Health; Secession; Homefront; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb; Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862; Newspapers; Communication;
Roxana writes of the improvement in Lucy's health since her coming to Mississippi; talk of secession in surrounding areas; calling her son Tom Cobb ""a little black Republican"" the secession of Mississippi; her desire to read northern newspapers;...
Slavery; Slaves; Christmas; Plantation life; Clothing and dress; Marriage;
Roxana writes about her first Christmas on the Mississippi plantation; the celebrations of the plantation slaves; the making of clothes for slaves [in 1860 the census listed 73 slaves for the Gerdine plantation]; sending her congratulations on...
Slavery; Slaves; Child rearing; Southern States -- Identity; Plantation life; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb;
Roxana writes of her baby Tom Cobb Gerdine; Tom's nurse (slave) and the differences between ""northern"" and ""southern"" children; their sister Lucy Chapin (who came to teach at the Lucy Cobb Institute in January 1859; William L.C. Gerdine's...
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.
Agricultural industries -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agricultural industries -- United States -- Auditing -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United...
Agricultural industries -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agricultural industries -- United States -- Auditing -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United...
Agricultural industries -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agricultural industries -- United States -- Auditing -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United...
Agricultural industries -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agricultural industries -- United States -- Auditing -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United States -- Accounting -- Periodicals;Agriculture, Cooperative -- United...