Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first volume in this collection documents George Stacker's farm between 1851 and 1853. The majority of the entries describe the weather, how many plows are being used, and what crops are being planted. The second volume is an account book for a shipping business containing entries from 1819 to 1834. Later hands, including Blanche S., George, Charley, and Margaret Stacker, used the book's blank pages for doodling and practicing their handwriting. The final volume is composed primarily of...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first volume in this collection documents George Stacker's farm between 1851 and 1853. The majority of the entries describe the weather, how many plows are being used, and what crops are being planted. The second volume is an account book for a shipping business containing entries from 1819 to 1834. Later hands, including Blanche S., George, Charley, and Margaret Stacker, used the book's blank pages for doodling and practicing their handwriting. The final volume is composed primarily of...

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This bill of lading indicates that J. L. Moore consigned 10 bales of cotton to Fowlkes & Co. in Memphis, Tennessee at Loone's Station.

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In this return, Lieutenant R. H. M. Donnelly enumerates the clothing and equipment (including tools, beds, tents, and books) in the possession of Company D of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry (USA) as of March 1864. At the time the report was written, the unit was stationed in Nashville, Tennessee.