The Association of Southern Research Libraries (ASERL) and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) partnered to create DEEPLY ROOTED: a shared digital collection of primary source research materials describing economic, technological, and social factors significant to the development of agricultural practices, crops, technology, and agrarian life in the southeastern United States. The University of Mississippi's Department of Archives and Special Collections selected materials for inclusion in this aggregated project from a number of its relevant collections:
- Audubon Mississippi / Strawberry Plains Finley Collection
- C.E. Colbert Collection of Historical Manuscripts
- Daniel Holland Ledger
- King and Anderson Plantation Collection
- Landry-Hume Collection
- Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger
- Mitchell Family Marshall County Collection
- Prospect Hill Plantation Collection
- Mrs. A.B. Robinson Ledger
- Sunflower & Eastern Railway Company Ledgers
Some of the images and language that appear in this digital collection depict prejudices that are not condoned by the University of Mississippi. This content is being presented as historical documents to aid in the understanding of both American history and the history of the University of Mississippi. The University Creed speaks to our current deeply held values, and the availability of this content should not be taken as an endorsement of previous attitudes or behavior.
Image from this collection: Receipt from Henry Marx and Sons, 16 October 1901
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King and Anderson Plantation Ledger 2
King and Anderson Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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King and Anderson Plantation Ledger 1
King and Anderson Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Invoice for Blacksmith Bills
Henry Marx and Sons
Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Receipt for E. J. Compton
Henry Marx and Sons
Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Receipt for Marx and Scharff
Henry Marx and Sons
Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Contract between Mason and B. H. Wade, 1888
Prospect Hill Plantation
Contract between Mason and B.H. Wade. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Cotton market report from W. H. Pritchartt & Co., undated
Prospect Hill Plantation
Contract between B.H. Wade and Alex Brown. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Cotton notes and figures, undated
Prospect Hill Plantation
Cotton notes and figures. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Figures and charges, undated
Prospect Hill Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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List of supplies, undated
Prospect Hill Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Order form from The Jones Umbrella Roof, undated
Prospect Hill Plantation
Contract between B.H. Wade and Alex Brown. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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George Finley Ledger 4
George Finley
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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George Finley Ledger 3
George Finley
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Market Report, Meyer Weis and Co., 24 May 1873
Henry Marx and Sons
Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Mrs. A. B. Robinson Ledger
A. B. Robinson (Mrs.)
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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George Finley Ledger 2
George Finley
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Elliscliffe Plantation, 1862
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Elliscliffe Plantation Adams County, Mississippi 1861
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and Account Book Ormonde Plantation, 1861
Ormonde Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Elliscliffe Plantation. 1860
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Elliscliffe Plantation Adams County, Mississippi 1859
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Elliscliffe Plantation, Adams County, Mississippi, 1858
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Register of enslaved persons
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Unidentified record book
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Buckhurst Plantation, 1855-1871
Buckhurst Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
[This item is currently being re-scanned.]
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Clayton's Quarto Diary for 1855, partially filled by "J.P. Harrison," including a description of wine making at Pass Christian, Mississippi
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Fragmentary pages, ledger and account book, Elliscliffe Plantation, 1855 (5 pages)
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Record and account book
Elliscliffe Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Ormond Plantation. 1853
Ormonde Plantation
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Daniel Holland Ledger
Daniel M. Holland
The first portion of this ledger dates from 1837 to 1845, and appears to be for a store in Natchez, Mississippi. The latter section is dated 1865 and concerns a Madison County, Mississippi plantation store with freedmen's accounts. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project
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Appraisal of the property of James Ball, Abbeville, S.C.
Colbert E. Cushing
Includes appraisal values for slaves, horses, and furniture. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Miscellaneous receipts
Colbert E. Cushing
Includes appraisal values for enslaved persons, horses, and furniture. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Locust Grove Plantation Ledger
Locust Grove Plantation
Ledger contains the names, marriages, births, and deaths of enslaved persons on a plantation which internal evidence suggests was Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Ledger also contains cotton harvest data for each enslaved person. Some pages include newspaper clippings discussing agricultural and domestic techniques and advice. The plantation was founded in 1777 under the name Mount Locust, and the name was changed by Samuel Postlethwait when he purchased the plantation. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Ledger and account book Harmony, Ormonde, Elliscliffe, and Laurel Hill Plantations, 1824-1835
Ormonde Plantation, Harmony Plantation, Elliscliffe Plantation, and Laurel Hill Plantations
This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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Lists of payments received for items sold, including several enslaved persons
Colbert E. Cushing
Includes appraisal values for slaves, horses, and furniture. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.