Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Thomas Freeland Papers (Z/0794).
Creator/Collector: Freeland, Thomas.
Date(s): 1822-1889.
Size: 0.33 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH Staff, September 18, 1964.
Provenance: Gift of Wisconsin Historical Society, on June 8, 1964; Photostatic copies of the letters were made by the Department with permission of Thomas Freeland of Port Gibson, MS; September 11, 1964; Z/0794.000/F.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Thomas Freeland Papers (Z/0794), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Thomas Freeland

Biographical Sketch to be done at a later date.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Ledger sheets and letters referring to the business transactions of Thomas Freeland of Rodney, Mississippi. The collection includes a typed price list, noting the price of cotton in New Orleans, Louisiana for January 15, 1853; a letter addressed to the Trustees of Oakland College, inquiring as to the sale of land in Yazoo County; and several personal letters. One letter, dated Clear Water, Florida, June 2, 1889, is addressed to Miss Nora Freeland from her sister and notes the health of the family and the fact that they are living on $40.00 a month. There are several account sheets from business ledgers, itemized and kept on a yearly basis.

Also contained in the collection are a photostatic copy of a land grant for Thomas Augustin Freeland dated March 1, 1822, and signed by President James Monroe; a photostatic copy of the commission of Thomas Freeland as Justice of the Peace of District 1, Claiborne County, dated December 7, 1875, and signed by Adelbert Ames, Governor, and James Hill, Negro Secretary of State; and two letters dated respectively, Executive Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2, 1871 and December 22, 1871. Both of these letters are signed by Henry Clay Warmoth, Reconstruction Governor of Louisiana (1868–1872) and refer to a horse taken by Warmoth in the campaign against Vicksburg in the spring of 1863.

 

Series Identification:

 

 

Box List:

Box 1