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Manuscripts of Early National and Antebellum America
Records - South

What follows is a list of Early American southern records from the manuscript holdings in the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries of Notre Dame.

  • MISSISSIPPI ESTATE AND BUSINESS RECORDS. 1821-1902 (bulk 1836-1872). 355 documents. About two-thirds of this collection consists of Hinds County, Mississippi probate records from the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, pertaining to the settlement of 12 local estates. Notable among these are documents relating to the cases of William Demoss (d. 1845), John Raney (d. 1863), and Joseph Spengler (d. 1852). Among the remaining documents is an accumulation of 49 personal and business records of the Amite County planter Robert Patterson Smiley (1815-1877). MSN/EA 8201-1 to MSN/EA 8201-44. [Finding Aid]

  • DANIEL FARMER, JR., MILITIA COMMISSION. 1812. 1 document, partly printed. A document dated 6 July 1812, appointing Daniel Farmer, Jr., of Culpeper County ensign in the 5th Regiment Virginia Militia. The document is signed by Virginia governor James Barbour. MSN/EA 3200-1.


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