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- catalog abstract "Personal papers and diary of the Jenkins family of Elgin Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi. A typewritten copy of the diary, which forms the major part of the collection, was kept by Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins, an experimental agriculturist and horticulturist, during the last fourteen years of his life, 1841-1855. Dr. Jenkins records the results of his agricultural and horticultural experiments at Elgin, plantation routine, financial transactions, social and literary activities, and travels. Purchases of slaves made by Jenkins and health of slaves are also noted. Jenkins' account book, 1837-1855, shows expenditures for the home, family, plantations, and slaves. There are also letters written by W.D. Jenkins and Julia Dunbar to J.C.F. Jenkins, who was a son of Dr. Jenkins, and a Confederate soldier. One J.C.F. Jenkins letter gives an eyewitness account of the battle of Murfreesboro, 1862,...".
- catalog contributor b7706087.
- catalog contributor b7706088.
- catalog coverage "Elgin Plantation (Miss.) Archives.".
- catalog created "1973?".
- catalog date "1973".
- catalog date "1973?".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1973?".
- catalog description "Personal papers and diary of the Jenkins family of Elgin Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi. A typewritten copy of the diary, which forms the major part of the collection, was kept by Dr. John Carmichael Jenkins, an experimental agriculturist and horticulturist, during the last fourteen years of his life, 1841-1855. Dr. Jenkins records the results of his agricultural and horticultural experiments at Elgin, plantation routine, financial transactions, social and literary activities, and travels. Purchases of slaves made by Jenkins and health of slaves are also noted. Jenkins' account book, 1837-1855, shows expenditures for the home, family, plantations, and slaves. There are also letters written by W.D. Jenkins and Julia Dunbar to J.C.F. Jenkins, who was a son of Dr. Jenkins, and a Confederate soldier. One J.C.F. Jenkins letter gives an eyewitness account of the battle of Murfreesboro, 1862,...".
- catalog extent "89 items and 13 v. on 35 sheets ;".
- catalog isPartOf "Plantation records ; [14]".
- catalog isPartOf "Southern historical manuscripts, 15".
- catalog issued "1973".
- catalog issued "1973?".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, CT : Greenwood Press,".
- catalog spatial "Elgin Plantation (Miss.) Archives.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi Adams County".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Mississippi Adams County History Sources.".
- catalog title "Family papers, 1840-1900.".