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Title	Letter, A. B. Parks to Augusta Rice 5/31/1864
Description	Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the slaves and crops. A slave named Mariah had 'convulsion fits' and was bled by the doctor until she fainted. Parks also mentions going to Tupelo, 1864.
Creator	Parks, A. B.
Physical ID	24-F26-2
Date (original)	1864-05-31
Date	May 31, 1864
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Slavery African-Americans Plantations Plantation overseers Traditional medicine Agriculture Oktibbeha County (Miss.) Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Original collection	Nannie Herndon Rice family papers
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 leaf 22.5 x 18.5 cm.
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	December 2010
Transcript	the May 31 '64 Mrs A H Rice dear maddum I have the plesher of saying to you that all is in good helth except Buck he has had a short attact of newmone but is giting abought & James Mariah she war tacon with convulchon fits last sunday had 3 from 12 oclock tel sun dun I sent for the Docktor & after bleeding tel she fanted she has had no more I wente up to Tupelow in surch of the pony but when I got thare thay war gon to Montevalla Ala thay onleay stade 2 nights & day at the camp whear thay started to when I was thar but sence I got home I have heard that thay war audred back agan I made an arangement with a ould gentel man that if thay came back thar to rite to me he sade he new the smart of hit as thay treted him the same wa all well at the lower place the wheat will soon be redday to cut & not hurt by rust yet hit is out of danger nough I will son be over the crop the seond time & am leving hit in fine fix we ar neding rane the gardin peas ar but up so that we had nothing of the kind to sende to you this time I sende one bucket of butter you will find inclosed a litter that I tacon out of the ofis yearterday I am much grattefide to git your papers & hope thay will continyear to cum as I am allwase glad to hear the nuse

Letter, A. B. Parks to Augusta Rice; 5/31/1864

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