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James Knox diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS.274
Scope and Contents
The James Knox diary, which begins in March 1848 and ends in February 1851, records the daily operations of his plantation in Pickens County, Alabama, including sowing, plowing, harvesting, and selling. He refers to several enslaved persons by name, most often Patrick and Alvin. Knox’s regular attendance at church and presbytery meetings is recorded in the diary, along with information about the pastors and their sermon texts. Ministers James Somerville, J. L. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Morrow, and...
Dates:
1848 - 1851
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Manuscripts
Zenas Preston Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-252
Scope and Contents
Plantation on Lake St. Peter across river from Natchez, Mississippi. Refers to plantation life of the period: enslaved persons, crops, levees and floods, diseases, prescriptions, taxes, road work, weather.
Dates:
1850 - 1853
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Manuscripts