Nannie Herndon Rice Family Papers
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Description
Letter from T. E. Percy, Jackson, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Oktibbeha County, thanking her for her hospitality during a recent visit, mentioning his Yerger neighbors, telling her about Yankee soldiers who damaged his house, almost burning it, and also put salt in the pianos. The house was saved from burning by the slave Arch, who begged the soldiers not to do it. 1864.
Publication Date
6-18-1864
Time Period
1860-1869
Subjects
Jackson (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Pillage; Rice, Augusta H.; Percy family; Yerger family; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Object Type
text
Format (original)
Correspondence: 1 p. ; 27 x 41 cm.
Format (digital)
Digital ID
C_ASERL_2010_0041
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Nannie Herndon Rice family papers, Folder 23
Repository
Manuscripts
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
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Contact Information
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Recommended Citation
Rice (Nannie Herndon) Family Papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University