she attended the wedding of one of Mr. Harris's daughters. The groom was late because the roads were in such bad condition. She notes that the war hasn't affected the number of...
Webster County (Miss.); Swine; Clothing and dress; Livestock; Agricultural implements; Implements, utensils, etc.; Scarbrough family
Detailed list of property, from household items to livestock, sold by James Scarbrough on January 25, 1862, along with the names of the men who purchased the items.
Grocery trade; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Estates, administration of; Hosiery; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $49.60 to W. H. Glenn as part of the settlement of her husband's estate (James H. Curry died in 1862). The bill is for hosiery and household items purchased from 1862-1863. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond...
