Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Morrow family; Pope family
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama. Pope is stationed in Shuqualak as Purchasing Commissary. He invites Lee to visit Columbus and mentions that he can stay...
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.
R. C. King writes to J. W. Connell regarding a bill that was unpaid to A. W. Halbert. King says that he paid the man but then realized Connell had not gotten permission from the president to spend that money in the first place. He says that he was...
S. D. Lee writes to the governor in regards to a statement the governor had made about anyone being able to give students permission to leave. Lee corrects him by saying the only person who has power to give permission to leave is the president....
A series of letters from E. E. Baldwin to Stone. In the October 19, 1899 letter, Baldwin asks if his son, Charles F. Baldwin, can attend the College after having been appointed the previous summer but was home recovering from malaria. In the...
In two letters, W. H. Ellis asks Stone to excuse his son, William Henry Ellis, from field work in favor of working in the shopand for permission to return home for the Christmas holiday. October 27, 1899 and December 7, 1899.
A series of letters between R. C. English and the College regarding his brother E. M. Montie English. R. C. requests that his brother be allowed to attend the College and he sends money for the tuition. In the next letter he notes that he has not...
Mrs. J.B. Flood in a series of letters to Stone corresponds with him regarding her son. In the first, she explains that her son is always sick so that he is aware of that fact. In the second, she asks that he be excused to come home to Columbus for...
In two letters sent by Helen Fearn Graves of Yazoo City, Graves writes to Stone regarding her son coming to school. She is uncertain about sending him due to the fact that he has never been to school away from home as well as the yellow fever...
In two letters, M.H. Gulledge first asks that her son be given permission to come home December 21 through January 2. In the second letter she gives her son permission to withdraw from the college. December 15, 1899, January 3, 1900.