Box 134
Container
Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Montgomery Letters
File — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1823-1917
Ben Montgomery to Dr Mar Jefferson. Hurricane Plantation., 1857 December 1
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Series Description
From the Series:
This series contains outgoing and incoming correspondence of various family members of both the Davis and Howell Families. There is correspondence from non-family members as well as a notice of sale of Beauvoir house in Mississippi, newspaper clippings, and a Davis Family tree.
Dates:
1857 December 1
Ben to Sir (Mr. Jefferson Davis). Hurricane Plantation., 1867 May 2
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Letter pertains mostly to high water and the damage done to the plantations.
Dates:
1867 May 2
Ben to Sir (Mr. Joseph E. Davis). Hurricane Plantation., 1867 May 30
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Reports on discouraging conditions at Hurricane plantation.
Dates:
1867 May 30
Ben to Jos. E. Davis. Hurricane Plantation., 1867 July 29
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Reports on health of the people on plantation and on crop damage.
Dates:
1867 July 29
Ben to Sir (Joseph E. Davis). Hurricane Plantation., 1870 January 27
Item — Box: 134, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Business concerning the plantation.
Dates:
1870 January 27