Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#M-2339
NEWSTEAD PLANTATION RECORDS
Inventory
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.
Online Catalog Terms:
Agriculture--Mississippi--History--19th century.
Mississippi--Economic conditions--19th century.
Newstead Plantation (Washington County, Miss.).
Plantations--Management.
Plantations--Mississippi--Washington County.
Slavery--Mississippi.
Tenant farmers--Mississippi--Economic conditions--19th
century.
Washington County (Miss.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Size: 9 volumes (1 reel of microfilm).
Provenance: Lent for filming by Harley Metcalfe of Greenville,
Miss., in April 1941.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.