Daybook of Highland Plantation, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, and other plantations owned by Francis Surget. Book C. 1820-1847

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Daybook of Highland Plantation, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, and other plantations owned by Francis Surget. Book C. 1820-1847

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1v. 523 (10)p. 33cm.; Note: (Reverse and invert) Correspondence, dated January 13, 1821-February 20, 1824.

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Surget family

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Surget, William

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Surget, Francis

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Francis Surget was a highly respected planter and slave owner living in Adams County, Mississippi, with extensive land holdings in the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi and in Arkansas. John F. H. Clairborne credits Surget as being "the most extensive and successful planter in Mississippi" who was "the first to introduce circular or horizontal plowing, to preserve the hill land from washing". From the guide to the Daybook of Highland Plantation, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, and...

Dancer, William B.

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