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David Mabray & Robert D. McLean Indenture
Collection
Identifier: MS-2548
Abstract
This June 26, 1841, indenture between Sheriff David Mabray and Robert D. McLean of Yallabusha County, Mississippi, pertains to a transfer of property. It is recorded and signed by clerk D. M. Rayburn on the 20th of July, 1841.
Dates:
1841 June 26
H. S. Halbert Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-2291
Abstract
In a September 24, 1881, letter to Mr. Berlie in Pennsylvania, historian H. S. Halbert writes about his ethnographic and archaeological work among the Choctaw Indians in Neshoba County, MS. He speaks of attending a ball play, overcoming the suspiciousness of the chief and members of the tribe, and finding difficulties in locating antiquities.
Dates:
1881 September 24