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Box SC1850-1899.005

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Diary

 File — Box: SC1850-1899.005, Folder: 4114.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of a diary written in 1869 by R. H. Cook of Rose Hill, Mississippi, which is about midway between Meridian, Mississippi, and what is now the Bienville National Forest. Cook begins each entry with a description of the weather and then goes on to the general events of his day. There are also approximately sixty pages of poetry as well, written from 1870 into the early 1880s.
Dates: 1869-1880