CS_00/CS_02. American South
Found in 490 Collections and/or Records:
Moses Austin papers
Depositions concern the petition of Austin to recover his barge, the "Dolphin." Deponents Jaduthun Kendal, James Austin, and Charles Dehault de Lasus testify that the barge, recovered from an island near the port of New Madrid by Robert Perry, belonged to Austin. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Aventine Plantation ledger
The Aventine Plantation Ledger, 1862, contains a daily account by Charles Sauters of the expenses and business activities of the Aventine Plantation. Also included is a transcription of the ledger by Nate Mathews and his essay, Slavery, the Civil War, and the 1862 Aventine Plantation Ledger.
William Bacon receipt
Receipt for court costs incurred by Bacon's estate in Warren County, Mississippi. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Lyman J. Bailey papers
Volume contains Bailey's correspondence with John H. Reagan and Walter B. Hill in his effort to clarify Abraham Lincoln's stand on compensation to slave owners for voluntarily emancipated slaves as supposedly voiced at the Hampton Roads Conference of 3 February 1865.
Bank of the State of Mississippi records
A. D. and Virginia Banks papers
Among the correspondence is a letter to Major Banks, secretary of the National Democratic and Liberal Committee, from University of Alabama professor Algernon S. Garnett (1872) and a letter to Mrs. Banks describing a self-inoculation procedure with a "fresh" virus (1873). Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Hiram Barber papers
Letters from Barber's brother Adin Barber and brother-in-law Samuel Lloyd in Indiana to Baker Gordon in Warren County, Mississippi, concern the administration of Barber's estate. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Stephen Barefield deed
Deed leases land comprising the Barefield plantation in Warren County, Mississippi, to A.A. Royall. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Adam T. Barnes deed
Deed signed by Daniel Thomas, Hinds County, Mississippi, sheriff, conveys land of Franklin H. Jennings to Adam T. Barnes in payment of a debt to George W. Summers. Forms part of the Natchez Trace Collection.
Amos F. Barnes letters
Letters from Connecticut businessman Amos F. Barnes to his wife describing his travels across land by stagecoach and then down the Mississippi River aboard the steamship General Lafayette.
