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  • Correspondence from Arthur H. Harris to George Carroll Harris, January 13, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from Jane Smith Washington to William L. Washington, December 18, 1864
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Communication from North Carolina with instructions on publishing and issuing Special Order No. 5 dealing with surrender
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    Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
  • Civil War Military Records
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  • Wheat harvesters on a hillside in Cannon County
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    Wheat; Harvesting; Agricultural laborers; Farm produce; Harvesting machinery; Agricultural machinery & implements; Farms; Farm life
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    Several wheat harvesters on a hillside. They are hand harvesting using cradles, tiers, and shockers to bind the wheat into shocks, so it can dry.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • Binding wheat in Obion County
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    Wheat; Mules; Agricultural laborers; Farm produce; Harvesting machinery; Agricultural machinery & implements; Farms; Farm life
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    Four individuals (male and female) binding wheat using mule-drawn equipment.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • Men harvesting wheat with binders in Giles County
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    Wheat; Mules; Agricultural laborers; Farm produce; Harvesting machinery; Agricultural machinery & implements; Farms; Farm life
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    A number of mule-drawn binding machines making their way through a Giles County wheat field.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources

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