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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Sanders, Lee and Sargent families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-574
Scope and Contents The Sanders, Lee and Sargent families papers contain materials that document the lives of members of the three families, which are of significant social historical interest. There is extensive correspondence among members of the Lee family between 1850 and 1910, and a calendar of the correspondence is included as an appendix. A large number of deeds show the acquisitions made by the Lee and Sanders families in Columbus, Mississippi. The scrapbooks and recipe books give an insight into the...
Dates: 1850 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1992