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[Identification of item], in the Lulah A. Clark Papers, #3312, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Agriculture--Mississippi--History--19th century.
• Anderson, William Henry, fl. 1853-1856.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Diaries.
• Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• Farm life--Mississippi--History--19th century.
• Farr family.
• Hall family.
• Hall, Amanda Farr.
• Hall, B. F.
• Hinds County (Miss.)--Social life and customs.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

MICROFILM ONLY. Ten letters, 1854, 1861-1863, and 1879, to or from Amanda Farr Hall, her husband, and brothers of Hinds County, Miss.; and a farm journal, 1853-1856, of William Henry Anderson, Hinds County. Most of the letters are to Hall from her husband, B. F. Hall, serving in the Confederate Army in Tennessee, discussing camp life, impending battles, concern about Vicksburg, and other matters. The journal is a record of a variety of farm tasks and also includes descriptions of personal and family activities.