Lease Agreement, 160 Acres Owned by R. J. Herald, August 23, 1890

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Description

This handwritten lease agreement states that an unnamed person has leased 160 acres of land in Attala County, Mississippi from R. J. Herald for a period of three years and agrees to pay Herald five bales of good lint cotton by November fifteenth of each year of the lease. An option to extend the lease five more years is included in the agreement at the same price. The lease is not signed but does include a diagram of the land in question.

Publication Date

8-23-1890

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Farm tenancy; Cotton; Charts, diagrams, etc.

Keywords

leases; land leases; cotton

Geographic Location

Attala County (Miss.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1890-08-23_Record

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 3, Folder 19

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

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

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University