Blindness--History.; Blindness rehabilitation.; State Blind Institute (Jackson, Miss.); Schools--Mississippi--History.; Blind--Education and institutions--United States.; Blind--Education--History--19th century.
Pamphlet published by Alcorn & Fisher, Mississippi state printers, in 1872, containing the 1871 annual report by Sarah B. Merrill, superintendent of the State Blind Institute. The pamphlet includes the names of the pupils in 1871, their places of...
Darden, Thomas L.; Darden, Putnam.; Whitney, P. K.; Jefferson County (Miss.)--History.
Notice from the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors to Thomas L. Darden, appointing him overseer of Road 17, from the Fayette and Natchez Road to the ford of a creek near his residence.
Slavery; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Abolitionists; Christian literature; Artists; Annexation; Texas; Natchez (Miss.); Saint Louis (Mo.); New Orleans (La.); Mobile (Ala.)
Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...
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.