From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
From the Map Collection. A color map of Florida showing existing and proposed water routes through the state. Some cities are marked. Includes three sections showing Pensacola, Tallahassee, and the Harbour of St. Augustine in detail. Across the top...
From the Map Collection. A map of Louisiana with canals, roads, and distances from place to place along the stage and steamboat routes. On bottom "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by H.S. Tanner, in the Clerks Office of the...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi and Alabama showing railroads and canals in 1835. Overprinted or marked with colored lines to show county boundaries. Longitude given in degrees west from Washington and Greenwich, England.
From the Map Collection. A map of the eastern United States excluding the majority of Florida and Maine. Western bounding is the approximate location of the Mississippi River.
Letter from M. Blake to William Pinckney Montgomery regarding the sale of Blake's extensive land holdings near the present town of Greenville, Mississippi. John T. McMasson of Natchez is authorized as Blake's attorney; an enclosed letter to...
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Henry Tooley, 9 November 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Application from a free black named Charles Harris for a license to remain in Natchez, signed by various Natchez citizens and dated 30 July 1856.
From the Map Collection. Map showing the counties of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas from 1860. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Letter from W. E. Wormell in Aiken, South Carolina, to Merry B. Harris in Gallatin, Mississippi. Mr. Wormell describes the festivities celebrating the secession of South Carolina from the Union. Harris was a...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to Washington Dickinson on 17...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Turnaside Cottage by Mary Senior Clark, [illustrated by Kate Greenaway]. (London: Marcus Ward, 1875). pencil sketch (12.5 x 19 cm.) for plate appearing between pp. 112 and 113.
From the Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers. Letter from Temperance Toney to granddaughter, Mattie Hardy; written from Paulding, Mississippi. There is no transcript for this letter.
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Front and back over of the book The Great American Menagerie (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1889) from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Watercolor (15.5 x 12.5 cm.) Girl in red coat with muff. Signed and dated KG 1894. Illustration not used in a publication.