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Cotton farmers -- Mississippi.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lena Simmons Clark collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-18
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Travis Clark family including: farm accounts, receipts, other financial statements, cotton sale records and other farm records from Grenada County, Mississippi; material relating to the education of children (1865-1887), almanacs, scrapbook of clippings, postcards, invitations, and other papers.

Dates: 1856 - 1912

Duncan and Blackwell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-726
Scope and Contents This collection includes the papers of various family members stemming from the Duncan and Blackwell family line. This includes materials from the Bias, Beane, Fontaine, Mitchell, and Tardy families as well as other connections. Materials include correspondence, diaries, family bibles, business papers (e.g., sale of cotton receipts), ledgers, estate records, bills of sale for enslaved persons, photographs, and other miscellaneous objects. The bulk of these materials come from the middle- to...
Dates: 1800-1950

Lenoir Plantation records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-585
Scope and Contents The Lenoir Plantation records contain the personal and business records of the extended Lenoir family in Mississippi and Texas. There is a small amount of correspondence with family and friends, including some Civil War letters, along with other personal material. The largest proportion of the collection materials is concerned with the family’s business activities including financial correspondence, accounts and invoices, deeds, legal materials, and other documents pertaining to the land...
Dates: 1792 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1930