M. A. McClaugherty writes to Stone in response to an attached exerpt. He tells him that he has the best stock farm in South Mississippi that is 350 acres. He tells him that if he is interested he will send him a full description of the place....
Johnson Power Duster--Photographs.; Agriculture--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.; Cotton--Research--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.; Agricultural machinery--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
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...
Mims Place (Lowndes County, Miss.); Plantations--Lowndes County--Mississippi.; Billups familly--Photographs.; Horses--Mississippi--Lowndes County--Photographs.; Billups, Thomas Carleton, III--Photographs.
T. C. and Lenore Hardy Billups on horseback in front of Mim's Place.
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...
Mims Place (Lowndes County, Miss.); Billups, Thomas Carleton, III--Photographs.; Plantations--Lowndes County--Mississippi.; Watering troughs--Mississippi--Lowndes County--Photographs.
Referred to as the 'Schoolhouse Victor, this machine was manufactured with a plain cabinet and was designed for use in educational institutions. The lid was removable so it could be turned around and hung backward from the rear of the cabinet when...
Referred to as the "Schoolhouse Victor, this machine was manufactured with a plain cabinet and was designed for use in educational institutions. The lid was removable so it could be turned around and hung backward from the rear of the cabinet when...
