Box 1
Container
Contains 81 Results:
Receipts and accounts, 1824-1829
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1824-1829
1830-1836
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Will of Francis Murdock, 06/08/1833
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, Object: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 06/08/1833
Receipts and accounts mainly of James Cotton, 1830-1836
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25, Object: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1830-1836
1837-1848
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Receipts mainly of James Cotton; land survey, 1837-1848
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, Object: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1837-1848
Deed of land from Cotton to village of Port Gibson
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26, Object: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930
Receipts of James Cotton, 1852-1858
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1852-1858
Receipts of James Cotton including drug bill, 1858
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
Other: 1858
1858-1860
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal records of several families from the Port Gibson, Mississippi region. Among the themes reflected in the collection are the Presbyterian Church and its activities in Mississippi; economic pursuits especially plantation management; relations with African Americans as both enslaved people and freedmen; and health concerns including recurring yellow fever epidemics. The major figures represented in this collection are James Smylie,...
Dates:
1793-1930