Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
11 December 1846 letter to A. Spell from C. E. Mount in reply to Spell’s reasons for poor crop quality and a request for extension of payment on his account. Page 2 contains the address of A. Spell and a postmark stamped 11 December from...
Ervin S. Boswell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 200 acres in the Calvary Community six miles southwest of Louisville. Winston Co. agent Claude Ming and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mary Young assisted with selection of farm family.
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...
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.
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
This 11-inch cylinder music box plays 6 tunes. The complete length of the box is 19 inches. It came from Switzerland around 1840 and is a simple, but beautiful wooden box play mechanism. It contains a spring winding key and a comb with 90 pins.
Elections--United States--1896.; Gold standard--History.; Bimetallism--United States--History.; Saint Francisville (La.); Foster, Murphy J. (Murphy James), 1849-1921.; Wit and humor.; Plays on words.; Medicine--Humor.
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, George H. Douglas, in Morgan City, Louisiana. Douglas mentions being a "silver bug," a reference to the 1896 political debate over the gold standard versus "Free Silver."
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...
Leake Co. (Miss.) ; McPhail, W. C. (Billy)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. C. (Billy) McPhail family farm; multiple views. Farm of 108 and a half acres located in the Free Trade Community of Leake Co. about 11 miles southeast of Carthage, MS. Leake Co. Agricultural agent B. H. Dixon and Associate county agent Earl...
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Murphy, Perry--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Perry Murphy family farm; multiple views. Farm of 446 acres located about four miles northwest of Canton on the Way Road. Madison Co. Extension staff assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; Scott, O. W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
O. W. Scott family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2200 acres located in Duck Hill, MS on highway 51. Montgomery Co. Agricultural agent John Killebrew assisted with selection of farm family.