Children--Death--History.; Commerce--Mississippi.; Williams family.
Letter from Mims Williams to his mother, Virginia Williams, regarding the death of Lamar Hollingsworth, a child in Dry Grove, Mississippi, as well as Williams' attempts to sell his home in Magee.
Letter from Mims Williams to Mote Williams, asking for more information about a passing train that set off sparks, causing a fire in their pasture in Terry, Mississippi. He also mentions purchasing a mule and planting sugarcane.
Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, in Terry, Mississippi, urging him to try to break a contract with a "worthless and rascally negro" named Lew Berry in favor of a man named Bob Sherman.
Courtship--United States--History.; Wit and humor--United States.; Louisiana. National Guard--History.
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, George H. Douglas, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Douglas mentions joining the Vaudry Rifles, a division of the Crescent City Battalion.
