Feemster family; Religion; Freemasons; Revivals; Infants; Breastfeeding; Slavery; African-Americans; Traditional medicine; Civil war; United States; Draft; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about a revival taking place among the Masons and tells him about some acquaintances who have joined. She also names people who have made professions at the...
Business; Gins; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 14th. Company K
Letter from Charles H. Abert to W. A. Blanchard, regarding the non-receipt of a gin band and other business matters. He writes that the war has begun in Charleston, and that his son, George Abert, has gone to Columbus to join the 'Rifle Company'...
Feemster family; Poetry; Religious poetry; Grief; Death
Poem dedicated to Loulie Feemster by Martha A. Feemster at Ridgeway, sympathizing in the loss of her young son, Henry, and assuring her friend that he is happy in heaven. ''Original poem on death of little Henry'' is written on the reverse. 1862.
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...
Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Agriculture; Cotton; Civil war; United States; Brookhaven (Miss.); Diphtheria; Diseases
Letter, Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw. He writes that he is still unwell and that he has the ''flux.'' Another company left Brookhaven, but there is no news from the war. He tells her about the cotton and some hogs that they plan to...
Letter, W. L. Lipscomb, Columbus, Mississippi to Mary Elizabeth Wier, Quitman, Mississippi concerning the death of his aunt and her mother, Elizabeth Lipcomb Wier. The letter extols Aunt Wier's qualities, offers condolences, and expresses grief,...
Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.; Louisiana--History.; Napoleonville (La.)
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, George H. Douglas, in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a recent storm, family illnesses, and life in southern Louisiana.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Durr, Louis Monroe--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Louis Monroe Durr family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1000 acres located northwest of Brookhaven in the Caseyville Community. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price assisted with selection of farm family.
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; Branch, Elmo--Family. ; Branch, D. R.--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Elmo and D. R. Branch family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1040 acres in Duck Hill, MS. Both Elmo and D. R. Branch are MSU alumni. Montgomery Co. Agricultural agent John Killebrew assisted with selection of farm family.
