Joseph B. Cobb Estate Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-377
Scope and Contents
Photocopies from the Lowndes County Courthouse of the estate papers of Joseph B. Cobb, humorist and author of Mississippi Scenes. Among the topics are a rebellion on one of Cobb's plantations and the hiring of dogs to catch run-away enslaved persons. Cobb was a Unionist and a Whig.
Dates
- 1858 - 1861
Extent
.08 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Joseph B. Cobb Estate Papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
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