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- GLC#
- GLC05497
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1865-1869
- Author/Creator
- English, John G., fl. 1827-1869
- Title
- [Post-war plantation diary and journal of Mississippi cotton planter]
- Place Written
- Aberdeen, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 264 p. : Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 17 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
English mentions Confederate generals visiting, Civil War battles, slavery, and Reconstruction, among other topics. Provides a list of all slave families on this Mississippi Cotton plantation. Contains a detailed account of crops planted, weather, and other topics related to plantation life. (Refer to related items GLC05496, an antebellum journal, and GLC05460, English's presidential pardon). There is a space in the front of this manuscript as the result of pages which were cut out. Rebound, but accompanied by original cover.
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