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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

Creator

Access Restrictions

Open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Extent

0.08 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English