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...
Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Nathan, A. M. (Asher M.)
10 October 1846 letter from C. E. Mount to A. Spell seeking information about the next cotton shipment and his plans for paying off his debt to A.M. Nathan.
Feemster family; Religion; Revivals; Civil war; United States; Breastfeeding; Christian sects; Conversion; Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She is at her friend Hallie's and opens by telling him about her recent social calls. She says that the church doesn't seem ''much revived,'' but that the soldiers have...
Feemster family; Civil war; United States; Furloughs; Selma (Ala.); Clothing and dress; Sewing; Ringgold Gap, Battle of, Ringgold, Ga., 1863; Knoxville, Battle of, Knoxville, Tenn., 1863; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her how difficult it is for anyone to get a furlough, and none longer than ten days except for special emergencies. He expects to get a ten-day furlough soon and...
Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Marriage; Weddings; Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama, expressing his desire for Lee to visit him at his boarding house. Sims was wounded and captured. Pope sympathizes with...
W. H. Falcones writes to Stone explaining that he received a package in the mail addressed to a John Falcones. He knows it is not his since although he is a Falcones, his first name is not John. He explains that the package had no post office on it...
The U.S. Department of Agriculure's Editor and Chief sends a letter to Stone regarding information that is to be useed in the yearbook of 1899. He asks questions regarding the colleges library and asks for Stone's reply. October 23, 1899.
G. Kohler writes in reply to Stone saying that he has sent a twenty dollar check to Mr. King so that his son may be in better standing in his class. November 3, 1899.
Spiritualism--United States--History--19th century.; Opera--United States--19th century.; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Letter from "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) in Charleston, South Carolina, to her fiance. They were married in December of 1870, and Wednesday fell on May 4 in 1870. She mentions meeting Robert E. Lee; he died only five months later.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.; Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910.; Populist Party (U.S.); Elections--United States--1892.; National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union--History--19th century.; Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway...
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, Willie R. Hollingsworth, in Chicago, Illinois, regarding courtship and politics - particularly his support of the Democratic party and Grover Cleveland.
Letter to the clerk of Jefferson County in Beaumont, Texas, regarding the will of William L. Douglas. At the bottom is a handwritten reply advising Williams to write E.B. Pickett, the clerk of Liberty County, Texas.
Letter from Mims Williams to E. B. Pickett, the clerk of Liberty County, Texas, regarding the will of William Douglas. At the bottom is a handwritten reply from the clerk, telling Williams that the will had not yet been filed.
Feemster family; Telegraph; Bedbugs; Selma (Ala.); Enterprise (Miss.); Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, in Enterprise, Mississippi, following up on the telegram he sent several days earlier; he has not yet received a reply and is worried about Mattie. He urges her once again...
