Charles Lamb (1775-1834), English author, who became famous for his informal, personal essays and literary criticism, is presented here in his vocational role as accounting clerk. Lambs long years of experience in and out of Londons counting-houses...
Williams, John Bell, 1918-1983; Mississippi -- Race relations
Excerpts from a speech Mississippi representative John Bell Williams to a group of lawyers, warning that racial conflicts in the state create opportunities for federal government interference
University of Mississippi -- Riot, Sept. 30, 1962; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford; Segregation in higher education -- Mississippi; College student newspapers and periodicals -- United States
A compilation of editorials from student newspapers at universities around the South, documenting student response to the integration of the University of Mississippi and the accompanying violence
This little book is not a treatise on book-keeping. It is less, and it is more. Far less, because it treats of but one of many thousand applications of that useful art; and more, because, beginning with the very simplest exposition of general...
Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Slaves;...
Jeremiah describes the Battle of Seven Pines' level of engagement and the state of the wounded, particularly his wounds and those of Captain Lowry. Mentions his disappointment over not receiving a 'boy' from their mother. Again mentions his fear of...
Parent and child; Diseases; Health; Education; Crops;
Concerning the visit of Mary's Aunt & Uncle, who falls ill while in Richland. Matthew gives news of various members of the family and discusses his crops, as well.
The following pages were not included in the bound volume used for scanning: May, pages 5, 6; July-August, pages 5 , 6. These were probably advertising inserts.
Anecdotes -- Accounting;Accounting -- History -- Bibliography
Subtitles are: Book Mart; Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents; Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Out of the Past; Research Notes; Research Resources; Through the Ages