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Freedmen -- Mississippi.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Benjamin Butts papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-163
Scope and Contents

Agreement with freedmen, Sept. 14, 1865, concerning work on the Caldwell Plantation, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi; 2 bonds issued by Oktibbeha County "in payment of stock of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company," 1 note concerning interest paid, 1892; and 1 typescript of A.B. Butts work, " Civil Service in American Cities".

Dates: 1865 - 1892

R. U. Ellis Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-193
Scope and Contents

Day book of merchant R.U. Ellis of Starkville, Mississippi, includes freedmen’s accounts.

Dates: 1847 - 1868

Dr. William B. Watkins Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-336
Scope and Contents Daily account ledgers of Dr. Watkins of Big Springs, Mississippi, formerly in Chickasaw County and now in Clay County, including one daily medical account ledger, 1872-1873. Patients include African-Americans, whom Watkins indicates with “Freedman” beside their names. Two additional ledgers, ca. 1880s-1890s and 1930s, contain medical and farm accounts of Caucasians and African-Americans. Also included are loose materials from the ledgers: two letters (1906 and undated) and gin receipts for...
Dates: 1872 - 1937