Letter, Asenath Maria Spencer, at Almont Plantation near Port Gibson, Mississippi, to her sister, Mrs. Amelia D. Catlin, Haddam, Connecticut, February 20, 1841

Authors

Asenath Maria Spencer

Files

Description

In this letter, dated February 20, 1841, Asenath Maria Spence writes to her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Samuel, in Haddom, Connecticut and shares news of her time with their aunt and uncle, shares a story about a man and woman who incited some town drama. She goes on to share her thoughts on the work of enslaved persons on the plantation in the "upside down and between the lines" spaces of the letter.

Publication Date

2-20-1841

Time Period

1840-1849

Subjects

Correspondence; Plantations; Enslaved persons

Keywords

letters; plantations; siblings; travel; death; enslaved persons

Geographic Location

Port Gibson (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 4 leaves

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_658_1841_Asenath-Maria-Spencer-Plantation

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Todd A. Herring Collection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University

Rights

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Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, e-mail sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Todd A. Herring Collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University