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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Robert Tweed Papers, #1894-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Families--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• Immigrants--Mississippi--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Jefferson County (Miss.)--History.
• Jefferson County (Miss.)--Religion.
• Merchants--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• Merchants--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
• Mississippi--Politics and government.
• New Orleans (La.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Scotland--Description and travel.
• Scottish Americans--Mississippi--Social conditions--19th century.
• Temperance--Mississippi.
• Tweed, Louisa Vanuxem, 1822-1899.
• Tweed, Robert, 1821-1898.
• Women--Mississippi--Diaries.
• Women--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• Young, Clara, fl. 1843-1861.
• Young, William, 1843-1900.

Robert Tweed was a merchant in New Orleans, La., and New York, N.Y.

The collection chiefly contains letters, 1843-1861, to Tweed from his relatives William and Clara Young, Scottish immigrants and planters of Jefferson County, Miss. The letters discuss family and neighborhood news, religion, temperance, and politics. A few were written while the Youngs were on a return trip to Scotland. Also included is a typed transcription of a two-volume diary, 1874-1898, of Louisa Vanuxem Tweed (1822-1899), wife of Robert, recording domestic matters and weather in Jefferson County.

• Microfilm (Reel M-1894/1)