Dates: 1860-1869.

Scope and Content Note:

Personal papers of William H. Brown, Jackson, who was an employee of the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts. The collection is composed principally of business correspondence and letters from relatives in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Several letters are from Brown's brothers, Frank L. Brown, New Orleans, La.; and John C. Brown, Louisville, Ky. Three letters (February 3, September 19, and November 29, 1866) are from T. S. Gathright, Summerville Institute, Gholson. 

The papers are distributed by dates as follows:  
Undated, 17 pieces 
1860, 4 pieces 
1862, 1 piece 
1863, 1 piece 
1864, 3 pieces 
1865, 7 pieces 
1866, 97 pieces 
1867, 34 pieces 
1868, 27 pieces 
1869, 3 pieces