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Box 1

 Container

Contains 81 Results:

Letter from Henry W. Allen, 01/12/1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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: 01/12/1865