Box 6
Container
Contains 107 Results:
Letter, Joseph, New Hope, Pennsylvania to brother, Josh Murray, addressed to Thomas Murray, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; RE: classes in school, 1841-03-12
File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1841-03-12
Letter, Emma, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Harry Wilson, Claremont, New York; RE: couple in town and family news, 1841-04-04
File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1841-04-04
Letter, Catharine Wistar Acton, Wesstown Boarding School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to brother, Richard Acton, Salem, New Jersey; RE: discussing letter from sister, 1841-08-25
File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1841-08-25
Letters, Albert U. Fitzwater, Science Hill, West Chester, Pennsylvania to mother, Isabella Fitzwater, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; RE: fire, first day of school [transcriptions included], 1841-10-14 - 1842-01-27
File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1841-10-14 - 1842-01-27
Letter, Henry Chester, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Elie Beatty, Hagerstown, Maryland; RE: money exchange, 1841-04-19
File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1841-04-19
Letter, P.A. Prendergast, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania to Michael O'Sullevin, Erie, Pennsylvania; RE: well-being, Irish town, 1842-09-27
File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1842-09-27
Letter, Madison Humphreys, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to P. Cresson and brother, merchants, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; RE: money transaction, 1844-01-23
File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1844-01-23
Letter, William N. Jones, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Thomas J. Gross, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; life events since last letter year before, 1845-02-24
File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1845-02-24
Letter, Madison Humphreys, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to William P. Cresson & Co., Philadelphia; RE: saw manufacturing, 1844-12-16
File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1844-12-16
Letter, James A. Darrah, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to father, Robert Darrah, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; family update, 1843-10-13
File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
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...
Dates:
1843-10-13