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Unknown Author, Letter, March 11, 1847
Unknown author from Mississippi replies to Duncan Cameron regarding the legality of slaves being moved into Mississippi and the fertility of soil in Monroe and Lowndes Counties along Tombigby River. Author offers to board and show Cameron around…
R. Ogden Letter, December 28, 1847
R. Ogden, representative of Mississippi bank in New Orleans sends further details to Duncan Cameron with regard to purchase of indebted Louisiana plantation in American Parish, Carroll. The plantation is generally described in terms of its animals,…
R. Ogden Letter, December 4, 1847
R. Ogden in New Orleans solicits Duncan Cameron to buy a 3500 acre Louisiana plantation up river from New Orleans, with the sale used to pay current owner's debts and mortgage. The condition of the plantation is generally described, its crop yield,…
Frances Cameron Letter, December 28, 1847
A relative in Hillsboro solicits $550 from Duncan Cameron to buy a man servant for assistance in her boarding house. An unnamed female servant is also mentioned. A "hiring day" for purchasing or hiring out slaves is referenced.