Kate Lee Ferguson papers, 1858-1911.

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Kate Lee Ferguson papers, 1858-1911.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555967

Papers include personal letters from friends and family members and a Spanish land grant for property of Nathaniel A. Ware (grandfather of Kate Lee Ferguson) along the Red River in Texas. Manuscript writings include prose, poetry, and music by Kate Lee Ferguson. The writings largely reflect Southern life, culture and history and include Ferguson's memoirs which describe her family and Samuel Wragg Ferguson. Manuscript volumes contain short stories and poems (1857-1898), an operetta (n.d.), a list of household furnishings, and memoranda (n.d.). Some published music is included, along with a printed volume of "Little Mose," a story by Kate Lee Ferguson. The collection includes newspaper clippings and fragments and a handkerchief given by Jefferson Davis to Kate Lee Ferguson with a handwritten explanation relating the circumstances of the gift. Photographs of Kate Lee Ferguson and others are included.

38 items;7 v. (6 ms. v., 1 pr. v.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6762086

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Ferguson, Kate Lee, b. 1841.

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Kate Lee Ferguson was a novelist, poet, and composer of Mississippi. She married Confederate General Samuel Wragg Ferguson, Aug. 28, 1862. From the description of Kate Lee Ferguson papers, 1858-1911. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122555967 ...

Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 1834-1917

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Brigadier General, C.S.A., from Greenville (Greenville Co.), Miss. From the description of Papers, 1863-1948. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19647017 Confederate Army officer who was with General Louis T. Wigfall's battalion on the day of the attack on Fort Sumter. From the description of Papers, 1964. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 26067606 Samuel Wragg Ferguson graduated from West Point in 1857 and rose to the rank of brig...

Ware, Nathaniel A., approximately 1790-1854

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