Freedmen -- Mississippi.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred Benjamin Butts papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-163
Scope and Contents
Agreement with freedmen, Sept. 14, 1865, concerning work on the Caldwell Plantation, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi; 2 bonds issued by Oktibbeha County "in payment of stock of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company," 1 note concerning interest paid, 1892; and 1 typescript of A.B. Butts work, " Civil Service in American Cities".
Dates:
1865 - 1892
Found in:
Manuscripts
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Alfred Benjamin Butts papers
R. U. Ellis Day Book
Collection
Identifier: MSS-193
Scope and Contents
Day book of merchant R.U. Ellis of Starkville, Mississippi, includes freedmen’s accounts.
Dates:
1847 - 1868
Found in:
Manuscripts
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R. U. Ellis Day Book
Dr. William B. Watkins Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-336
Scope and Contents
Daily account ledgers of Dr. Watkins of Big Springs, Mississippi, formerly in Chickasaw County and now in Clay County, including one daily medical account ledger, 1872-1873. Patients include African-Americans, whom Watkins indicates with “Freedman” beside their names. Two additional ledgers, ca. 1880s-1890s and 1930s, contain medical and farm accounts of Caucasians and African-Americans. Also included are loose materials from the ledgers: two letters (1906 and undated) and gin receipts for...
Dates:
1872 - 1937
Found in:
Manuscripts
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Dr. William B. Watkins Ledgers