Mrs. Issac H. Hilliard diary, 1849-1860 (bulk 1849-1850).

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Mrs. Issac H. Hilliard diary, 1849-1860 (bulk 1849-1850).

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Diary depicts plantation life from an affluent woman's perspective. Mrs. Hilliard describes family holidays, social occasions, visitors, steamboat travel, and various trips to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Daily household and plantation activities are discussed, such as descriptions of meals, fishing and hunting parties, and difficulties with slaves. Extended visits with her sister-in-law, Mary Hilliard Hardeman, near Jackson, Mississippi, and with Leonidas Polk at Leighton Plantation on Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, are recorded. Mrs. Hilliard also mentions her visits to the Mississippi state legislature and state penitentiary in Jackson. At the rear of the diary, Isaac H. Hilliard, Jr. recorded his tuition expenses (1866) while attending Kentucky Military Institute.

1 v. ; 23 x 19 cm.1 microfiche ; 11 x 15 cm.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6765919

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864

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Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church and Confederate general. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Banger, n.y. October 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 68116515 Polk, an Episcopal bishop, served as a major general in the Confederate army until he was killed by a cannon shot at Pine Mountain, Georgia, June 14, 1864. From the description of Letter, November 28, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 650825874 ...

Hardeman, Mary H. (Mary Hilliard)

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Hilliard, Isaac H. (Isaac Henry), Mrs.

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Mrs. Isaac H. Hilliard (née Miriam Brannin) originally of New Castle, Henry County, Kentucky, lived with her husband and son (Isaac Henry, Jr.) on a plantation in Grand Lake, Chicot County, Arkansas. Mrs. Hilliard was related by marriage to Leonidas Polk who served as Bishop of Louisiana, 1841-1861, at which time he was appointed Major-General in the Confederate army. From the description of Mrs. Issac H. Hilliard diary, 1849-1860 (bulk 1849-1850). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122...

Kentucky Military Institute

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