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Letter, Stephen Noble, Pearl River, Mississippi Territory, To Samuel Chapman, Choctaw Nation Agency, 1815, Stephen Noble Dec 1814

Letter, Stephen Noble, Pearl River, Mississippi Territory, To Samuel Chapman, Choctaw Nation Agency, 1815, Stephen Noble

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

One of the industries in Mississippi both pre- and post-statehood was trapping and trading of animal pelts. This letter, written from one trapper-trader to another, reports that business is slow and the last round of pelts has not yet sold. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Two African People, Tomly And Modu, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814 May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Two African People, Tomly And Modu, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of to African people, Tomly and Modu, to Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814, discussing their experience having been sold into slavery.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Two African Children, Loomba And Majig, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814 May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Two African Children, Loomba And Majig, To Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of two African children, Loomba and Majig, to Robert Purdie, May 20, 1814, describing their capture and having been sold into slavery to a man named Thomas and then Sam Pierre who put them on a ship with a number of other slaves.

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Handwritten Deposition Of Three African Boys, Will, Bunjallah, And Sara To Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa May 1814

Handwritten Deposition Of Three African Boys, Will, Bunjallah, And Sara To Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of three African boys, Will, Bunjallah, and Sara to Robert Purdie, May 6, 1814, Sierra Leone, South Africa describes the boys having been purchased as slaves and all they witnessed during their enslavement, concerning other slaves and their buyers.

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Handwritten Deposition Of An Enslaved Person In South Africa, Jarra, In The Colony Of Sierra Leone, South Africa, July 9, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Deposition Of An Enslaved Person In South Africa, Jarra, In The Colony Of Sierra Leone, South Africa, July 9, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten deposition of a slave named Jarra describes his life as a slave in South Africa and how he came to live with John McQueen and Robert Bostock. It goes on to describe how a ship full of men of war came and to protect the slaves from them, McQueen and Bostock sent Jarra to care for the slaves. The deposition is witnessed by Robert Parson and dated July 9, 1813.

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Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of John Macqueen To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of John Macqueen To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten voluntary deposition of John MacQueen describes MacQueen's life, including his business associations and his work in the slave trade in South Africa, specifically in his involvement with Robert Bostock in the slave trade and trafficking business. The deposition was witnessed by F. Hopkins, Registrar V Aomy, Court Sierra Leone, July 8, 1813.

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Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of Robert Bostock To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813 Jul 1813

Handwritten Voluntary Deposition Of Robert Bostock To F. Hopkins, July 8, 1813

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten voluntary deposition of Robert Bostock describes Bostock's business in the slave trade and trafficking in South Africa and his knowledge of Charles Mason's whereabouts. The deposition was witnessed by F. Hopkins, Registrar V Aomy, Court Sierra Leone, July 8, 1813.

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Handwritten Incomplete Receipt For Delivery Of Merchandise Between Manuel Ruiz In Havana, Cuba And William Young In Charleston, South Carolina Mar 1813

Handwritten Incomplete Receipt For Delivery Of Merchandise Between Manuel Ruiz In Havana, Cuba And William Young In Charleston, South Carolina

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten complete receipt for delivery of merchandize between Manuel Ruiz in Havana, Cuba and William Young in Charleston, South Carolina describes the shipment and delivery of unnamed merchandise. There are blank spaces where dates and other information would have been placed to complete the receipt. The receipt's time frame is described as March 8, 1813.

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Letter, Juan Norllogoh [?] To Robert Bostick, Montserrado, South Africa, May 20, 1811 May 1811

Letter, Juan Norllogoh [?] To Robert Bostick, Montserrado, South Africa, May 20, 1811

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and dated May 20, 1811, to Robert Bostick in Monserado from Juan Norllogoh [?] discusses the a third party, Mr. Homel, and his refusal to pay what is owed.

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Promissory Note, Daniel Johnston And Christopher Bush To Phillip Reid, August 10, 1810, Daniel Johnston Aug 1810

Promissory Note, Daniel Johnston And Christopher Bush To Phillip Reid, August 10, 1810, Daniel Johnston

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This promissory note, dated August 10, 1810, promises that Daniel Johnston and Christopher Bush with pay Phillip Reid thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents on or before January 1, 1811. The note is signed by Johnston and Bush and witnessed by Daniel Wayde.

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Letter, J. Maxwell, In Greenville, Mississippi To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, June 6, 1810, J. Maxwell Jun 1810

Letter, J. Maxwell, In Greenville, Mississippi To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, June 6, 1810, J. Maxwell

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and dated June 6, 1810, to Rev. James Smylie in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, from J. Maxwell [Macaide], in Greenville, Mississippi, discusses the writer's failed courtship of a young lady, his thoughts on who may have negatively spoken of him with the lady in question, his thoughts on ""religious people"". The writer goes on to beseech the reverend to ""undo"" whatever negative opinions were set forth about the writer and opine about the difficulties of finding bride when one is poor. The writer concludes by describing the illness of a friend (fever). The last …

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Undertaking Agreement, Edward Howe And William Reid On Behalf Of Christopher Eptings, March 6, 1810, Edward Howe Mar 1810

Undertaking Agreement, Edward Howe And William Reid On Behalf Of Christopher Eptings, March 6, 1810, Edward Howe

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This document is an agreement that Edward Howe and William Reid of Fayette County undertook for Christopher Eptings at the suit of martin Baun and Samuel Perry that Howe and Reid would taken on the debts should Eptings be cast in the suit. The document is signed by Justice of the Peace, Nathan G. S. Hart, and dated march 6th, 1810. This copy of the document was recorded by Robert L. Todd, county clerk.

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Letter, Daniel F. Mcneil, At Yale College, New Haven Connecticutto To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, , January 16, 1810, Daniel F. Mcneil Jan 1810

Letter, Daniel F. Mcneil, At Yale College, New Haven Connecticutto To Rev. James Smylie In Washington, Adams County, Mississippi, , January 16, 1810, Daniel F. Mcneil

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This handwritten letter, written in script and addressed to Rev. James Smylie in Washington, Adams County, Mississippi discusses the writers plans to go to the Carolinas, the need for better communication with the reverend, and the wish to see him. The writer goes on to discuss his friendship with another minister, his thoughts on some other ministers, and his thoughts on marriage.

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Rock'd In The Cradle Of The Deep, J. P. Knight Dec 1809

Rock'd In The Cradle Of The Deep, J. P. Knight

Sheet Music Collection

Title Only

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Marriage List Facsimile, Reverend , April 28, 1808 Dec 1807

Marriage List Facsimile, Reverend , April 28, 1808

Documents

This is a facsimile of a certificate or list of marriages performed by Reverend Jesse Head in 1808. The caption below the image explains that the list was lost for many years and wasn't found until 1886 "through the efforts of W. F. Booker, Clerk of Washington County, Kentucky." The list was scanned from volume one of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

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Indenture, William Caldwell And John Glassburn To Isaiah Packard, Natchez, Mississippi Territory, 1808 Dec 1807

Indenture, William Caldwell And John Glassburn To Isaiah Packard, Natchez, Mississippi Territory, 1808

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This indenture governing a land transaction in Mississipp uses different sizes of letters to emphasize certain words, including the names of the individuals bound by the indenture, stock legal phrases, and cardinal directions used to define the area of land at issue. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

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Receipt, Mr. Mason For A Boat And Enslaved Person, Round Island, February 4, 1807 Feb 1807

Receipt, Mr. Mason For A Boat And Enslaved Person, Round Island, February 4, 1807

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This hand written receipt, dated February 4, 1807, from Mr. Mason for a 40 foot high boat and a male slave in Round Island.

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Receipt, Mr. Mason For A Boat And Enslaved Person, Round Island, February 4, 1807 Feb 1807

Receipt, Mr. Mason For A Boat And Enslaved Person, Round Island, February 4, 1807

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This hand written receipt, dated February 4, 1807, from Mr. Mason for a 40 foot high boat and a male slave in Round Island.

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Deposition Of Eli Kellogg, For A Suit In The Mayor's Court, Natchez, 1807 Dec 1806

Deposition Of Eli Kellogg, For A Suit In The Mayor's Court, Natchez, 1807

Todd A. Herring Archival Collection

This three page document contains the sworn testimony of Eli Kellogg, a witness in the case of Joseph H. Titteringlow, defendant and Joshua Sanders, defendant, an action concerning accusations of assault and battery during a frolic on a boat on the Mississippi River. This item was included in the Scrawl and Order exhibit, http://lib.msstate.edu/exhibits/past/.

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Letter, Roger B. Taney To Tobias Butler, July 6, 1804, Roger B. Taney Jul 1804

Letter, Roger B. Taney To Tobias Butler, July 6, 1804, Roger B. Taney

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This handwritten letter, dated July 6, 1804, is written from Roger B. Taney to Tobias Butler discussing the payment owed on a case Taney is involved in .

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List Of United States Supreme Court Justices, Roger B. Taney, John Mclean, James Moore Wayne, Ca. 1800s Dec 1799

List Of United States Supreme Court Justices, Roger B. Taney, John Mclean, James Moore Wayne, Ca. 1800s

Lincolniana Original Manuscript Collection

This is a list of three United States Supreme Court Justices from around the eighteen hundreds, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, John McLean, James Moore Wayne.

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Clament Laird Vallandigham Carte De Visite, Austin Augustus Turner, D. Appleton And Co. Dec 1799

Clament Laird Vallandigham Carte De Visite, Austin Augustus Turner, D. Appleton And Co.

CDVs

The Carte de Visite features a black and white bust-length portrait of C.L. Vallandigham, which is mounted to a white paper card; The card features a double-lined border around its parameter.

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The Annual Celebration Of The Signing Of The Emancipation Proclamation Dec 1799

The Annual Celebration Of The Signing Of The Emancipation Proclamation

Ephemera

The broadside was probably printed in the 19th century for an annual celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is printed on off-white paper with black ink.

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Jacket Dec 1799

Jacket

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Black wool jacket with silk decorative trim along the opening of jacket and cuffsPersonal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Blouse Dec 1799

Blouse

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

White woven cotton with lace insets and tucksPersonal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Skirt Dec 1799

Skirt

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Black silk skirt with a banded waist-line. Matching Shirt (304 A-0135). Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Shirt Dec 1799

Shirt

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Black silk shirt-waist with lace on cuffs, down the front, and on the collar of the shirt. Matching Skirt (304 A-0136). Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Dress Dec 1799

Dress

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

White and blue cotton children's sailor dress with matching cap. Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Coat Dec 1799

Coat

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

White cotton twill children's coat. Has front buttons, Swiss lace, and a pleated back skirt. Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Outerwear

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Shoe Dec 1799

Shoe

Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection

Black leather closed toe rounded square toe box heels with bead work in black at toe box and throat. Flower at center of bead work. Bead work on each of the three straps across body of shoe. Personal Artifacts; Clothing -- Footwear

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