Boswell and Stevens Family Papers
The Boswell and Stevens Family Digital Collection contains a selection of financial documents include land bonds, indenture contracts, tax receipts, account books, and various other business papers, mostly relating to A. J. Boswell’s farming in Shuqualak, Noxubee County, Mississippi. For more information, contact the Special Collections faculty and staff at this link
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Letter, Charlotte Lucinda Boswell to Arthur Boswell; 2/26
Charlotte Lucinda Boswell in Harford, Pennsylvania, writing to her son, Andrew J. ''Arthur'' Boswell in Noxubee County, Mississippi. Also includes a short letter from his sister Loese.
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Letter, Charlotte Lucinda Boswell to Arthur Boswell; 7/8
Charlotte Lucinda Boswell in Harford, Pennsylvania, writing to her son, Andrew J. ''Arthur'' Boswell in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Where to buy farm supplies
Pamphlet published by The Progressive Farmer, providing lists of businesses that sell certain items by category. Undated.
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Land contract
Land contract between J. J. Stevens and May Stevens Boswell in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Land deed
Deed transferring land from J. F. Ames to May Stevens Boswell, wife of James Arthur Boswell, in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Letter, ''Sis'' to ''Bird''; 6/30
Letter from ''Sis'' to ''Bird,'' possibly two of the Boswell sisters. Sis writes in great detail about life at a school in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, describing dormitories, meal times, and other aspects.
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Letter, Pauline Rogers to Mattie Boswell; 7/22/1897
Pauline Rogers
Letter from Pauline Rogers at Lauderdale Normal to Mattie Boswell, telling Mattie that they found her lost fob chain.
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Teaching certificate for Mattie Boswell
Certificate licensing Mattie Boswell to teach first grade in Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1895. Includes her scores in each subject area, as well as a blank employment contract.
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Land contract
Land contract between L. C. Tucker and James and Mattie Boswell for $320 paid over three years in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Account book
Listing of various accounts from 1861 through 1892. Last page lists birth dates of family members.
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Teaching certificate for Mattie Boswell
Certificate licensing Mattie Boswell to teach first grade in Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1889. Includes her scores in each subject area.
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Deed of trust
Indenture contract between A. J. and Cynthia Boswell and H. C. McNees on behalf of Nunn & Anderson in Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Deed of trust
Indenture contract between A. J. and Cynthia Boswell and H. C. McNees on behalf of Nunn & Anderson for crops, two mules, and a wagon. Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Teaching certificate for Mattie Boswell
Certificate licensing Mattie Boswell to teach first grade in Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1886.
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Deed of trust
Indenture contract between A. J. and Cynthia Boswell and H. C. McNees on behalf of Nunn & Anderson for ''our entire crop of cotton, corn, fodder and cotton seed and all other products of agriculture,'' ''one light colored horse mule name Dave & one bay mare mule name Beck,'' and a wagon. Noxubee County, Mississippi.
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Letter, D. F. Constantine to A. J. Boswell; 2/27/1885
Letter from D. F. Constantine to A. J. Boswell about correcting a deed.
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Sharecropping agreement
Contract between A. J. Boswell and Nunn & Anderson for $150 value received in ''supplies and other goods,'' in Shuqualak, Mississippi.
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Sharecropping agreement
Indenture contract between A. J. Boswell and H. C. McNees on behalf of Nunn & Anderson for crops and animals in Shuqualak, Mississippi.
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Land use agreement
Land use agreement between A. J. Boswell and H. H. Constantine in Shuqualak, Mississippi.
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Land use agreement
Land use agreement between A. J. Boswell and H. H. Constantine in Shuqualak, Mississippi.
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Land use agreement
Land use agreement between A. J. Boswell and H. H. Constantine for $133.33 for ''the rent use & occupation'' of about ten acres in Shuqualak, Mississippi, in 1882.
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Tax receipt
Receipt for land taxes paid by A. J. Boswell in Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1870.
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Tax receipt for 1870
Receipt for taxes paid by A. J. Boswell in Noxubee County, Mississippi, for the year 1870. Sample of dozens of Boswell's tax receipts from the 1870s-1890s.
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Receipt for cotton tax
Receipt for $1.00 transferred to A. J. Boswell as a claim on cotton taxes paid.
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Tax receipt for 1866
Receipt for land and property taxes paid by A. J. Boswell in Noxubee County for the year 1866. Boswell's taxed property included carriages, clocks, and watches. Sample of dozens of Boswell's tax receipts from the 1870s-1890s.
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Land bond
Bond for land in Noxubee County, Mississippi, purchased by A. J. Boswell from George W. Keown.
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Letter, A. J. Boswell to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 1/4/1862
Letter from A. J. Boswell, serving in the Confederate Army at Camp Desha in Moscow, Kentucky, to his wife, Cynthia Jackson Boswell.
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Letter, Jim M. Jackson to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 5/22/1862
Letter from Jim M. Jackson, a Confederate soldier camped in Little Rock, Arkansas, to his sister, Cynthia Jackson Boswell. He writes about a scouting expedition, measles in the camps, and being conscripted in the Texas army.
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Letter, Thomas Stevens to Sue Nelson; 7/6/1862
Information from typed transcription of letter: ''The following is the complete text of a letter penned on July 6, 1862, from a Confederate soldier, Thomas Stevens of Noxubee County [Mississippi], to Miss Sue Nelson, who later was to become his bride. The original letter, smudged and faded, yet readable, was discovered in 1961 by Mrs. Tom Douglas of Macon, a descendant of the marriage.''
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Letter, Sallie E. Hudson to Martha; 2/16/1862
Arthur J. Boswell
Letter from Sallie E. Hudson to Martha, writing about sewing for the troops and consoling her on the loss of a baby.
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Letter, A. J. Boswell to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 12/20/1861
Letter from A. J. Boswell, serving in the Confederate Army at Camp Desha in Moscow, Kentucky, to his wife, Cynthia Jackson Boswell.
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Letter, A. J. Boswell to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 12/27/1861
Letter from A. J. Boswell at Camp Desha in Moscow, Kentucky, to his wife.
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Letter, Jim M. Jackson to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 4/26/1861
Letter from Jim M. Jackson to his sister, Cynthia Jackson Boswell, from Covington, Texas, mentioning briefly that he might go to the coast with a volunteer company.
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Letter, Jim M. Jackson to Cynthia Jackson Boswell; 9/15/1861
Letter from Jim M. Jackson, a Confederate soldier at Camp Beauregard in Texas, to his sister, Cynthia Jackson Boswell. The letter mostly concerns how he wants his possessions to be distributed if he dies.
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Samuel D. Jackson's music book
Book of music with handwritten bars and notes, inscribed by Samuel D. Jackson, father of Cynthia Jackson Boswell.
