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Samuel Lawrence Bill Of Sale For Milly, Slave Dec 1860

Samuel Lawrence Bill Of Sale For Milly, Slave

Slave narratives supplemental materials

This is a bill of sale for the transaction in which Milly, a 22-year old African-American slave, was sold, by Samuel Lawrence to Samuel Evans of Franklin County, Arkansas, on May 2nd, 1860. A.M. Doran served as witness to the transaction.


Ann "Nannie" Jane Conway Sevier Turner And Daughter Dec 1860

Ann "Nannie" Jane Conway Sevier Turner And Daughter

Images

Ambrotype portrait of Ann "Nannie" Jane Conway Sevier Turner and her daughter in a half case.


Edward Payson Washbourne Self Portrait Dec 1860

Edward Payson Washbourne Self Portrait

Images

Edward Payson Washbourne (1831-1860), an Arkansas antebellum artist, painted this self-portrait. Washbourne is best known for his painting, The Arkansas Traveler, which depicts an encounter between a wealthy traveler and a family of squatters in Arkansas. The Arkansas Traveler painting became a popular print and was widely distributed as a Currier and Ives lithograph.


Cotton Receipt, 29 December 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Dec 1860

Cotton Receipt, 29 December 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 25, 1860 Dec 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 25, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Matthew Fontaine Maury Letter To A Faculty Member Of The Naval Academy In Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C., December 20, 1860., Matthew Fontaine Maury Dec 1860

Matthew Fontaine Maury Letter To A Faculty Member Of The Naval Academy In Annapolis, Maryland; Washington, D.C., December 20, 1860., Matthew Fontaine Maury

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 18, 1860 Dec 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 18, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


J. H. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (11 December 1860), J. H. Nelson Dec 1860

J. H. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (11 December 1860), J. H. Nelson

Correspondence

Talks about most recent letter from Will and hope that he will stay at school a bit longer before coming home. Most of the letter is dedicated to the shooting of Reverend Joseph Holt Ingraham and his last moments


Cotton Receipt, 11 December 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Dec 1860

Cotton Receipt, 11 December 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


J. H. Nelson To William C. Nelson (11 December 1860), J. H. Nelson Dec 1860

J. H. Nelson To William C. Nelson (11 December 1860), J. H. Nelson

Correspondence

Received his most recent letter but is concerned about his coming home so early for the Christmas holidays. Mentions that Will's mother arrived at Helena on Wednesday last; describes the terrible accidental shooting of Rev. Joseph Holt Ingraham


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 11, 1860 Dec 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 11, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


William C. Nelson To J. H. Nelson (10 December 1860), William Cowper Nelson Dec 1860

William C. Nelson To J. H. Nelson (10 December 1860), William Cowper Nelson

Correspondence

Worried that he had not received an answer to his most recent letter; talks about the awful food at the Hall; asks for more money to pay off his debts; asks if Col. Charles L. Thomas was killed on the tracks; gives his love to all the family, especially his little brother Tom


Indenture, Jefferson County, Ms, 6 December 1860, Mary Puckett Dec 1860

Indenture, Jefferson County, Ms, 6 December 1860, Mary Puckett

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes Dec 1860

[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes

Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects

This is a letter from Elizabeth Grimes, wife of James Grimes, she’s sending it in response to recently learning about the death of another friend. In this letter, she is saying kind words about her virtuous late friend, religion, and sheds light on the process of mourning in the Victorian era of America. Additionally, there is some information about the state of the government at the time as the letter is written just 15 days before the secession of South Carolina from the Union and 4 months before the beginning of the civil war.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 4, 1860 Dec 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner December 4, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Cotton Receipt, 1 December 1860, F. Lane And Company Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 1 December 1860, F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 27, 1860 Nov 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 27, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Cotton Receipt, 24 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 24 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Cotton Receipt, 23 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 23 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Cotton Receipt, 22 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967) Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 22 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967)

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 20, 1860 Nov 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 20, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 13, 1860 Nov 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 13, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Cotton Receipt, 10 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 10 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 6, 1860 Nov 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner November 6, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


William C. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (4 November 1860), William Cowper Nelson Nov 1860

William C. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (4 November 1860), William Cowper Nelson

Correspondence

Describes going to church to hear Dr. Frederick A.P. Barnard preach and saw several of acquaintances - Mrs. Boynton, Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Whitehorne, and Mrs. Stearns. Describes his visiting Mrs. Lamar with the cake his mother sent to her. Describes the great agitation in the area over the question of union. Talks about a new home going up in Oxford, which would become Ammadelle, and asks how the building of their new house is getting along. Asks to be remembered to all of his friends


Cotton Receipt, 3 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Nov 1860

Cotton Receipt, 3 November 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Cotton Receipt, 30 October 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Oct 1860

Cotton Receipt, 30 October 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Cotton Receipt, 30 October 1860, F. Lane And Company Oct 1860

Cotton Receipt, 30 October 1860, F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Mount Vernon Democratic Banner October 30, 1860 Oct 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner October 30, 1860

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1860

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.


Cotton Receipt, 29 October 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company Oct 1860

Cotton Receipt, 29 October 1860, Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967), F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.