Israel L. Adams and family papers, 1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866).

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Israel L. Adams and family papers, 1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122467779

The collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, and printed items. Most of the correspondence was written after the death of Israel L. Adams. Letters written by the Adams children and other members of the Adams, Zingline, and Shupin families describe the Civil War in Arkansas and Mississippi; battles at Baker's Creek (Champion's Hill), Atlanta, and Vicksburg; local news; illnesses; and deaths. Letters from Orlando P. Adams describe student life at Mississippi College. Some letters describe the experiences of an immigrant cotton farmer in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Items in the collection include slave bills of sale, Confederate currency, the amnesty oath of Lewis Zingline, home remedies, and papers related to German immigrants. Manuscript maps of the city of Hamburg, areas of Canada, New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are included. The manuscript volume contains notations regarding the estate of Israel L. Adams.

1 linear ft.1 v.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6725084

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Mississippi College

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Shupan family.

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Adams, Frank O. (Franklin Oliver)

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Zingline family.

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Adams family.

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Adams, Israel L., 1801-1860.

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Israel L. Adams was a merchant and farmer of Natchez, Mississippi. He had six children, Harriet Catharine, Mary Eliza, Franklin Oliver (Frank), Orlander Percival, Marey, and Laura. Several members of the Adams family lived in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Frank O. Adams and his cousins, James and Theodore, fought in the Confederate Army. Orlander attended Mississippi College in the 1850s. The Adams family was associated with the Zingline and Shupan families. From the description of Israe...