Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Measles; Diseases; Corinth (Miss.); Gunboats; Manchac (La.); Brookhaven (Miss.); Natchez (Miss.); Lawrence County (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Agriculture
Letter, Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw, telling her that his health has not improved and that his wife, Almerinda (''Rinnie''), has the measles. He thinks that the measles were carried by sick soldiers from Corinth, Mississippi. Yankee...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 17 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 17 spans the dates of January 1-September 30, 1867.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 24 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 24 spans the dates of 1873.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 24 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 24 spans the dates of 1874.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 16 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 16 spans the dates of 1866.
Secession; Mississippi; Duck shooting; Children; Christmas; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her young brother, W. H. Hobbs, and her father, Howell Hobbs, near Jackson, Mississippi, 1861. The boy writes about Christmas firecrackers and food, as well as duck shooting. Howell Hobbs...
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...
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Dunaway, J. B.--Family; Farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Dunaway family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1250 acres of which 312 acres are located at Walnut Ridge Plantation and the other 512 acres are located elswhere in Sharkey Co. Sharkey Co. agent George Barry and former Sharkey Co. agent L. N....
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Nichols, A. N. (Norwood)--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
A. Norwood Nichols family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2800 acres owned and 1600 acres rented in the Benton community. Yazoo Co. agent Pat McGowan assisted with selection of farm family.
Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Nichols, A. N. (Norwood)--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
A. Norwood Nichols family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2800 acres owned and 1600 acres rented in the Benton community. Yazoo Co. agent Pat McGowan assisted with selection of farm family.
Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Nichols, A. N. (Norwood)--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
A. Norwood Nichols family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2800 acres owned and 1600 acres rented in the Benton community. Yazoo Co. agent Pat McGowan assisted with selection of farm family.
Milton B. Palmertree family farm; multiple views. Farm of 124 and a half acres located in the Carmack Community about 13 miles northwest of Koscuisko on Highway 35. Attala Co. Agricultural agent Frank Buchanan assisted with selection of farm family.
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Van Norman, Kenneth--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Kenneth Van Norman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 215 acres located in the Pisgah Community about five miles west of Summit, MS. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore and staff assisted with selection of farm family.
