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Creator: Newstead Plantation records, 1857-1882 [microfilm manuscript].
Collection number: 2339
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Abstract: Brief daily records, 1857-1861, 1873-1882, of crops, weather, slaves’ work, supplies issued to slaves and tenants, and visits and other personal matters, kept by overseers of Newstead plantation in Washington County, Miss.

Repository: Southern Historical Collection

Collection Highlights: Brief daily records kept by the overseers of Newstead Plantation in Washington County, Mississippi, which mention slave work and supplies issued to slaves and to tenants (1857-1861; 1873-1882). Microfilm only.