Manuscripts

History:

The case of the State of Mississippi, through Stokes V. Robertson, Revenue Agent v. Aetna Insurance Company, et al., was initially filed in the first judicial district of the Hinds County Chancery Court. Mississippi revenue agent Stokes Vernon Robertson filed the lawsuit on behalf of the state.

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CHASE (BENJAMIN DORRANCE) PAPERS

Dates: 1862-1864.

Biography:

Stephen D. Daniel

Stephen D. Daniel was born in Georgia around 1845. He was the son of E. P. and Edna Daniel of Butts County, Georgia. E. P. Daniel bought approximately forty acres of land in Newton County, Mississippi, on May 23, 1859. The Daniel family subsequently moved to Newton County where they engaged in farming.

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NICHOLSON (SAMUEL TIMOTHY) PAPERS

Samuel Timothy Nicholson was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, around 1833. He was the son of Thomas Wright and Winifred Wiggins Nicholson. By 1853, Samuel Nicholson and his brother, Blake Baker Nicholson, had established a farm near Livingston, Madison County, Mississippi. Blake Nicholson and his wife had returned to their farm near Littleton, North Carolina, by 1855, leaving Samuel Nicholson to manage the farm in Madison County.

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SHAW FAMILY PAPERS

Original is restricted; reference photocopy must be used instead.

Biography:

William Troup Cole

Series 1: Correspondence. 1827-1921; n.d.

Box 1, Folder 1:
May 18, 1827, letter, T. B. Kempe, Brooklyn, New York, to Margaret Louisa Kempe Howell, Natchez, Mississippi.

Dates: 1827-1948.
Originals are restricted; reference photocopies must be used instead.

Biography:

Jefferson Finis Davis

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DAVIS (JEFFERSON) AND FAMILY PAPERS

Dates: 1851-1889.
Originals are restricted; reference photocopies must be used instead.

Biography:

Jefferson Finis Davis