Farmers

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The business and personal papers of John G. Allen (1810- 1891) and his son Charles Edward (1860-1943), planters of Marengo County, Alabama, including Civil War letters, tenant farmer contracts, mortgages and indentures, bills and receipts, personal letters, insurance policies, and miscellaneous items relating to the family.

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Letters to the machinery manufactures Booney and Bush, and Bush and Lobdell, both of Wilmington, Delaware, concerning machinery, cotton gins, and business conditions in Alabama, 1836-1843.

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Letter dated 13 August 1847, from Boswell of El Dorado, Arkansas, to her cousin, Elizabeth A. Boswell of Pike County, Alabama, discussing the health of family members, crops, and weather.

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Letter from David Criswell of Kickapoo City, Kansas, to Joel Lynn of Hartford, Indiana, describing the weather and commodity prices in Kansas, and asking for $50 that Lynn owes him.

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A letter from David Criswell, farmer, to Joel Lynn of Hartford, Indiana, February 17, 1862.

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Photocopies of the daybooks of John K. Elliott and his son, William M. Elliott, of the Payneville, Sumter County, Alabama area, spanning the years from 1870 through 1911.

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The collection consists of eighty copy photographs. Originals were taken by the Farm Security Administration's photographers of Alabama agriculture and industry during the Depression. Primarily images of white and African American sharecropper families and homes, churches, schools, and farm scenes. Photographs were taken around Moundville, Eutaw, Selma, Scottsboro, Greensboro, and Birmingham, Alabama. Originals are stored at the Library of Congress.

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Photographs depicting unidentified people, farm scene, and family portraits.

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Photographs are depicting framers, outdoor scenes, teachers, and other unidentified places.

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Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.

Scope and Contents This collection contains three ledgers (a plantation book, a farm journal, and a letter copybook) and a folder of miscellaneous letters written by John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, and Cave Springs, Floyd County, Georgia, from January 1840 to November 1891.The Plantation Book (or Farm Journal v.1) was written by John Horry Dent from January 1840 through December 1842 to record expenditures and income from his estate and to provide information for his future...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter from J. L. Snyder, a South Carolina farmer, to his uncle, E.L. Snyder, in New York. The letter discusses personal family matters, including information about J.L. Snyder's sons, and two recent storms that have devastated crops and destroyed homes. In addition to stating the effect of the storms on his own life, J.L. appeals to his uncle for financial assistance and donations to assist the Black population on Hilton Head Island. The letter notes that due to...

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A collection containing meeting minutes of this Russell County, Alabama farmers' organizatipn, 1890-92, including the attendance roll and information on crop production and exhibitions.

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Ledgers documenting the farm inventory, taxes, profits and losses, as well as mortgages, title abstracts, and related documents

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Letters to an Alabama farmer from 1866 to 1870

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Letter from W. G. Croft, dated 18 November (circa 1835) from Canebreak, Union Town, Alabama, to his brother, Randall Croft, at Beaufort, South Carolina, discussing cotton crop yields in the area.

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Collection consists of 1723 stereocards depicting scenes from all over the world.

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This collection consists of five photographs depicting African American's picking cotton in Mississippi.

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Letter from Wade Hampton to John Bynum advising Bynum that he will not be able to meet with him as originally planned because of unexpected visitors. He indicates that he will also be engaged in attending a trial, but that as soon as it was completed he should be able to meet with Bynum.