Letter, Catharine Wistar Acton, Wesstown Boarding School, Pennsylvania to brother, Richard Acton, Salem, New Jersey; discussing letter from sister, 1841-08-25

Letters, travelers' accounts, estate records, slave lists, business records, military records, waybills, photographs, rare books, pamphlets, newspapers, publications, artifacts and audiovisual materials collected by Dr. Todd A. Herring. The collection documents Mississippi and Louisiana plantation culture and history with records from Natchez and Adams County, and towns and communities in Jefferson, Claiborne and Wilkinson Counties. A smaller series documents North Mississippi and Alabama history including Columbus, Aberdeen, Holly Springs, Oxford and other towns. Other materials document Oktibbeha and Clay Counties persons, Colonial American history, world history and the professional and personal activities of Herring.